Add a new variable for escaped characters. If an escaped character (\) is found before the separator, and if the separator is not found or if the escaped character is located before the separator, then move the separator ahead and continue searching for the next separator. Return the pointer to remainder string after the delimiter. If the separator was found, return a pointer to the character immediately after the delimiter (s + 1). If the separator was not found, return NULL. Signed-off-by: Abhinav Jain <jain.abhinav177@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-init.c | 14 ++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-init.c b/drivers/md/dm-init.c index 2a71bcdba92d..bef6a582a4ae 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm-init.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-init.c @@ -87,11 +87,21 @@ static void __init dm_setup_cleanup(struct list_head *devices) */ static char __init *str_field_delimit(char **str, char separator) { - char *s; + char *s, *escaped; - /* TODO: add support for escaped characters */ *str = skip_spaces(*str); s = strchr(*str, separator); + + /* Check for escaped character */ + escaped = strchr(*str, '\\'); + if (escaped && (s == NULL || escaped < s)) { + /* + * If escaped character comes before the separator, move + * the separator ahead & continue searching for next one. + */ + s = strchr(escaped + 1, separator); + } + /* Delimit the field and remove trailing spaces */ if (s) *s = '\0'; -- 2.34.1