1 files changed, 82 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index f24a8cc933d5..c397d4f6f748 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -226,3 +226,85 @@ fail:
 	argv_free(argv);
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+/* Character class matching */
+static bool __match_charclass(const char *pat, char c, const char **npat)
+{
+	bool complement = false, ret = true;
+
+	if (*pat == '!') {
+		complement = true;
+		pat++;
+	}
+	if (*pat++ == c)	/* First character is special */
+		goto end;
+
+	while (*pat && *pat != ']') {	/* Matching */
+		if (*pat == '-' && *(pat + 1) != ']') {	/* Range */
+			if (*(pat - 1) <= c && c <= *(pat + 1))
+				goto end;
+			if (*(pat - 1) > *(pat + 1))
+				goto error;
+			pat += 2;
+		} else if (*pat++ == c)
+			goto end;
+	}
+	if (!*pat)
+		goto error;
+	ret = false;
+
+end:
+	while (*pat && *pat != ']')	/* Searching closing */
+		pat++;
+	if (!*pat)
+		goto error;
+	*npat = pat + 1;
+	return complement ? !ret : ret;
+
+error:
+	return false;
+}
+
+/**
+ * strglobmatch - glob expression pattern matching
+ * @str: the target string to match
+ * @pat: the pattern string to match
+ *
+ * This returns true if the @str matches @pat. @pat can includes wildcards
+ * ('*','?') and character classes ([CHARS], complementation and ranges are
+ * also supported). Also, this supports escape character ('\') to use special
+ * characters as normal character.
+ *
+ * Note: if @pat syntax is broken, this always returns false.
+ */
+bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
+{
+	while (*str && *pat && *pat != '*') {
+		if (*pat == '?') {	/* Matches any single character */
+			str++;
+			pat++;
+			continue;
+		} else if (*pat == '[')	/* Character classes/Ranges */
+			if (__match_charclass(pat + 1, *str, &pat)) {
+				str++;
+				continue;
+			} else
+				return false;
+		else if (*pat == '\\') /* Escaped char match as normal char */
+			pat++;
+		if (*str++ != *pat++)
+			return false;
+	}
+	/* Check wild card */
+	if (*pat == '*') {
+		while (*pat == '*')
+			pat++;
+		if (!*pat)	/* Tail wild card matches all */
+			return true;
+		while (*str)
+			if (strglobmatch(str++, pat))
+				return true;
+	}
+	return !*str && !*pat;
+}
+