From 5ad97d9ef3f77a246a588f4256d92f831e542f5d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vadim Kochan Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 22:25:03 +0200 Subject: str: Add str2mac helper function Add function to convert a string in the format xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx to a MAC address byte array. Signed-off-by: Vadim Kochan [tk: Add len parameter and error out on too short buffers] Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser --- str.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) (limited to 'str.c') diff --git a/str.c b/str.c index e4d8722..cfee03f 100644 --- a/str.c +++ b/str.c @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include "str.h" #include "die.h" @@ -129,3 +130,31 @@ void argv_free(char **argv) free(tmp); } + +int str2mac(const char *str, uint8_t *mac, size_t len) +{ + int i, count; + unsigned int tmp[6]; + + if (!str) + return -EINVAL; + if (len < 6) + return -ENOSPC; + + count = sscanf(str, "%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X", + &tmp[0], &tmp[1], &tmp[2], &tmp[3], &tmp[4], &tmp[5]); + + if (errno || count != 6) + count = sscanf(str, "%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x:%02x", + &tmp[0], &tmp[1], &tmp[2], &tmp[3], &tmp[4], &tmp[5]); + + if (count != 6) + return -EINVAL; + if (errno) + return -errno; + + for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) + mac[i] = (uint8_t)tmp[i]; + + return 0; +} -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf