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diff --git a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
index 7f32fd1f6f..1946195de4 100644
--- a/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
+++ b/lib/librte_kvargs/rte_kvargs.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ struct rte_kvargs *rte_kvargs_parse_delim(const char *args,
  * rte_kvargs_parse().
  *
  * @param kvlist
- *   The rte_kvargs structure
+ *   The rte_kvargs structure. No error if NULL.
  */
 void rte_kvargs_free(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist);
 
@@ -119,11 +119,10 @@ void rte_kvargs_free(struct rte_kvargs *kvlist);
  *
  * For each key/value association that matches the given key, calls the
  * handler function with the for a given arg_name passing the value on the
- * dictionary for that key and a given extra argument. If *kvlist* is NULL
- * function does nothing.
+ * dictionary for that key and a given extra argument.
  *
  * @param kvlist
- *   The rte_kvargs structure
+ *   The rte_kvargs structure. No error if NULL.
  * @param key_match
  *   The key on which the handler should be called, or NULL to process handler
  *   on all associations
@@ -153,6 +152,32 @@ int rte_kvargs_process(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist,
 unsigned rte_kvargs_count(const struct rte_kvargs *kvlist,
 	const char *key_match);
 
+/**
+ * Generic kvarg handler for string comparison.
+ *
+ * This function can be used for a generic string comparison processing
+ * on a list of kvargs.
+ *
+ * @param key
+ *   kvarg pair key.
+ *
+ * @param value
+ *   kvarg pair value.
+ *
+ * @param opaque
+ *   Opaque pointer to a string.
+ *
+ * @return
+ *   0 if the strings match.
+ *   !0 otherwise or on error.
+ *
+ *   Unless strcmp, comparison ordering is not kept.
+ *   In order for rte_kvargs_process to stop processing on match error,
+ *   a negative value is returned even if strcmp had returned a positive one.
+ */
+__rte_experimental
+int rte_kvargs_strcmp(const char *key, const char *value, void *opaque);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif