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+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 Calxeda, Inc.
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include "common.h"
+
+/*
+ * This is what a UUID string looks like.
+ *
+ * x is a hexadecimal character. fields are separated by '-'s. When converting
+ * to a binary UUID, le means the field should be converted to little endian,
+ * and be means it should be converted to big endian.
+ *
+ * 0 9 14 19 24
+ * xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
+ * le le le be be
+ */
+
+int uuid_str_valid(const char *uuid)
+{
+ int i, valid;
+
+ if (uuid == NULL)
+ return 0;
+
+ for (i = 0, valid = 1; uuid[i] && valid; i++) {
+ switch (i) {
+ case 8: case 13: case 18: case 23:
+ valid = (uuid[i] == '-');
+ break;
+ default:
+ valid = isxdigit(uuid[i]);
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (i != 36 || !valid)
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+void uuid_str_to_bin(const char *uuid, unsigned char *out)
+{
+ uint16_t tmp16;
+ uint32_t tmp32;
+ uint64_t tmp64;
+
+ if (!uuid || !out)
+ return;
+
+ tmp32 = cpu_to_le32(simple_strtoul(uuid, NULL, 16));
+ memcpy(out, &tmp32, 4);
+
+ tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(simple_strtoul(uuid + 9, NULL, 16));
+ memcpy(out + 4, &tmp16, 2);
+
+ tmp16 = cpu_to_le16(simple_strtoul(uuid + 14, NULL, 16));
+ memcpy(out + 6, &tmp16, 2);
+
+ tmp16 = cpu_to_be16(simple_strtoul(uuid + 19, NULL, 16));
+ memcpy(out + 8, &tmp16, 2);
+
+ tmp64 = cpu_to_be64(simple_strtoull(uuid + 24, NULL, 16));
+ memcpy(out + 10, (char *)&tmp64 + 2, 6);
+}