1 files changed, 22 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
index 992e80edc720..53e304d59544 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/netmisc.c
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <asm/div64.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+#include <linux/inet.h>
+#endif
 #include "cifsfs.h"
 #include "cifspdu.h"
 #include "cifsglob.h"
@@ -129,11 +132,27 @@ static const struct smb_to_posix_error mapping_table_ERRHRD[] = {
 /* Convert string containing dotted ip address to binary form */
 /* returns 0 if invalid address */
 
-/* BB add address family, change rc to status flag and return union or for ipv6 */
-/*  will need parent to call something like inet_pton to convert ipv6 address  BB */
 int
 cifs_inet_pton(int address_family, char *cp,void *dst)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
+        int ret = 0;
+
+        /* calculate length by finding first slash or NULL */
+        /* BB Should we convert '/' slash to '\' here since it seems already done
+           before this */
+        if( address_family == AF_INET ){
+                ret = in4_pton(cp, -1 /* len */, dst , '\\', NULL);     
+        } else if( address_family == AF_INET6 ){
+                ret = in6_pton(cp, -1 /* len */, dst , '\\', NULL);
+        }
+#ifdef CONFIG_CIFS_DEBUG2
+        cFYI(1,("address conversion returned %d for %s", ret, cp));
+#endif
+        if (ret > 0)
+                ret = 1;
+        return ret;
+#else
         int value;
         int digit;
         int i;
@@ -192,6 +211,7 @@ cifs_inet_pton(int address_family, char *cp,void *dst)
 
         *((__be32 *)dst) = *((__be32 *) bytes) | htonl(value);
         return 1; /* success */
+#endif /* EXPERIMENTAL */       
 }
 
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