HID: cougar: make compare_device_paths reusable

The function compare_device_paths from wacom_sys.c is generic
and useful for other drivers. Move the function to hid-core and
rename it as hid_compare_device_paths.

Signed-off-by: Daniel M. Lambea <dmlambea@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 3942ee61bd1c..402ad974b31c 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -1939,6 +1939,29 @@ static int hid_bus_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 	return hid_match_device(hdev, hdrv) != NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * hid_compare_device_paths - check if both devices share the same path
+ * @hdev_a: hid device
+ * @hdev_b: hid device
+ * @separator: char to use as separator
+ *
+ * Check if two devices share the same path up to the last occurrence of
+ * the separator char. Both paths must exist (i.e., zero-length paths
+ * don't match).
+ */
+bool hid_compare_device_paths(struct hid_device *hdev_a,
+			      struct hid_device *hdev_b, char separator)
+{
+	int n1 = strrchr(hdev_a->phys, separator) - hdev_a->phys;
+	int n2 = strrchr(hdev_b->phys, separator) - hdev_b->phys;
+
+	if (n1 != n2 || n1 <= 0 || n2 <= 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return !strncmp(hdev_a->phys, hdev_b->phys, n1);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hid_compare_device_paths);
+
 static int hid_device_probe(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct hid_driver *hdrv = to_hid_driver(dev->driver);