diff --git a/libblkid/strutils.c b/libblkid/strutils.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org>
+ */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "c.h"
+#include "nls.h"
+#include "strutils.h"
+#include "bitops.h"
+
+static int do_scale_by_power (uintmax_t *x, int base, int power)
+{
+	while (power--) {
+		if (UINTMAX_MAX / base < *x)
+			return -2;
+		*x *= base;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * strtosize() - convert string to size (uintmax_t).
+ *
+ * Supported suffixes:
+ *
+ * XiB or X for 2^N
+ *     where X = {K,M,G,T,P,E,Y,Z}
+ *        or X = {k,m,g,t,p,e}  (undocumented for backward compatibility only)
+ * for example:
+ *		10KiB	= 10240
+ *		10K	= 10240
+ *
+ * XB for 10^N
+ *     where X = {K,M,G,T,P,E,Y,Z}
+ * for example:
+ *		10KB	= 10000
+ *
+ * Note that the function does not accept numbers with '-' (negative sign)
+ * prefix.
+ */
+int strtosize(const char *str, uintmax_t *res)
+{
+	char *p;
+	uintmax_t x;
+	int base = 1024, rc = 0;
+
+	*res = 0;
+
+	if (!str || !*str)
+		goto err;
+
+	/* Only positive numbers are acceptable
+	 *
+	 * Note that this check is not perfect, it would be better to
+	 * use lconv->negative_sign. But coreutils use the same solution,
+	 * so it's probably good enough...
+	 */
+	p = (char *) str;
+	while (isspace((unsigned char) *p))
+		p++;
+	if (*p == '-')
+		goto err;
+	p = NULL;
+
+	errno = 0;
+	x = strtoumax(str, &p, 0);
+
+	if (p == str ||
+	    (errno != 0 && (x == UINTMAX_MAX || x == 0)))
+		goto err;
+
+	if (!p || !*p)
+		goto done;			/* without suffix */
+
+	/*
+	 * Check size suffixes
+	 */
+	if (*(p + 1) == 'i' && *(p + 2) == 'B' && !*(p + 3))
+		base = 1024;			/* XiB, 2^N */
+	else if (*(p + 1) == 'B' && !*(p + 2))
+		base = 1000;			/* XB, 10^N */
+	else if (*(p + 1))
+		goto err;			/* unexpected suffix */
+
+	switch(*p) {
+	case 'K':
+	case 'k':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 1);
+		break;
+	case 'M':
+	case 'm':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 2);
+		break;
+	case 'G':
+	case 'g':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 3);
+		break;
+	case 'T':
+	case 't':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 4);
+		break;
+	case 'P':
+	case 'p':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 5);
+		break;
+	case 'E':
+	case 'e':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 6);
+		break;
+	case 'Z':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 7);
+		break;
+	case 'Y':
+		rc = do_scale_by_power(&x, base, 8);
+		break;
+	default:
+		goto err;
+	}
+
+done:
+	*res = x;
+	return rc;
+err:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+#ifndef HAVE_MEMPCPY
+void *mempcpy(void *restrict dest, const void *restrict src, size_t n)
+{
+    return ((char *)memcpy(dest, src, n)) + n;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNLEN
+size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen)
+{
+        int i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < maxlen; i++) {
+                if (s[i] == '\0')
+                        return i + 1;
+        }
+        return maxlen;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNCHR
+char *strnchr(const char *s, size_t maxlen, int c)
+{
+	for (; maxlen-- && *s != '\0'; ++s)
+		if (*s == (char)c)
+			return (char *)s;
+	return NULL;
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
+char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n)
+{
+	size_t len = strnlen(s, n);
+	char *new = (char *) malloc((len + 1) * sizeof(char));
+	if (!new)
+		return NULL;
+	new[len] = '\0';
+	return (char *) memcpy(new, s, len);
+}
+#endif
+
+int16_t strtos16_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	int32_t num = strtos32_or_err(str, errmesg);
+
+	if (num < INT16_MIN || num > INT16_MAX)
+		errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	return num;
+}
+
+uint16_t strtou16_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	uint32_t num = strtou32_or_err(str, errmesg);
+
+	if (num > UINT16_MAX)
+		errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	return num;
+}
+
+int32_t strtos32_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	int64_t num = strtos64_or_err(str, errmesg);
+
+	if (num < INT32_MIN || num > INT32_MAX)
+		errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	return num;
+}
+
+uint32_t strtou32_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	uint64_t num = strtou64_or_err(str, errmesg);
+
+	if (num > UINT32_MAX)
+		errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	return num;
+}
+
+int64_t strtos64_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	int64_t num;
+	char *end = NULL;
+
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
+		goto err;
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtoimax(str, &end, 10);
+
+	if (errno || str == end || (end && *end))
+		goto err;
+
+	return num;
+err:
+	if (errno)
+		err(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+}
+
+uint64_t strtou64_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	uintmax_t num;
+	char *end = NULL;
+
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
+		goto err;
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtoumax(str, &end, 10);
+
+	if (errno || str == end || (end && *end))
+		goto err;
+
+	return num;
+err:
+	if (errno)
+		err(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+}
+
+
+double strtod_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	double num;
+	char *end = NULL;
+
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
+		goto err;
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtod(str, &end);
+
+	if (errno || str == end || (end && *end))
+		goto err;
+
+	return num;
+err:
+	if (errno)
+		err(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+}
+
+long strtol_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	long num;
+	char *end = NULL;
+
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
+		goto err;
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtol(str, &end, 10);
+
+	if (errno || str == end || (end && *end))
+		goto err;
+
+	return num;
+err:
+	if (errno)
+		err(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+	errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+}
+
+unsigned long strtoul_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	unsigned long num;
+	char *end = NULL;
+
+	if (str == NULL || *str == '\0')
+		goto err;
+	errno = 0;
+	num = strtoul(str, &end, 10);
+
+	if (errno || str == end || (end && *end))
+		goto err;
+
+	return num;
+err:
+	if (errno)
+		err(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+}
+
+uintmax_t strtosize_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg)
+{
+	uintmax_t num;
+
+	if (strtosize(str, &num) == 0)
+		return num;
+
+	if (errno)
+		err(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+
+	errx(STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE, "%s: '%s'", errmesg, str);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Converts stat->st_mode to ls(1)-like mode string. The size of "str" must
+ * be 10 bytes.
+ */
+void strmode(mode_t mode, char *str)
+{
+	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
+		str[0] = 'd';
+	else if (S_ISLNK(mode))
+		str[0] = 'l';
+	else if (S_ISCHR(mode))
+		str[0] = 'c';
+	else if (S_ISBLK(mode))
+		str[0] = 'b';
+	else if (S_ISSOCK(mode))
+		str[0] = 's';
+	else if (S_ISFIFO(mode))
+		str[0] = 'p';
+	else if (S_ISREG(mode))
+		str[0] = '-';
+
+	str[1] = mode & S_IRUSR ? 'r' : '-';
+	str[2] = mode & S_IWUSR ? 'w' : '-';
+	str[3] = (mode & S_ISUID
+		? (mode & S_IXUSR ? 's' : 'S')
+		: (mode & S_IXUSR ? 'x' : '-'));
+	str[4] = mode & S_IRGRP ? 'r' : '-';
+	str[5] = mode & S_IWGRP ? 'w' : '-';
+	str[6] = (mode & S_ISGID
+		? (mode & S_IXGRP ? 's' : 'S')
+		: (mode & S_IXGRP ? 'x' : '-'));
+	str[7] = mode & S_IROTH ? 'r' : '-';
+	str[8] = mode & S_IWOTH ? 'w' : '-';
+	str[9] = (mode & S_ISVTX
+		? (mode & S_IXOTH ? 't' : 'T')
+		: (mode & S_IXOTH ? 'x' : '-'));
+	str[10] = '\0';
+}
+
+/*
+ * returns exponent (2^x=n) in range KiB..PiB
+ */
+static int get_exp(uint64_t n)
+{
+	int shft;
+
+	for (shft = 10; shft <= 60; shft += 10) {
+		if (n < (1ULL << shft))
+			break;
+	}
+	return shft - 10;
+}
+
+char *size_to_human_string(int options, uint64_t bytes)
+{
+	char buf[32];
+	int dec, exp;
+	uint64_t frac;
+	const char *letters = "BKMGTPE";
+	char suffix[sizeof(" KiB")], *psuf = suffix;
+	char c;
+
+	if (options & SIZE_SUFFIX_SPACE)
+		*psuf++ = ' ';
+
+	exp  = get_exp(bytes);
+	c    = *(letters + (exp ? exp / 10 : 0));
+	dec  = exp ? bytes / (1ULL << exp) : bytes;
+	frac = exp ? bytes % (1ULL << exp) : 0;
+
+	*psuf++ = c;
+
+	if ((options & SIZE_SUFFIX_3LETTER) && (c != 'B')) {
+		*psuf++ = 'i';
+		*psuf++ = 'B';
+	}
+
+	*psuf = '\0';
+
+	/* fprintf(stderr, "exp: %d, unit: %c, dec: %d, frac: %jd\n",
+	 *                 exp, suffix[0], dec, frac);
+	 */
+
+	if (frac) {
+		/* round */
+		frac = (frac / (1ULL << (exp - 10)) + 50) / 100;
+		if (frac == 10)
+			dec++, frac = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (frac) {
+		struct lconv const *l = localeconv();
+		char *dp = l ? l->decimal_point : NULL;
+
+		if (!dp || !*dp)
+			dp = ".";
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d%s%jd%s", dec, dp, frac, suffix);
+	} else
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d%s", dec, suffix);
+
+	return strdup(buf);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parses comma delimited list to array with IDs, for example:
+ *
+ * "aaa,bbb,ccc" --> ary[0] = FOO_AAA;
+ *                   ary[1] = FOO_BBB;
+ *                   ary[3] = FOO_CCC;
+ *
+ * The function name2id() provides conversion from string to ID.
+ *
+ * Returns: >= 0  : number of items added to ary[]
+ *            -1  : parse error or unknown item
+ *            -2  : arysz reached
+ */
+int string_to_idarray(const char *list, int ary[], size_t arysz,
+			int (name2id)(const char *, size_t))
+{
+	const char *begin = NULL, *p;
+	size_t n = 0;
+
+	if (!list || !*list || !ary || !arysz || !name2id)
+		return -1;
+
+	for (p = list; p && *p; p++) {
+		const char *end = NULL;
+		int id;
+
+		if (n >= arysz)
+			return -2;
+		if (!begin)
+			begin = p;		/* begin of the column name */
+		if (*p == ',')
+			end = p;		/* terminate the name */
+		if (*(p + 1) == '\0')
+			end = p + 1;		/* end of string */
+		if (!begin || !end)
+			continue;
+		if (end <= begin)
+			return -1;
+
+		id = name2id(begin, end - begin);
+		if (id == -1)
+			return -1;
+		ary[ n++ ] = id;
+		begin = NULL;
+		if (end && !*end)
+			break;
+	}
+	return n;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parses the array like string_to_idarray but if format is "+aaa,bbb"
+ * it adds fields to array instead of replacing them.
+ */
+int string_add_to_idarray(const char *list, int ary[], size_t arysz,
+			int *ary_pos, int (name2id)(const char *, size_t))
+{
+	const char *list_add;
+	int r;
+
+	if (!list || !*list || !ary_pos ||
+	    *ary_pos < 0 || (size_t) *ary_pos > arysz)
+		return -1;
+
+	if (list[0] == '+')
+		list_add = &list[1];
+	else {
+		list_add = list;
+		*ary_pos = 0;
+	}
+
+	r = string_to_idarray(list_add, &ary[*ary_pos], arysz - *ary_pos, name2id);
+	if (r > 0)
+		*ary_pos += r;
+	return r;
+}
+
+/*
+ * LIST ::= <item> [, <item>]
+ *
+ * The <item> is translated to 'id' by name2id() function and the 'id' is used
+ * as a position in the 'ary' bit array. It means that the 'id' has to be in
+ * range <0..N> where N < sizeof(ary) * NBBY.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error.
+ */
+int string_to_bitarray(const char *list,
+		     char *ary,
+		     int (*name2bit)(const char *, size_t))
+{
+	const char *begin = NULL, *p;
+
+	if (!list || !name2bit || !ary)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (p = list; p && *p; p++) {
+		const char *end = NULL;
+		int bit;
+
+		if (!begin)
+			begin = p;		/* begin of the level name */
+		if (*p == ',')
+			end = p;		/* terminate the name */
+		if (*(p + 1) == '\0')
+			end = p + 1;		/* end of string */
+		if (!begin || !end)
+			continue;
+		if (end <= begin)
+			return -1;
+
+		bit = name2bit(begin, end - begin);
+		if (bit < 0)
+			return bit;
+		setbit(ary, bit);
+		begin = NULL;
+		if (end && !*end)
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * LIST ::= <item> [, <item>]
+ *
+ * The <item> is translated to 'id' by name2flag() function and the flags is
+ * set to the 'mask'
+*
+ * Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error.
+ */
+int string_to_bitmask(const char *list,
+		     unsigned long *mask,
+		     long (*name2flag)(const char *, size_t))
+{
+	const char *begin = NULL, *p;
+
+	if (!list || !name2flag || !mask)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (p = list; p && *p; p++) {
+		const char *end = NULL;
+		long flag;
+
+		if (!begin)
+			begin = p;		/* begin of the level name */
+		if (*p == ',')
+			end = p;		/* terminate the name */
+		if (*(p + 1) == '\0')
+			end = p + 1;		/* end of string */
+		if (!begin || !end)
+			continue;
+		if (end <= begin)
+			return -1;
+
+		flag = name2flag(begin, end - begin);
+		if (flag < 0)
+			return flag;	/* error */
+		*mask |= flag;
+		begin = NULL;
+		if (end && !*end)
+			break;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Parse the lower and higher values in a string containing
+ * "lower:higher" or "lower-higher" format. Note that either
+ * the lower or the higher values may be missing, and the def
+ * value will be assigned to it by default.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error.
+ */
+int parse_range(const char *str, int *lower, int *upper, int def)
+{
+	char *end = NULL;
+
+	if (!str)
+		return 0;
+
+	*upper = *lower = def;
+	errno = 0;
+
+	if (*str == ':') {				/* <:N> */
+		str++;
+		*upper = strtol(str, &end, 10);
+		if (errno || !end || *end || end == str)
+			return -1;
+	} else {
+		*upper = *lower = strtol(str, &end, 10);
+		if (errno || !end || end == str)
+			return -1;
+
+		if (*end == ':' && !*(end + 1))		/* <M:> */
+			*upper = 0;
+		else if (*end == '-' || *end == ':') {	/* <M:N> <M-N> */
+			str = end + 1;
+			end = NULL;
+			errno = 0;
+			*upper = strtol(str, &end, 10);
+
+			if (errno || !end || *end || end == str)
+				return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Compare two strings for equality, ignoring at most one trailing
+ * slash.
+ */
+int streq_except_trailing_slash(const char *s1, const char *s2)
+{
+	int equal;
+
+	if (!s1 && !s2)
+		return 1;
+	if (!s1 || !s2)
+		return 0;
+
+	equal = !strcmp(s1, s2);
+
+	if (!equal) {
+		size_t len1 = strlen(s1);
+		size_t len2 = strlen(s2);
+
+		if (len1 && *(s1 + len1 - 1) == '/')
+			len1--;
+		if (len2 && *(s2 + len2 - 1) == '/')
+			len2--;
+		if (len1 != len2)
+			return 0;
+
+		equal = !strncmp(s1, s2, len1);
+	}
+
+	return equal;
+}
+
+
+#ifdef TEST_PROGRAM
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	uintmax_t size = 0;
+	char *hum, *hum2;
+
+	if (argc < 2) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "usage: %s <number>[suffix]\n",	argv[0]);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	if (strtosize(argv[1], &size))
+		errx(EXIT_FAILURE, "invalid size '%s' value", argv[1]);
+
+	hum = size_to_human_string(SIZE_SUFFIX_1LETTER, size);
+	hum2 = size_to_human_string(SIZE_SUFFIX_3LETTER |
+				    SIZE_SUFFIX_SPACE, size);
+
+	printf("%25s : %20ju : %8s : %12s\n", argv[1], size, hum, hum2);
+	free(hum);
+	free(hum2);
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+#endif /* TEST_PROGRAM */