diff --git a/libblkid/src/strutils.h b/libblkid/src/strutils.h
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+#ifndef UTIL_LINUX_STRUTILS
+#define UTIL_LINUX_STRUTILS
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+/* default strtoxx_or_err() exit code */
+#ifndef STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE
+# define STRTOXX_EXIT_CODE EXIT_FAILURE
+#endif
+
+
+extern int parse_size(const char *str, uintmax_t *res, int *power);
+extern int strtosize(const char *str, uintmax_t *res);
+extern uintmax_t strtosize_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+
+extern int16_t strtos16_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+extern uint16_t strtou16_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+
+extern int32_t strtos32_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+extern uint32_t strtou32_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+
+extern int64_t strtos64_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+extern uint64_t strtou64_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+
+extern double strtod_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+
+extern long strtol_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+extern unsigned long strtoul_or_err(const char *str, const char *errmesg);
+
+extern void strtotimeval_or_err(const char *str, struct timeval *tv,
+		const char *errmesg);
+
+extern int isdigit_string(const char *str);
+
+#ifndef HAVE_MEMPCPY
+extern void *mempcpy(void *restrict dest, const void *restrict src, size_t n);
+#endif
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNLEN
+extern size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t maxlen);
+#endif
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNDUP
+extern char *strndup(const char *s, size_t n);
+#endif
+#ifndef HAVE_STRNCHR
+extern char *strnchr(const char *s, size_t maxlen, int c);
+#endif
+
+/* caller guarantees n > 0 */
+static inline void xstrncpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t n)
+{
+	strncpy(dest, src, n-1);
+	dest[n-1] = 0;
+}
+
+static inline char *strdup_to_offset(void *stru, size_t offset, const char *str)
+{
+	char *n = NULL;
+	char **o = (char **) ((char *) stru + offset);
+
+	if (str) {
+		n = strdup(str);
+		if (!n)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+
+	free(*o);
+	*o = n;
+	return n;
+}
+
+#define strdup_to_struct_member(_s, _m, _str) \
+		strdup_to_offset((void *) _s, offsetof(__typeof__(*(_s)), _m), _str)
+
+extern void strmode(mode_t mode, char *str);
+
+/* Options for size_to_human_string() */
+enum
+{
+        SIZE_SUFFIX_1LETTER = 0,
+        SIZE_SUFFIX_3LETTER = 1,
+        SIZE_SUFFIX_SPACE   = 2
+};
+
+extern char *size_to_human_string(int options, uint64_t bytes);
+
+extern int string_to_idarray(const char *list, int ary[], size_t arysz,
+			   int (name2id)(const char *, size_t));
+extern int string_add_to_idarray(const char *list, int ary[],
+				 size_t arysz, int *ary_pos,
+				 int (name2id)(const char *, size_t));
+
+extern int string_to_bitarray(const char *list, char *ary,
+			    int (*name2bit)(const char *, size_t));
+
+extern int string_to_bitmask(const char *list,
+			     unsigned long *mask,
+			     long (*name2flag)(const char *, size_t));
+extern int parse_range(const char *str, int *lower, int *upper, int def);
+
+extern int streq_except_trailing_slash(const char *s1, const char *s2);
+
+/*
+ * Match string beginning.
+ */
+static inline const char *startswith(const char *s, const char *prefix)
+{
+	size_t sz = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
+
+        if (s && sz && strncmp(s, prefix, sz) == 0)
+                return s + sz;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Case insensitive match string beginning.
+ */
+static inline const char *startswith_no_case(const char *s, const char *prefix)
+{
+	size_t sz = prefix ? strlen(prefix) : 0;
+
+        if (s && sz && strncasecmp(s, prefix, sz) == 0)
+                return s + sz;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Match string ending.
+ */
+static inline const char *endswith(const char *s, const char *postfix)
+{
+	size_t sl = s ? strlen(s) : 0;
+	size_t pl = postfix ? strlen(postfix) : 0;
+
+	if (pl == 0)
+		return (char *)s + sl;
+	if (sl < pl)
+		return NULL;
+	if (memcmp(s + sl - pl, postfix, pl) != 0)
+		return NULL;
+	return (char *)s + sl - pl;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Skip leading white space.
+ */
+static inline const char *skip_space(const char *p)
+{
+	while (isspace(*p))
+		++p;
+	return p;
+}
+
+static inline const char *skip_blank(const char *p)
+{
+	while (isblank(*p))
+		++p;
+	return p;
+}
+
+
+/* Removes whitespace from the right-hand side of a string (trailing
+ * whitespace).
+ *
+ * Returns size of the new string (without \0).
+ */
+static inline size_t rtrim_whitespace(unsigned char *str)
+{
+	size_t i = strlen((char *) str);
+
+	while (i) {
+		i--;
+		if (!isspace(str[i])) {
+			i++;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	str[i] = '\0';
+	return i;
+}
+
+/* Removes whitespace from the left-hand side of a string.
+ *
+ * Returns size of the new string (without \0).
+ */
+static inline size_t ltrim_whitespace(unsigned char *str)
+{
+	size_t len;
+	unsigned char *p;
+
+	for (p = str; p && isspace(*p); p++);
+
+	len = strlen((char *) p);
+
+	if (len && p > str)
+		memmove(str, p, len + 1);
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+#endif