1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/bootconfig.h b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
index e49043ac77c9..6bdd94cff4e2 100644
--- a/include/linux/bootconfig.h
+++ b/include/linux/bootconfig.h
@@ -16,6 +16,26 @@
 #define BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN	(1 << BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN_SHIFT)
 #define BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN_MASK	(BOOTCONFIG_ALIGN - 1)
 
+/**
+ * xbc_calc_checksum() - Calculate checksum of bootconfig
+ * @data: Bootconfig data.
+ * @size: The size of the bootconfig data.
+ *
+ * Calculate the checksum value of the bootconfig data.
+ * The checksum will be used with the BOOTCONFIG_MAGIC and the size for
+ * embedding the bootconfig in the initrd image.
+ */
+static inline __init u32 xbc_calc_checksum(void *data, u32 size)
+{
+	unsigned char *p = data;
+	u32 ret = 0;
+
+	while (size--)
+		ret += *p++;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 /* XBC tree node */
 struct xbc_node {
 	u16 next;