Some callers need to distinguish empty ipv4 addresses from ipv6.
Signed-off-by: Doug Evans <d...@google.com>
---
Changes from v4:
- new in this patchset revision
util/qemu-sockets.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 3ca6a6fb3d..062f0eb074 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -620,7 +620,8 @@ static int inet_parse_flag(const char *flagname, const char
*optstr, bool *val,
* Terminator may be '\0'.
* The syntax for IPv4 addresses is: address:port. "address" is optional,
* and may be empty (i.e., str is ":port").
- * The syntax for IPv6 addresses is: [address]:port. Upon return the wrapping
+ * The syntax for IPv6 addresses is: [address]:port. "address" is optional,
+ * and may be empty (i.e., str is "[]:port"). Upon return the wrapping
* [] brackets are removed.
* Host names are also supported as hostname:port. It is up to the caller to
* distinguish host names from numeric IPv4 addresses.
@@ -654,7 +655,10 @@ const char *inet_parse_host_and_port(const char *str, int
terminator,
}
} else if (buf[0] == '[') {
/* IPv6 addr */
- if (sscanf(buf, "[%64[^]]]:%32s", host, port) != 2) {
+ /* Note: sscanf %[ doesn't recognize empty contents. */
+ if (sscanf(buf, "[]:%32s", port) == 1) {
+ host[0] = '\0';
+ } else if (sscanf(buf, "[%64[^]]]:%32s", host, port) != 2) {
error_setg(errp, "error parsing IPv6 address '%s'", buf);
return NULL;
}
--
2.30.0.617.g56c4b15f3c-goog
