On Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:58:18 +0100 Andreas Henriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Suggested patch for allowing netmask to be specified in dotted quad format. > See http://bugs.debian.org/357172 > > (Known problem: this will not prevent some invalid syntaxes, > ie. "255.0.255.0" will be treated as "255.255.255.0") > > Comments? Suggestions? Improvements? Fix the bug you mentioned? /* a valid netmask must be 2^n - 1 (n = 1..31) */ static int is_valid_netmask(const inet_prefix *addr) { uint32_t host; if (addr->family != AF_INET) return 0; host = ~ntohl(addr->data[0]); if (host == 0 || ~host == 0) return 0; return (host & (host + 1)) == 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html