+/**
+ * bytestring_index - locate character in bytestring
+ * @haystack: a bytestring
+ * @needle: a character or byte value
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the first occurrence of @needle within
+ * @haystack, or NULL if @needle does not appear in @haystack.
+ */
+static inline const char *bytestring_index(struct bytestring haystack,
+ char needle)
+{
+ return memchr(haystack.ptr, needle, haystack.len);
+}
+
+/**
+ * bytestring_rindex - locate character in bytestring
+ * @haystack: a bytestring
+ * @needle: a character or byte value
+ *
+ * Returns a pointer to the last occurrence of @needle within
+ * @haystack, or NULL if @needle does not appear in @haystack.
+ */
+static inline const char *bytestring_rindex(struct bytestring haystack,
+ char needle)
+{
+ return memrchr(haystack.ptr, needle, haystack.len);
+}
+
+/*
+ * bytestring_bytestring - search for a bytestring in another bytestring
+ * @haystack, @needle: bytestrings
+ *
+ * Returns a bytestring corresponding to the first occurrence of
+ * @needle in @haystack, or bytestring_NULL if @needle is not found
+ * within @haystack.
+ */
+static inline struct bytestring bytestring_bytestring(struct bytestring haystack,
+ struct bytestring needle)
+{
+ const char *p = memmem(haystack.ptr, haystack.len,
+ needle.ptr, needle.len);
+ if (p)
+ return bytestring(p, needle.len);
+ else
+ return bytestring_NULL;
+}
+