1 files changed, 42 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/string.c b/tools/perf/util/string.c
index c397d4f..a175949 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/string.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/string.c
@@ -265,21 +265,21 @@ error:
 	return false;
 }
 
-/**
- * strglobmatch - glob expression pattern matching
- * @str: the target string to match
- * @pat: the pattern string to match
- *
- * This returns true if the @str matches @pat. @pat can includes wildcards
- * ('*','?') and character classes ([CHARS], complementation and ranges are
- * also supported). Also, this supports escape character ('\') to use special
- * characters as normal character.
- *
- * Note: if @pat syntax is broken, this always returns false.
- */
-bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
+/* Glob/lazy pattern matching */
+static bool __match_glob(const char *str, const char *pat, bool ignore_space)
 {
 	while (*str && *pat && *pat != '*') {
+		if (ignore_space) {
+			/* Ignore spaces for lazy matching */
+			if (isspace(*str)) {
+				str++;
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (isspace(*pat)) {
+				pat++;
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
 		if (*pat == '?') {	/* Matches any single character */
 			str++;
 			pat++;
@@ -308,3 +308,32 @@ bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
 	return !*str && !*pat;
 }
 
+/**
+ * strglobmatch - glob expression pattern matching
+ * @str: the target string to match
+ * @pat: the pattern string to match
+ *
+ * This returns true if the @str matches @pat. @pat can includes wildcards
+ * ('*','?') and character classes ([CHARS], complementation and ranges are
+ * also supported). Also, this supports escape character ('\') to use special
+ * characters as normal character.
+ *
+ * Note: if @pat syntax is broken, this always returns false.
+ */
+bool strglobmatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
+{
+	return __match_glob(str, pat, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * strlazymatch - matching pattern strings lazily with glob pattern
+ * @str: the target string to match
+ * @pat: the pattern string to match
+ *
+ * This is similar to strglobmatch, except this ignores spaces in
+ * the target string.
+ */
+bool strlazymatch(const char *str, const char *pat)
+{
+	return __match_glob(str, pat, true);
+}