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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * WMI string utility functions.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2025 Armin Wolf <W_Armin@gmx.de>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/build_bug.h>
+#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/nls.h>
+#include <linux/limits.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/wmi.h>
+
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+
+static_assert(sizeof(__le16) == sizeof(wchar_t));
+
+/**
+ * wmi_string_to_utf8s - Convert a WMI string into a UTF8 string.
+ * @str: WMI string representation
+ * @dst: Buffer to fill with UTF8 characters
+ * @length: Length of the destination buffer
+ *
+ * Convert as WMI string into a standard UTF8 string. The conversion will stop
+ * once a NUL character is detected or when the buffer is full. Any invalid UTF16
+ * characters will be ignored. The resulting UTF8 string will always be NUL-terminated
+ * when this function returns successfully.
+ *
+ * Return: Length of the resulting UTF8 string or negative errno code on failure.
+ */
+ssize_t wmi_string_to_utf8s(const struct wmi_string *str, u8 *dst, size_t length)
+{
+ /* Contains the maximum number of UTF16 code points to read */
+ int inlen = le16_to_cpu(str->length) / 2;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (length < 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* We must leave room for the NUL character at the end of the destination buffer */
+ ret = utf16s_to_utf8s((__force const wchar_t *)str->chars, inlen, UTF16_LITTLE_ENDIAN, dst,
+ length - 1);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ dst[ret] = '\0';
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_string_to_utf8s);
+
+/**
+ * wmi_string_from_utf8s - Convert a UTF8 string into a WMI string.
+ * @str: WMI string representation
+ * @max_chars: Maximum number of UTF16 code points to store inside the WMI string
+ * @src: UTF8 string to convert
+ * @src_length: Length of the source string without any trailing NUL-characters
+ *
+ * Convert a UTF8 string into a WMI string. The conversion will stop when the WMI string is
+ * full. The resulting WMI string will always be NUL-terminated and have its length field set
+ * to and appropriate value when this function returns successfully.
+ *
+ * Return: Number of UTF16 code points inside the WMI string or negative errno code on failure.
+ */
+ssize_t wmi_string_from_utf8s(struct wmi_string *str, size_t max_chars, const u8 *src,
+ size_t src_length)
+{
+ size_t str_length;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (max_chars < 1)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* We must leave room for the NUL character at the end of the WMI string */
+ ret = utf8s_to_utf16s(src, src_length, UTF16_LITTLE_ENDIAN, (__force wchar_t *)str->chars,
+ max_chars - 1);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ return ret;
+
+ str_length = (ret + 1) * sizeof(u16);
+ if (str_length > U16_MAX)
+ return -EOVERFLOW;
+
+ str->length = cpu_to_le16(str_length);
+ str->chars[ret] = '\0';
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wmi_string_from_utf8s);