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authorPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2011-05-23 11:35:33 +0900
committerPaul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>2011-05-23 11:35:33 +0900
commit8ace5c4698ec8da53e69095596718d5a936433de (patch)
tree1f5959b3ac289e3bde420cc14109be0cc518a75a /net/core/utils.c
parenta375b15164dd9264f724ad941825e52c90145151 (diff)
parent71a8638480eb8fb6cfabe2ee9ca3fbc6e3453a14 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into sh-latest
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diff --git a/net/core/utils.c b/net/core/utils.c
index 5fea0ab2190..2012bc797f9 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);