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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-05-26 13:48:30 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2011-05-26 13:48:39 +0200
commit1102c660dd35725a11c7ca9365c237f2f42f6b30 (patch)
treecd32d3053b30050182218e0d36b4aed7459c48de /net/core/utils.c
parent6e9101aeec39961308176e0f59e73ac5d37d243a (diff)
parent4db70f73e56961b9bcdfd0c36c62847a18b7dbb5 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into perf/urgent
Merge reason: Linus applied an overlapping commit: 5f2e8e2b0bf0: kernel/watchdog.c: Use proper ANSI C prototypes So merge it in to make sure we can iterate the file without conflicts. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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diff --git a/net/core/utils.c b/net/core/utils.c
index 5fea0ab21902..2012bc797f9c 100644
--- a/net/core/utils.c
+++ b/net/core/utils.c
@@ -296,3 +296,27 @@ void inet_proto_csum_replace4(__sum16 *sum, struct sk_buff *skb,
csum_unfold(*sum)));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_proto_csum_replace4);
+
+int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ /* XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX */
+ if (strlen(s) < 3 * ETH_ALEN - 1)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Don't dirty result unless string is valid MAC. */
+ for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) {
+ if (!strchr("0123456789abcdefABCDEF", s[i * 3]))
+ return 0;
+ if (!strchr("0123456789abcdefABCDEF", s[i * 3 + 1]))
+ return 0;
+ if (i != ETH_ALEN - 1 && s[i * 3 + 2] != ':')
+ return 0;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) {
+ mac[i] = (hex_to_bin(s[i * 3]) << 4) | hex_to_bin(s[i * 3 + 1]);
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mac_pton);