diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 2c0900a..08ec58c 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 #include <asm/word-at-a-time.h>
@@ -158,11 +159,9 @@
  * @src: Where to copy the string from
  * @count: Size of destination buffer
  *
- * Copy the string, or as much of it as fits, into the dest buffer.
- * The routine returns the number of characters copied (not including
- * the trailing NUL) or -E2BIG if the destination buffer wasn't big enough.
- * The behavior is undefined if the string buffers overlap.
- * The destination buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's zero-sized.
+ * Copy the string, or as much of it as fits, into the dest buffer.  The
+ * behavior is undefined if the string buffers overlap.  The destination
+ * buffer is always NUL terminated, unless it's zero-sized.
  *
  * Preferred to strlcpy() since the API doesn't require reading memory
  * from the src string beyond the specified "count" bytes, and since
@@ -172,8 +171,11 @@
  *
  * Preferred to strncpy() since it always returns a valid string, and
  * doesn't unnecessarily force the tail of the destination buffer to be
- * zeroed.  If the zeroing is desired, it's likely cleaner to use strscpy()
- * with an overflow test, then just memset() the tail of the dest buffer.
+ * zeroed.  If zeroing is desired please use strscpy_pad().
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
  */
 ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
 {
@@ -181,7 +183,7 @@
 	size_t max = count;
 	long res = 0;
 
-	if (count == 0)
+	if (count == 0 || WARN_ON_ONCE(count > INT_MAX))
 		return -E2BIG;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS
@@ -236,6 +238,40 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * strscpy_pad() - Copy a C-string into a sized buffer
+ * @dest: Where to copy the string to
+ * @src: Where to copy the string from
+ * @count: Size of destination buffer
+ *
+ * Copy the string, or as much of it as fits, into the dest buffer.  The
+ * behavior is undefined if the string buffers overlap.  The destination
+ * buffer is always %NUL terminated, unless it's zero-sized.
+ *
+ * If the source string is shorter than the destination buffer, zeros
+ * the tail of the destination buffer.
+ *
+ * For full explanation of why you may want to consider using the
+ * 'strscpy' functions please see the function docstring for strscpy().
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ * * The number of characters copied (not including the trailing %NUL)
+ * * -E2BIG if count is 0 or @src was truncated.
+ */
+ssize_t strscpy_pad(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
+{
+	ssize_t written;
+
+	written = strscpy(dest, src, count);
+	if (written < 0 || written == count - 1)
+		return written;
+
+	memset(dest + written + 1, 0, count - written - 1);
+
+	return written;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strscpy_pad);
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
 /**
  * strcat - Append one %NUL-terminated string to another
@@ -366,6 +402,9 @@
  * strchr - Find the first occurrence of a character in a string
  * @s: The string to be searched
  * @c: The character to search for
+ *
+ * Note that the %NUL-terminator is considered part of the string, and can
+ * be searched for.
  */
 char *strchr(const char *s, int c)
 {
@@ -419,12 +458,18 @@
  * @s: The string to be searched
  * @count: The number of characters to be searched
  * @c: The character to search for
+ *
+ * Note that the %NUL-terminator is considered part of the string, and can
+ * be searched for.
  */
 char *strnchr(const char *s, size_t count, int c)
 {
-	for (; count-- && *s != '\0'; ++s)
+	while (count--) {
 		if (*s == (char)c)
 			return (char *)s;
+		if (*s++ == '\0')
+			break;
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnchr);
@@ -703,27 +748,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
 #endif
 
-/**
- * memzero_explicit - Fill a region of memory (e.g. sensitive
- *		      keying data) with 0s.
- * @s: Pointer to the start of the area.
- * @count: The size of the area.
- *
- * Note: usually using memset() is just fine (!), but in cases
- * where clearing out _local_ data at the end of a scope is
- * necessary, memzero_explicit() should be used instead in
- * order to prevent the compiler from optimising away zeroing.
- *
- * memzero_explicit() doesn't need an arch-specific version as
- * it just invokes the one of memset() implicitly.
- */
-void memzero_explicit(void *s, size_t count)
-{
-	memset(s, 0, count);
-	barrier_data(s);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(memzero_explicit);
-
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET16
 /**
  * memset16() - Fill a memory area with a uint16_t
@@ -865,6 +889,26 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp);
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_BCMP
+/**
+ * bcmp - returns 0 if and only if the buffers have identical contents.
+ * @a: pointer to first buffer.
+ * @b: pointer to second buffer.
+ * @len: size of buffers.
+ *
+ * The sign or magnitude of a non-zero return value has no particular
+ * meaning, and architectures may implement their own more efficient bcmp(). So
+ * while this particular implementation is a simple (tail) call to memcmp, do
+ * not rely on anything but whether the return value is zero or non-zero.
+ */
+#undef bcmp
+int bcmp(const void *a, const void *b, size_t len)
+{
+	return memcmp(a, b, len);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bcmp);
+#endif
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSCAN
 /**
  * memscan - Find a character in an area of memory.