2 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/smap.c b/lib/smap.c
index 7fe3ce41c..8865a8898 100644
--- a/lib/smap.c
+++ b/lib/smap.c
@@ -302,6 +302,26 @@ smap_to_json(const struct smap *smap)
     }
     return json;
 }
+
+/* Returns true if the two maps are equal, meaning that they have the same set
+ * of key-value pairs.
+ */
+bool
+smap_equal(const struct smap *smap1, const struct smap *smap2)
+{
+    if (smap_count(smap1) != smap_count(smap2)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    const struct smap_node *node;
+    SMAP_FOR_EACH (node, smap1) {
+        const char *value2 = smap_get(smap2, node->key);
+        if (!value2 || strcmp(node->value, value2)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+}
 
 /* Private Helpers. */
 
diff --git a/lib/smap.h b/lib/smap.h
index caf3efcac..cac387899 100644
--- a/lib/smap.h
+++ b/lib/smap.h
@@ -67,4 +67,6 @@ const struct smap_node **smap_sort(const struct smap *);
 void smap_from_json(struct smap *, const struct json *);
 struct json *smap_to_json(const struct smap *);
 
+bool smap_equal(const struct smap *, const struct smap *);
+
 #endif /* smap.h */