--- /dev/null
+#ifndef _LWK_STRING_H
+#define _LWK_STRING_H
+
+/* We don't want strings.h stuff being used by user stuff by accident */
+
+#ifndef __KERNEL__
+#include <string.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#include <lwk/compiler.h> /* for inline */
+#include <lwk/types.h> /* for size_t */
+#include <lwk/stddef.h> /* for NULL */
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+extern char *strndup_user(const char __user *, long);
+
+/*
+ * Include machine specific inline routines
+ */
+#include <arch/string.h>
+
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCPY
+extern char * strcpy(char *,const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCPY
+extern char * strncpy(char *,const char *, __kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCPY
+size_t strlcpy(char *, const char *, size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
+extern char * strcat(char *, const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCAT
+extern char * strncat(char *, const char *, __kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLCAT
+extern size_t strlcat(char *, const char *, __kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCMP
+extern int strcmp(const char *,const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCMP
+extern int strncmp(const char *,const char *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNICMP
+extern int strnicmp(const char *, const char *, __kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCHR
+extern char * strchr(const char *,int);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCHR
+extern char * strnchr(const char *, size_t, int);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRRCHR
+extern char * strrchr(const char *,int);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSTR
+extern char * strstr(const char *,const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRLEN
+extern __kernel_size_t strlen(const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRNLEN
+extern __kernel_size_t strnlen(const char *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRPBRK
+extern char * strpbrk(const char *,const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSEP
+extern char * strsep(char **,const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRSPN
+extern __kernel_size_t strspn(const char *,const char *);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCSPN
+extern __kernel_size_t strcspn(const char *,const char *);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+extern void * memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+extern void * memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
+extern void * memmove(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN
+extern void * memscan(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
+extern int memcmp(const void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
+extern void * memchr(const void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
+
+extern char *kstrdup(const char *s, gfp_t gfp);
+
+extern char *strerror(int errnum);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif
+#endif /* _LWK_STRING_H */