Merge citrix branch into master.

[sliver-openvswitch.git] / lib / socket-util.c

diff --git a/lib/socket-util.c b/lib/socket-util.c
index fdd8e95..3fcd5a1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/socket-util.c
+++ b/lib/socket-util.c
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009 Nicira Networks.
  *
- * Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
- * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
- * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
  *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
- * WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
- * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
- * ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
- * WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
- * ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
- * OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
@@ -73,25 +73,16 @@ get_max_fds(void)
     return max_fds;
 }
 
-/* Translates 'host_name', which may be a DNS name or an IP address, into a
- * numeric IP address in '*addr'.  Returns 0 if successful, otherwise a
- * positive errno value. */
+/* Translates 'host_name', which must be a string representation of an IP
+ * address, into a numeric IP address in '*addr'.  Returns 0 if successful,
+ * otherwise a positive errno value. */
 int
 lookup_ip(const char *host_name, struct in_addr *addr) 
 {
     if (!inet_aton(host_name, addr)) {
-        struct hostent *he = gethostbyname(host_name);
-        if (he == NULL) {
-            struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 5);
-            VLOG_ERR_RL(&rl, "gethostbyname(%s): %s", host_name,
-                        (h_errno == HOST_NOT_FOUND ? "host not found"
-                         : h_errno == TRY_AGAIN ? "try again"
-                         : h_errno == NO_RECOVERY ? "non-recoverable error"
-                         : h_errno == NO_ADDRESS ? "no address"
-                         : "unknown error"));
-            return ENOENT;
-        }
-        addr->s_addr = *(uint32_t *) he->h_addr;
+        struct vlog_rate_limit rl = VLOG_RATE_LIMIT_INIT(1, 5);
+        VLOG_ERR_RL(&rl, "\"%s\" is not a valid IP address", host_name);
+        return ENOENT;
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -466,6 +457,24 @@ exit:
     return error ? -error : fd;
 }
 
+/* Returns a readable and writable fd for /dev/null, if successful, otherwise
+ * a negative errno value.  The caller must not close the returned fd (because
+ * the same fd will be handed out to subsequent callers). */
+int
+get_null_fd(void)
+{
+    static int null_fd = -1;
+    if (null_fd < 0) {
+        null_fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
+        if (null_fd < 0) {
+            int error = errno;
+            VLOG_ERR("could not open /dev/null: %s", strerror(error));
+            return -error;
+        }
+    }
+    return null_fd;
+}
+
 int
 read_fully(int fd, void *p_, size_t size, size_t *bytes_read)
 {