+unsigned int
+parse_netmask_string(const char *str, bool v6)
+{
+ struct in_addr addr;
+ unsigned int ret;
+ char *err = NULL;
+
+ if (!strchr(str, '.')) {
+ ret = strtoul(str, &err, 0);
+ if (err && *err)
+ goto error;
+
+ return ret;
+ }
+
+ if (v6)
+ goto error;
+
+ if (inet_aton(str, &addr) != 1)
+ goto error;
+
+ return 32 - fls(~(ntohl(addr.s_addr)));
+
+error:
+ return ~0;
+}
+
+static bool
+split_netmask(char *str, unsigned int *netmask, bool v6)
+{
+ char *delim = strchr(str, '/');
+
+ if (delim) {
+ *(delim++) = 0;
+
+ *netmask = parse_netmask_string(delim, v6);
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+static int
+parse_ip_and_netmask(int af, const char *str, void *addr, unsigned int *netmask)
+{
+ char *astr = alloca(strlen(str) + 1);
+
+ strcpy(astr, str);
+ if (!split_netmask(astr, netmask, af == AF_INET6))
+ return 0;
+
+ if (af == AF_INET6) {
+ if (*netmask > 128)
+ return 0;
+ } else {
+ if (*netmask > 32)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return inet_pton(af, astr, addr);
+}
+
+struct device_addr *
+proto_parse_ip_addr_string(const char *str, bool v6, int mask)
+{
+ struct device_addr *addr;
+ int af = v6 ? AF_INET6 : AF_INET;
+
+ addr = calloc(1, sizeof(*addr));
+ addr->flags = v6 ? DEVADDR_INET6 : DEVADDR_INET4;
+ addr->mask = mask;
+ if (!parse_ip_and_netmask(af, str, &addr->addr, &addr->mask)) {
+ free(addr);
+ return NULL;
+ }
+ return addr;
+}
+
+