1 files changed, 61 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
index 928409199a1a..0232bd040f61 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/cper.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * Specification version 2.4.
  */
 
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/time.h>
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ const char *cper_severity_str(unsigned int severity)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cper_severity_str);
 
-/*
+/**
  * cper_print_bits - print strings for set bits
  * @pfx: prefix for each line, including log level and prefix string
  * @bits: bit mask
@@ -106,6 +107,65 @@ void cper_print_bits(const char *pfx, unsigned int bits,
 		printk("%s\n", buf);
 }
 
+/**
+ * cper_bits_to_str - return a string for set bits
+ * @buf: buffer to store the output string
+ * @buf_size: size of the output string buffer
+ * @bits: bit mask
+ * @strs: string array, indexed by bit position
+ * @strs_size: size of the string array: @strs
+ *
+ * Add to @buf the bitmask in hexadecimal. Then, for each set bit in @bits,
+ * add the corresponding string describing the bit in @strs to @buf.
+ *
+ * A typical example is::
+ *
+ *	const char * const bits[] = {
+ *		"bit 3 name",
+ *		"bit 4 name",
+ *		"bit 5 name",
+ *	};
+ *	char str[120];
+ *	unsigned int bitmask = BIT(3) | BIT(5);
+ *	#define MASK GENMASK(5,3)
+ *
+ *	cper_bits_to_str(str, sizeof(str), FIELD_GET(MASK, bitmask),
+ *			 bits, ARRAY_SIZE(bits));
+ *
+ * The above code fills the string ``str`` with ``bit 3 name|bit 5 name``.
+ *
+ * Return: number of bytes stored or an error code if lower than zero.
+ */
+int cper_bits_to_str(char *buf, int buf_size, unsigned long bits,
+		     const char * const strs[], unsigned int strs_size)
+{
+	int len = buf_size;
+	char *str = buf;
+	int i, size;
+
+	*buf = '\0';
+
+	for_each_set_bit(i, &bits, strs_size) {
+		if (!(bits & BIT_ULL(i)))
+			continue;
+
+		if (*buf && len > 0) {
+			*str = '|';
+			len--;
+			str++;
+		}
+
+		size = strscpy(str, strs[i], len);
+		if (size < 0)
+			return size;
+
+		len -= size;
+		str += size;
+	}
+	return len - buf_size;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cper_bits_to_str);
+
 static const char * const proc_type_strs[] = {
 	"IA32/X64",
 	"IA64",