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Andy Shevchenko 16c7fa0582 lib/string_helpers: introduce generic string_unescape
There are several places in kernel where modules unescapes input to convert
C-Style Escape Sequences into byte codes.

The patch provides generic implementation of such approach. Test cases are
also included into the patch.

[[email protected]: clarify comment]
[[email protected]: export get_random_int() to modules]
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <[email protected]>
Cc: Samuel Thibault <[email protected]>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
Cc: Jason Baron <[email protected]>
Cc: Alexander Viro <[email protected]>
Cc: William Hubbs <[email protected]>
Cc: Chris Brannon <[email protected]>
Cc: Kirk Reiser <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
2013-04-30 17:04:03 -07:00