+/*
+ * Try to convert a string to an IPv4 address and then attempt to convert
+ * it to an IPv6 address if that fails. Set the family field if either
+ * succeeds. If it's an IPv6 address and it has a '%' sign in it, try to
+ * treat the part following it as a numeric sin6_scope_id.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 on failure.
+ */
+int
+cifs_convert_address(char *src, void *dst)
+{
+ int rc;
+ char *pct, *endp;
+ struct sockaddr_in *s4 = (struct sockaddr_in *) dst;
+ struct sockaddr_in6 *s6 = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) dst;
+
+ /* IPv4 address */
+ if (cifs_inet_pton(AF_INET, src, &s4->sin_addr.s_addr)) {
+ s4->sin_family = AF_INET;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ /* temporarily terminate string */
+ pct = strchr(src, '%');
+ if (pct)
+ *pct = '\0';
+
+ rc = cifs_inet_pton(AF_INET6, src, &s6->sin6_addr.s6_addr);
+
+ /* repair temp termination (if any) and make pct point to scopeid */
+ if (pct)
+ *pct++ = '%';
+
+ if (!rc)
+ return rc;
+
+ s6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
+ if (pct) {
+ s6->sin6_scope_id = (u32) simple_strtoul(pct, &endp, 0);
+ if (!*pct || *endp)
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ return rc;
+}
+