[PATCH 05/25] tools lib: Adopt memchr_inv() from kernel

[Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>]

We'll use it to check for undefined/zero data.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
---
 tools/include/linux/string.h |  1 +
 tools/lib/string.c           | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/include/linux/string.h b/tools/include/linux/string.h
index 5e9e781905ed..db5c99318c79 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/string.h
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ extern char * __must_check skip_spaces(const char *);
 
 extern char *strim(char *);
 
+extern void *memchr_inv(const void *start, int c, size_t bytes);
 #endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_STRING_H_ */
diff --git a/tools/lib/string.c b/tools/lib/string.c
index f645343815de..8b6892f959ab 100644
--- a/tools/lib/string.c
+++ b/tools/lib/string.c
@@ -168,3 +168,61 @@ char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new)
 			*s = new;
 	return s;
 }
+
+static void *check_bytes8(const u8 *start, u8 value, unsigned int bytes)
+{
+	while (bytes) {
+		if (*start != value)
+			return (void *)start;
+		start++;
+		bytes--;
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * memchr_inv - Find an unmatching character in an area of memory.
+ * @start: The memory area
+ * @c: Find a character other than c
+ * @bytes: The size of the area.
+ *
+ * returns the address of the first character other than @c, or %NULL
+ * if the whole buffer contains just @c.
+ */
+void *memchr_inv(const void *start, int c, size_t bytes)
+{
+	u8 value = c;
+	u64 value64;
+	unsigned int words, prefix;
+
+	if (bytes <= 16)
+		return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes);
+
+	value64 = value;
+	value64 |= value64 << 8;
+	value64 |= value64 << 16;
+	value64 |= value64 << 32;
+
+	prefix = (unsigned long)start % 8;
+	if (prefix) {
+		u8 *r;
+
+		prefix = 8 - prefix;
+		r = check_bytes8(start, value, prefix);
+		if (r)
+			return r;
+		start += prefix;
+		bytes -= prefix;
+	}
+
+	words = bytes / 8;
+
+	while (words) {
+		if (*(u64 *)start != value64)
+			return check_bytes8(start, value, 8);
+		start += 8;
+		words--;
+	}
+
+	return check_bytes8(start, value, bytes % 8);
+}
-- 
2.26.2