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.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: clarify comment]
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: export get_random_int() to modules]
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
Cc: Chris Brannon <chris@the-brannons.com>
Cc: Kirk Reiser <kirk@braille.uwo.ca>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 28be08c09bab..77ebaa3dfa12 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1463,5 +1463,8 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.kgdb"
 
 source "lib/Kconfig.kmemcheck"
 
+config TEST_STRING_HELPERS
+	tristate "Test functions located in the string_helpers module at runtime"
+
 config TEST_KSTRTOX
 	tristate "Test kstrto*() family of functions at runtime"