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diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index da490c2154a9..5a36608144a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -289,6 +289,24 @@ static inline void memcpy_and_pad(void *dest, size_t dest_len,
})
/**
+ * memset_startat - Set a value starting at a member to the end of a struct
+ *
+ * @obj: Address of target struct instance
+ * @v: Byte value to repeatedly write
+ * @member: struct member to start writing at
+ *
+ * Note that if there is padding between the prior member and the target
+ * member, memset_after() should be used to clear the prior padding.
+ */
+#define memset_startat(obj, v, member) \
+({ \
+ u8 *__ptr = (u8 *)(obj); \
+ typeof(v) __val = (v); \
+ memset(__ptr + offsetof(typeof(*(obj)), member), __val, \
+ sizeof(*(obj)) - offsetof(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