1 files changed, 53 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
index 989e2c8496dd..5915ccfdb7d9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/hwmon.c
@@ -1057,6 +1057,59 @@ void devm_hwmon_device_unregister(struct device *dev)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwmon_device_unregister);
 
+static char *__hwmon_sanitize_name(struct device *dev, const char *old_name)
+{
+	char *name, *p;
+
+	if (dev)
+		name = devm_kstrdup(dev, old_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	else
+		name = kstrdup(old_name, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!name)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	for (p = name; *p; p++)
+		if (hwmon_is_bad_char(*p))
+			*p = '_';
+
+	return name;
+}
+
+/**
+ * hwmon_sanitize_name - Replaces invalid characters in a hwmon name
+ * @name: NUL-terminated name
+ *
+ * Allocates a new string where any invalid characters will be replaced
+ * by an underscore. It is the responsibility of the caller to release
+ * the memory.
+ *
+ * Returns newly allocated name, or ERR_PTR on error.
+ */
+char *hwmon_sanitize_name(const char *name)
+{
+	return __hwmon_sanitize_name(NULL, name);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hwmon_sanitize_name);
+
+/**
+ * devm_hwmon_sanitize_name - resource managed hwmon_sanitize_name()
+ * @dev: device to allocate memory for
+ * @name: NUL-terminated name
+ *
+ * Allocates a new string where any invalid characters will be replaced
+ * by an underscore.
+ *
+ * Returns newly allocated name, or ERR_PTR on error.
+ */
+char *devm_hwmon_sanitize_name(struct device *dev, const char *name)
+{
+	if (!dev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	return __hwmon_sanitize_name(dev, name);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(devm_hwmon_sanitize_name);
+
 static void __init hwmon_pci_quirks(void)
 {
 #if defined CONFIG_X86 && defined CONFIG_PCI