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-rw-r--r--include/linux/string.h9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index d18fc198aa2f..76ec218bb30f 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -114,5 +114,14 @@ extern bool sysfs_streq(const char *s1, const char *s2);
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_ */