utils.c

/*
 * INET		An implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite for the LINUX
 *		operating system.  INET is implemented using the  BSD Socket
 *		interface as the means of communication with the user level.
 *
 *		Various kernel-resident INET utility functions; mainly
 *		for format conversion and debugging output.
 *
 * Version:	$Id: utils.c,v 1.8 2000/10/03 07:29:01 anton Exp $
 *
 * Author:	Fred N. van Kempen, <waltje@uWalt.NL.Mugnet.ORG>
 *
 * Fixes:
 *		Alan Cox	:	verify_area check.
 *		Alan Cox	:	removed old debugging.
 *		Andi Kleen	:	add net_ratelimit()  
 *
 *		This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *		modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *		as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
 *		2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 */

#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <asm/byteorder.h>

/*
 *	Convert an ASCII string to binary IP. 
 */
 
__u32 in_aton(const char *str)
{
	unsigned long l;
	unsigned int val;
	int i;

	l = 0;
	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) 
	{
		l <<= 8;
		if (*str != '\0') 
		{
			val = 0;
			while (*str != '\0' && *str != '.') 
			{
				val *= 10;
				val += *str - '0';
				str++;
			}
			l |= val;
			if (*str != '\0') 
				str++;
		}
	}
	return(htonl(l));
}

EXPORT_SYMBOL(in_aton);