net: add mac_pton() for parsing MAC address
mac_pton() parses MAC address in form XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX and only in that form.
mac_pton() doesn't dirty result until it's sure string representation is valid.
mac_pton() doesn't care about characters _after_ last octet,
it's up to caller to deal with it.
mac_pton() diverges from 0/-E return value convention.
Target usage:
if (!mac_pton(str, whatever->mac))
return -EINVAL;
/* ->mac being u8 [ETH_ALEN] is filled at this point. */
/* optionally check str[3 * ETH_ALEN - 1] for termination */
Use mac_pton() in pktgen and netconsole for start.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index be69043..0f1325d 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
extern struct ctl_table ether_table[];
#endif
+int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac);
extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);
#endif