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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2024 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+#ifndef ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_NEWLIB_INCLUDE_STRING_H_
+#define ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_NEWLIB_INCLUDE_STRING_H_
+
+/* This should work on GCC and clang.
+ *
+ * If we need to support a toolchain without #include_next the CMake
+ * infrastructure should be used to identify it and provide an
+ * alternative solution.
+ */
+#include_next <string.h>
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * Define these two Zephyr APIs when _POSIX_C_SOURCE is not set to expose
+ * them from newlib
+ */
+#if !__MISC_VISIBLE && !__POSIX_VISIBLE
+char *strtok_r(char *__restrict, const char *__restrict, char **__restrict);
+#endif
+#if __POSIX_VISIBLE < 200809L
+size_t strnlen(const char *, size_t);
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* ZEPHYR_LIB_LIBC_NEWLIB_INCLUDE_STRING_H_ */