Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux-2.6-module-and-param

[net-next-2.6.git] / include / linux / string.h

diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 3c877d686375022f9b69773465e8b80eb92ac864..489019ef1694fdb883993ef3eafda49ef7ae4cb0 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -122,5 +122,14 @@ int bprintf(u32 *bin_buf, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...) __printf(3, 4);
 extern ssize_t memory_read_from_buffer(void *to, size_t count, loff_t *ppos,
                        const void *from, size_t available);
 
+/**
+ * strstarts - does @str start with @prefix?
+ * @str: string to examine
+ * @prefix: prefix to look for.
+ */
+static inline bool strstarts(const char *str, const char *prefix)
+{
+       return strncmp(str, prefix, strlen(prefix)) == 0;
+}
 #endif
 #endif /* _LINUX_STRING_H_ */