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+/*
+ *	Argument parser
+ *	Copyright © Jan Engelhardt, 2011
+ *
+ *	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.
+ */
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <getopt.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include "xtables.h"
+#include "xshared.h"
+
+#define XTOPT_MKPTR(cb) \
+	((void *)((char *)(cb)->data + (cb)->entry->ptroff))
+
+/**
+ * Creates getopt options from the x6-style option map, and assigns each a
+ * getopt id.
+ */
+struct option *
+xtables_options_xfrm(struct option *orig_opts, struct option *oldopts,
+		     const struct xt_option_entry *entry, unsigned int *offset)
+{
+	unsigned int num_orig, num_old = 0, num_new, i;
+	struct option *merge, *mp;
+
+	if (entry == NULL)
+		return oldopts;
+	for (num_orig = 0; orig_opts[num_orig].name != NULL; ++num_orig)
+		;
+	if (oldopts != NULL)
+		for (num_old = 0; oldopts[num_old].name != NULL; ++num_old)
+			;
+	for (num_new = 0; entry[num_new].name != NULL; ++num_new)
+		;
+
+	/*
+	 * Since @oldopts also has @orig_opts already (and does so at the
+	 * start), skip these entries.
+	 */
+	oldopts += num_orig;
+	num_old -= num_orig;
+
+	merge = malloc(sizeof(*mp) * (num_orig + num_old + num_new + 1));
+	if (merge == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* Let the base options -[ADI...] have precedence over everything */
+	memcpy(merge, orig_opts, sizeof(*mp) * num_orig);
+	mp = merge + num_orig;
+
+	/* Second, the new options */
+	xt_params->option_offset += XT_OPTION_OFFSET_SCALE;
+	*offset = xt_params->option_offset;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_new; ++i, ++mp, ++entry) {
+		mp->name         = entry->name;
+		mp->has_arg      = entry->type != XTTYPE_NONE;
+		mp->flag         = NULL;
+		mp->val          = entry->id + *offset;
+	}
+
+	/* Third, the old options */
+	memcpy(mp, oldopts, sizeof(*mp) * num_old);
+	mp += num_old;
+	xtables_free_opts(0);
+
+	/* Clear trailing entry */
+	memset(mp, 0, sizeof(*mp));
+	return merge;
+}
+
+static void (*const xtopt_subparse[])(struct xt_option_call *) = {
+	[XTTYPE_NONE]        = NULL,
+};
+
+static const size_t xtopt_psize[] = {
+	[XTTYPE_NONE]        = 0,
+};
+
+/**
+ * The master option parsing routine. May be used for the ".x6_parse"
+ * function pointer in extensions if fully automatic parsing is desired.
+ * It may be also called manually from a custom x6_parse function.
+ */
+void xtables_option_parse(struct xt_option_call *cb)
+{
+	const struct xt_option_entry *entry = cb->entry;
+	unsigned int eflag = 1 << cb->entry->id;
+
+	/*
+	 * With {.id = P_FOO, .excl = P_FOO} we can have simple double-use
+	 * prevention. Though it turned out that this is too much typing (most
+	 * of the options are one-time use only), so now we also have
+	 * %XTOPT_MULTI.
+	 */
+	if ((!(entry->flags & XTOPT_MULTI) || (entry->excl & eflag)) &&
+	    cb->xflags & eflag)
+		xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
+			"%s: option \"--%s\" can only be used once.\n",
+			cb->ext_name, cb->entry->name);
+	if (cb->invert && !(entry->flags & XTOPT_INVERT))
+		xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
+			"%s: option \"--%s\" cannot be inverted.\n",
+			cb->ext_name, entry->name);
+	if (entry->type != XTTYPE_NONE && optarg == NULL)
+		xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
+			"%s: option \"--%s\" requires an argument.\n",
+			cb->ext_name, entry->name);
+	if (entry->type <= ARRAY_SIZE(xtopt_subparse) &&
+	    xtopt_subparse[entry->type] != NULL)
+		xtopt_subparse[entry->type](cb);
+	/* Exclusion with other flags tested later in finalize. */
+	cb->xflags |= 1 << entry->id;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Verifies that an extension's option map descriptor is valid, and ought to
+ * be called right after the extension has been loaded, and before option
+ * merging/xfrm.
+ */
+void xtables_option_metavalidate(const char *name,
+				 const struct xt_option_entry *entry)
+{
+	for (; entry->name != NULL; ++entry) {
+		if (entry->id >= CHAR_BIT * sizeof(unsigned int) ||
+		    entry->id >= XT_OPTION_OFFSET_SCALE)
+			xt_params->exit_err(OTHER_PROBLEM,
+				"Extension %s uses invalid ID %u\n",
+				name, entry->id);
+		if (!(entry->flags & XTOPT_PUT))
+			continue;
+		if (entry->type >= ARRAY_SIZE(xtopt_psize))
+			xt_params->exit_err(OTHER_PROBLEM,
+				"%s: entry type of option \"--%s\" cannot be "
+				"combined with XTOPT_PUT\n",
+				name, entry->name);
+		if (xtopt_psize[entry->type] != entry->size)
+			xt_params->exit_err(OTHER_PROBLEM,
+				"%s: option \"--%s\" points to a memory block "
+				"of wrong size (expected %zu, got %zu)\n",
+				name, entry->name,
+				xtopt_psize[entry->type], entry->size);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find an option entry by its id.
+ */
+static const struct xt_option_entry *
+xtables_option_lookup(const struct xt_option_entry *entry, unsigned int id)
+{
+	for (; entry->name != NULL; ++entry)
+		if (entry->id == id)
+			return entry;
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @c:		getopt id (i.e. with offset)
+ * @fw:		struct ipt_entry or ip6t_entry
+ *
+ * Dispatch arguments to the appropriate parse function, based upon the
+ * extension's choice of API.
+ */
+void xtables_option_tpcall(unsigned int c, char **argv, bool invert,
+			   struct xtables_target *t, void *fw)
+{
+	struct xt_option_call cb;
+
+	if (t->x6_parse == NULL) {
+		if (t->parse != NULL)
+			t->parse(c - t->option_offset, argv, invert,
+				 &t->tflags, fw, &t->t);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	c -= t->option_offset;
+	cb.entry = xtables_option_lookup(t->x6_options, c);
+	if (cb.entry == NULL)
+		xtables_error(OTHER_PROBLEM,
+			"Extension does not know id %u\n", c);
+	cb.arg      = optarg;
+	cb.invert   = invert;
+	cb.ext_name = t->name;
+	cb.data     = t->t->data;
+	cb.xflags   = t->tflags;
+	t->x6_parse(&cb);
+	t->tflags = cb.xflags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @c:		getopt id (i.e. with offset)
+ * @fw:		struct ipt_entry or ip6t_entry
+ *
+ * Dispatch arguments to the appropriate parse function, based upon the
+ * extension's choice of API.
+ */
+void xtables_option_mpcall(unsigned int c, char **argv, bool invert,
+			   struct xtables_match *m, void *fw)
+{
+	struct xt_option_call cb;
+
+	if (m->x6_parse == NULL) {
+		if (m->parse != NULL)
+			m->parse(c - m->option_offset, argv, invert,
+				 &m->mflags, fw, &m->m);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	c -= m->option_offset;
+	cb.entry = xtables_option_lookup(m->x6_options, c);
+	if (cb.entry == NULL)
+		xtables_error(OTHER_PROBLEM,
+			"Extension does not know id %u\n", c);
+	cb.arg      = optarg;
+	cb.invert   = invert;
+	cb.ext_name = m->name;
+	cb.data     = m->m->data;
+	cb.xflags   = m->mflags;
+	m->x6_parse(&cb);
+	m->mflags = cb.xflags;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @name:	name of extension
+ * @entry:	current option (from all ext's entries) being validated
+ * @xflags:	flags the extension has collected
+ * @i:		conflicting option (id) to test for
+ */
+static void
+xtables_option_fcheck2(const char *name, const struct xt_option_entry *entry,
+		       const struct xt_option_entry *other,
+		       unsigned int xflags)
+{
+	unsigned int ef = 1 << entry->id, of = 1 << other->id;
+
+	if (entry->also & of && !(xflags & of))
+		xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
+			"%s: option \"--%s\" also requires \"--%s\".\n",
+			name, entry->name, other->name);
+
+	if (!(entry->excl & of))
+		/* Use of entry does not collide with other option, good. */
+		return;
+	if ((xflags & (ef | of)) != (ef | of))
+		/* Conflicting options were not used. */
+		return;
+
+	xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
+		"%s: option \"--%s\" cannot be used together with \"--%s\".\n",
+		name, entry->name, other->name);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @name:	name of extension
+ * @xflags:	accumulated flags
+ * @entry:	extension's option table
+ *
+ * Check that all option constraints have been met. This effectively replaces
+ * ->final_check of the older API.
+ */
+void xtables_options_fcheck(const char *name, unsigned int xflags,
+			    const struct xt_option_entry *table)
+{
+	const struct xt_option_entry *entry, *other;
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (entry = table; entry->name != NULL; ++entry) {
+		if (entry->flags & XTOPT_MAND &&
+		    !(xflags & (1 << entry->id)))
+			xt_params->exit_err(PARAMETER_PROBLEM,
+				"%s: option \"--%s\" must be specified\n",
+				name, entry->name);
+
+		for (i = 0; i < CHAR_BIT * sizeof(entry->id); ++i) {
+			if (entry->id == i)
+				/*
+				 * Avoid conflict with self. Multi-use check
+				 * was done earlier in xtables_option_parse.
+				 */
+				continue;
+			other = xtables_option_lookup(table, i);
+			if (other == NULL)
+				continue;
+			xtables_option_fcheck2(name, entry, other, xflags);
+		}
+	}
+}