+/**
+ * of_property_match_string() - Find string in a list and return index
+ * @np: pointer to node containing string list property
+ * @propname: string list property name
+ * @string: pointer to string to search for in string list
+ *
+ * This function searches a string list property and returns the index
+ * of a specific string value.
+ */
+int of_property_match_string(struct device_node *np, const char *propname,
+ const char *string)
+{
+ struct property *prop = of_find_property(np, propname, NULL);
+ size_t l;
+ int i;
+ const char *p, *end;
+
+ if (!prop)
+ return -EINVAL;
+ if (!prop->value)
+ return -ENODATA;
+
+ p = prop->value;
+ end = p + prop->length;
+
+ for (i = 0; p < end; i++, p += l) {
+ l = strlen(p) + 1;
+ if (p + l > end)
+ return -EILSEQ;
+ pr_debug("comparing %s with %s\n", string, p);
+ if (strcmp(string, p) == 0)
+ return i; /* Found it; return index */
+ }
+ return -ENODATA;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_property_match_string);