lib/parser.c: add match_wildcard() function

match_wildcard function is a simple implementation of wildcard
matching algorithm. It only supports two usual wildcardes:
    '*' - matches zero or more characters
    '?' - matches one character
This algorithm is safe since it is non-recursive.

Signed-off-by: Du, Changbin <changbin.du@gmail.com>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@akamai.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Du, Changbin
2014-01-23 15:54:12 -08:00
committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 0d9dfc23f4
commit aace05097a
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@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ int match_token(char *, const match_table_t table, substring_t args[]);
int match_int(substring_t *, int *result);
int match_octal(substring_t *, int *result);
int match_hex(substring_t *, int *result);
bool match_wildcard(const char *pattern, const char *str);
size_t match_strlcpy(char *, const substring_t *, size_t);
char *match_strdup(const substring_t *);