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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/string.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/string.h | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h index ac1c769a5a80..da490c2154a9 100644 --- a/include/linux/string.h +++ b/include/linux/string.h @@ -272,6 +272,23 @@ static inline void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len, } /** + * memset_after - Set a value after a struct member to the end of a struct + * + * @obj: Address of target struct instance + * @v: Byte value to repeatedly write + * @member: after which struct member to start writing bytes + * + * This is good for clearing padding following the given member. + */ +#define memset_after(obj, v, member) \ +({ \ + u8 *__ptr = (u8 *)(obj); \ + typeof(v) __val = (v); \ + memset(__ptr + offsetofend(typeof(*(obj)), member), __val, \ + sizeof(*(obj)) - offsetofend(typeof(*(obj)), member)); \ +}) + +/** * str_has_prefix - Test if a string has a given prefix * @str: The string to test * @prefix: The string to see if @str starts with |