MINOR: global: export function and permits to not resolve DNS names
exports the commonly used function str2ip. The function str2ip2 is
created and permits to not resolve DNS names.
diff --git a/include/common/standard.h b/include/common/standard.h
index 427d0d7..d0d5065 100644
--- a/include/common/standard.h
+++ b/include/common/standard.h
@@ -294,6 +294,31 @@
*/
int str2net(const char *str, int resolve, struct in_addr *addr, struct in_addr *mask);
+/* str2ip and str2ip2:
+ *
+ * converts <str> to a struct sockaddr_storage* provided by the caller. The
+ * caller must have zeroed <sa> first, and may have set sa->ss_family to force
+ * parse a specific address format. If the ss_family is 0 or AF_UNSPEC, then
+ * the function tries to guess the address family from the syntax. If the
+ * family is forced and the format doesn't match, an error is returned. The
+ * string is assumed to contain only an address, no port. The address can be a
+ * dotted IPv4 address, an IPv6 address, a host name, or empty or "*" to
+ * indicate INADDR_ANY. NULL is returned if the host part cannot be resolved.
+ * The return address will only have the address family and the address set,
+ * all other fields remain zero. The string is not supposed to be modified.
+ * The IPv6 '::' address is IN6ADDR_ANY.
+ *
+ * str2ip2:
+ *
+ * If <resolve> is set, this function try to resolve DNS, otherwise, it returns
+ * NULL result.
+ */
+struct sockaddr_storage *str2ip2(const char *str, struct sockaddr_storage *sa, int resolve);
+static inline struct sockaddr_storage *str2ip(const char *str, struct sockaddr_storage *sa)
+{
+ return str2ip2(str, sa, 1);
+}
+
/*
* converts <str> to two struct in6_addr* which must be pre-allocated.
* The format is "addr[/mask]", where "addr" cannot be empty, and mask
diff --git a/src/standard.c b/src/standard.c
index f28825f..79158ff 100644
--- a/src/standard.c
+++ b/src/standard.c
@@ -567,9 +567,11 @@
* indicate INADDR_ANY. NULL is returned if the host part cannot be resolved.
* The return address will only have the address family and the address set,
* all other fields remain zero. The string is not supposed to be modified.
- * The IPv6 '::' address is IN6ADDR_ANY.
+ * The IPv6 '::' address is IN6ADDR_ANY. If <resolve> is non-zero, the hostname
+ * is resolved, otherwise only IP addresses are resolved, and anything else
+ * returns NULL.
*/
-static struct sockaddr_storage *str2ip(const char *str, struct sockaddr_storage *sa)
+struct sockaddr_storage *str2ip2(const char *str, struct sockaddr_storage *sa, int resolve)
{
struct hostent *he;
@@ -603,6 +605,9 @@
return sa;
}
+ if (!resolve)
+ return NULL;
+
#ifdef USE_GETADDRINFO
if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_USE_GAI) {
struct addrinfo hints, *result;