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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-19 17:06:04 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-04-19 17:06:04 +0000
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Adding upstream version 2.0.13.upstream/2.0.13upstream
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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+#include <string.h>
+#include "kinit.h"
+
+/*
+ * Routines that hunt for a specific argument. Please note that
+ * they actually search the array backwards. That is because on the
+ * kernel command lines, it's legal to override an earlier argument
+ * with a later argument.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Was this boolean argument passed? If so return the index in the
+ * argv array for it. For conflicting boolean options, use the
+ * one with the higher index. The only case when the return value
+ * can be equal, is when they're both zero; so equality can be used
+ * as the default option choice.
+ *
+ * In other words, if two options "a" and "b" are opposites, and "a"
+ * is the default, this can be coded as:
+ *
+ * if (get_flag(argc,argv,"a") >= get_flag(argc,argv,"b"))
+ * do_a_stuff();
+ * else
+ * do_b_stuff();
+ */
+int get_flag(int argc, char *argv[], const char *name)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = argc-1; i > 0; i--) {
+ if (!strcmp(argv[i], name))
+ return i;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Was this textual parameter (foo=option) passed?
+ *
+ * This returns the latest instance of such an option in the argv array.
+ */
+char *get_arg(int argc, char *argv[], const char *name)
+{
+ int len = strlen(name);
+ char *ret = NULL;
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = argc-1; i > 0; i--) {
+ if (argv[i] && strncmp(argv[i], name, len) == 0 &&
+ (argv[i][len] != '\0')) {
+ ret = argv[i] + len;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return ret;
+}