+/**
+ * kstrimdup - Trim and copy a %NUL terminated string.
+ * @s: the string to trim and duplicate
+ * @gfp: the GFP mask used in the kmalloc() call when allocating memory
+ *
+ * Returns an address, which the caller must kfree, containing
+ * a duplicate of the passed string with leading and/or trailing
+ * whitespace (as defined by isspace) removed.
+ */
+char *kstrimdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+ char *buf;
+ char *begin = skip_spaces(s);
+ size_t len = strlen(begin);
+
+ while (len && isspace(begin[len - 1]))
+ len--;
+
+ buf = kmalloc_track_caller(len + 1, gfp);
+ if (!buf)
+ return NULL;
+
+ memcpy(buf, begin, len);
+ buf[len] = '\0';
+
+ return buf;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kstrimdup);
+