Does the kernel have a function to parse a text IPv6 address?

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* Does the kernel have a function to parse a text IPv6 address?
@ 2017-08-18 18:32 David Howells
  2017-08-18 18:37 ` Cong Wang
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From: David Howells @ 2017-08-18 18:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: netdev; +Cc: dhowells

Does the kernel have a function to parse a text IPv6 address of the form
"x:y:..::z" and put it into a struct sockaddr_in6?

David

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* Re: Does the kernel have a function to parse a text IPv6 address?
  2017-08-18 18:32 Does the kernel have a function to parse a text IPv6 address? David Howells
@ 2017-08-18 18:37 ` Cong Wang
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Cong Wang @ 2017-08-18 18:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: David Howells; +Cc: Linux Kernel Network Developers

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 11:32 AM, David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
> Does the kernel have a function to parse a text IPv6 address of the form
> "x:y:..::z" and put it into a struct sockaddr_in6?
>

in6_pton() in net/core/utils.c.

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