1 files changed, 52 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
index 32d6baa0a54f..bd6d6895730d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
@@ -133,10 +133,12 @@ static const struct smb_to_posix_error mapping_table_ERRHRD[] = {
         {0, 0}
 };
 
-/* Convert string containing dotted ip address to binary form */
-/* returns 0 if invalid address */
-
-int
+/*
+ * Convert a string containing text IPv4 or IPv6 address to binary form.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on failure.
+ */
+static int
 cifs_inet_pton(const int address_family, const char *cp, void *dst)
 {
         int ret = 0;
@@ -153,6 +155,52 @@ cifs_inet_pton(const int address_family, const char *cp, void *dst)
         return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Try to convert a string to an IPv4 address and then attempt to convert
+ * it to an IPv6 address if that fails. Set the family field if either
+ * succeeds. If it's an IPv6 address and it has a '%' sign in it, try to
+ * treat the part following it as a numeric sin6_scope_id.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on failure.
+ */
+int
+cifs_convert_address(char *src, void *dst)
+{
+        int rc;
+        char *pct, *endp;
+        struct sockaddr_in *s4 = (struct sockaddr_in *) dst;
+        struct sockaddr_in6 *s6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) dst;
+
+        /* IPv4 address */
+        if (cifs_inet_pton(AF_INET, src, &s4->sin_addr.s_addr)) {
+                s4->sin_family = AF_INET;
+                return 1;
+        }
+
+        /* temporarily terminate string */
+        pct = strchr(src, '%');
+        if (pct)
+                *pct = '\0';
+
+        rc = cifs_inet_pton(AF_INET6, src, &s6->sin6_addr.s6_addr);
+
+        /* repair temp termination (if any) and make pct point to scopeid */
+        if (pct)
+                *pct++ = '%';
+
+        if (!rc)
+                return rc;
+
+        s6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+        if (pct) {
+                s6->sin6_scope_id = (u32) simple_strtoul(pct, &endp, 0);
+                if (!*pct || *endp)
+                        return 0;
+        }
+
+        return rc;
+}
+
 /*****************************************************************************
 convert a NT status code to a dos class/code
  *****************************************************************************/