1 files changed, 32 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/cifs/misc.c b/fs/cifs/misc.c
index 1c14cf01dbef..3d5cc25c167f 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/misc.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/misc.c
@@ -1195,3 +1195,35 @@ out:
 	cifs_put_tcon_super(sb);
 	return rc;
 }
+
+/* extract the host portion of the UNC string */
+char *extract_hostname(const char *unc)
+{
+	const char *src;
+	char *dst, *delim;
+	unsigned int len;
+
+	/* skip double chars at beginning of string */
+	/* BB: check validity of these bytes? */
+	if (strlen(unc) < 3)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	for (src = unc; *src && *src == '\\'; src++)
+		;
+	if (!*src)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	/* delimiter between hostname and sharename is always '\\' now */
+	delim = strchr(src, '\\');
+	if (!delim)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	len = delim - src;
+	dst = kmalloc((len + 1), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (dst == NULL)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	memcpy(dst, src, len);
+	dst[len] = '\0';
+
+	return dst;
+}