[libc-commits] [libc] 0a0e0fa - Implement inet_pton (#224644)

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Fri Sep 25 01:50:16 PDT 2026


Author: yahia
Date: 2026-09-25T10:50:07+02:00
New Revision: 0a0e0fa181cf162bcc93be85abf2b1b911027e73

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/0a0e0fa181cf162bcc93be85abf2b1b911027e73
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/0a0e0fa181cf162bcc93be85abf2b1b911027e73.diff

LOG: Implement inet_pton (#224644)

Implement the `inet_pton` function for `IPV4` and its unit tests.

Assisted-by: gemini

Added: 
    libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.cpp
    libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.h
    libc/test/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton_test.cpp

Modified: 
    libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
    libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
    libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
    libc/include/arpa/inet.yaml
    libc/src/__support/net/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/src/__support/net/address.cpp
    libc/src/__support/net/address.h
    libc/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
    libc/test/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt

Removed: 
    


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diff  --git a/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt b/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
index fbc1f34dca0dec..15a5367f5fc95d 100644
--- a/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
+++ b/libc/config/linux/aarch64/entrypoints.txt
@@ -1458,6 +1458,9 @@ endif()
 if(LLVM_LIBC_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_ENTRYPOINTS)
   if(LLVM_LIBC_FULL_BUILD)
     list(APPEND TARGET_LIBC_ENTRYPOINTS
+      # arpa/inet.h entrypoints
+      libc.src.arpa.inet.inet_pton
+
       # fnmatch.h entrypoints
       libc.src.fnmatch.fnmatch
 

diff  --git a/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt b/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
index c045833ad1d145..8f4dded27de68c 100644
--- a/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
+++ b/libc/config/linux/riscv/entrypoints.txt
@@ -1670,6 +1670,9 @@ endif()
 if(LLVM_LIBC_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_ENTRYPOINTS)
   if(LLVM_LIBC_FULL_BUILD)
     list(APPEND TARGET_LIBC_ENTRYPOINTS
+      # arpa/inet.h entrypoints
+      libc.src.arpa.inet.inet_pton
+
       # fnmatch.h entrypoints
       libc.src.fnmatch.fnmatch
 

diff  --git a/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt b/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
index 672dd1ad96833f..8ca73cc82cc2db 100644
--- a/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
+++ b/libc/config/linux/x86_64/entrypoints.txt
@@ -1696,6 +1696,9 @@ endif()
 if(LLVM_LIBC_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_ENTRYPOINTS)
   if(LLVM_LIBC_FULL_BUILD)
     list(APPEND TARGET_LIBC_ENTRYPOINTS
+      # arpa/inet.h entrypoints
+      libc.src.arpa.inet.inet_pton
+
       # fnmatch.h entrypoints
       libc.src.fnmatch.fnmatch
 

diff  --git a/libc/include/arpa/inet.yaml b/libc/include/arpa/inet.yaml
index 66299748441868..b533382fedf4b4 100644
--- a/libc/include/arpa/inet.yaml
+++ b/libc/include/arpa/inet.yaml
@@ -53,3 +53,11 @@ functions:
       - type: const void *__restrict
       - type: char *__restrict
       - type: socklen_t
+  - name: inet_pton
+    standards:
+      - posix
+    return_type: int
+    arguments:
+      - type: int
+      - type: const char *__restrict
+      - type: void *__restrict

diff  --git a/libc/src/__support/net/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/__support/net/CMakeLists.txt
index 80b141d06cddc1..effc8b90c775ac 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/net/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/__support/net/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ add_object_library(
     libc.hdr.types.struct_in_addr
     libc.hdr.types.struct_in6_addr
     libc.hdr.inet_address_macros
+    libc.hdr.stdint_proxy
     libc.src.__support.common
     libc.src.__support.ctype_utils
     libc.src.__support.CPP.optional

diff  --git a/libc/src/__support/net/address.cpp b/libc/src/__support/net/address.cpp
index 8e0554ccc298e8..c4bf5432bc4caf 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/net/address.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/__support/net/address.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #include "src/__support/net/address.h"
 #include "hdr/inet-address-macros.h"
+#include "hdr/stdint_proxy.h"
 #include "hdr/types/in_addr_t.h"
 #include "hdr/types/struct_in6_addr.h"
 #include "hdr/types/struct_in_addr.h"
@@ -26,8 +27,46 @@
 #include "src/string/memory_utils/inline_memcpy.h"
 
 namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
 namespace net {
 
+[[nodiscard]] bool str_to_ipv4(cpp::string_view src, struct in_addr &dst) {
+  uint8_t bytes[4];
+  size_t idx = 0;
+  uint32_t current_val = 0;
+  size_t digits_in_octet = 0;
+
+  for (char c : src) {
+    if (internal::isdigit(c)) {
+      // Reject octals and leading zeros
+      if (digits_in_octet > 0 && current_val == 0)
+        return false;
+
+      current_val = current_val * 10 + internal::b36_char_to_int(c);
+      if (current_val > 255)
+        return false;
+
+      ++digits_in_octet;
+    } else if (c == '.') {
+      if (digits_in_octet == 0 || idx == 3)
+        return false; // Empty part or too many dots
+
+      bytes[idx++] = static_cast<uint8_t>(current_val);
+      current_val = 0;
+      digits_in_octet = 0;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (idx != 3 || digits_in_octet == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  bytes[3] = static_cast<uint8_t>(current_val);
+  inline_memcpy(&dst.s_addr, bytes, 4);
+  return true;
+}
+
 cpp::optional<in_addr_t> inet_addr(cpp::string_view src) {
   constexpr int IPV4_MAX_DOT_NUM = 3;
   in_addr_t parts[IPV4_MAX_DOT_NUM + 1] = {0};

diff  --git a/libc/src/__support/net/address.h b/libc/src/__support/net/address.h
index 7c799b122e46e4..1ad3ab04415bec 100644
--- a/libc/src/__support/net/address.h
+++ b/libc/src/__support/net/address.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ cpp::optional<in_addr_t> inet_addr(cpp::string_view src);
 /// provided address into the destination buffer. In case of error, returns
 /// false and does not modify the buffer.
 [[nodiscard]] bool ipv4_to_str(const struct in_addr &src, cpp::span<char> dst);
+[[nodiscard]] bool str_to_ipv4(cpp::string_view src, struct in_addr &dst);
 
 /// Writes a string representation (including the terminating \0) of the
 /// provided address into the destination buffer. In case of error, returns

diff  --git a/libc/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
index e0b12ed33e9470..1096d8654511fa 100644
--- a/libc/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,6 +90,25 @@ add_entrypoint_object(
     libc.src.__support.net.address
 )
 
+add_entrypoint_object(
+  inet_pton
+  SRCS
+    inet_pton.cpp
+  HDRS
+    inet_pton.h
+  DEPENDS
+    libc.hdr.errno_macros
+    libc.hdr.stdint_proxy
+    libc.hdr.types.struct_in6_addr
+    libc.hdr.types.struct_in_addr
+    libc.src.__support.common
+    libc.src.__support.libc_errno
+    libc.src.__support.net.address
+    libc.src.__support.macros.config
+    libc.src.__support.macros.null_check
+    libc.hdr.sys_socket_macros
+)
+
 add_entrypoint_object(
   ntohl
   SRCS

diff  --git a/libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.cpp b/libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9e933de108af41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file contains the implementation for inet_pton
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "inet_pton.h"
+
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/stdint_proxy.h"
+#include "hdr/sys_socket_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/types/struct_in6_addr.h"
+#include "src/__support/common.h"
+#include "src/__support/libc_errno.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+#include "src/__support/macros/null_check.h"
+#include "src/__support/net/address.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(int, inet_pton,
+                   (int af, const char *__restrict src, void *__restrict dst)) {
+  LIBC_CRASH_ON_NULLPTR(src);
+  LIBC_CRASH_ON_NULLPTR(dst);
+  if (af != AF_INET) {
+    libc_errno = EAFNOSUPPORT;
+    return -1;
+  }
+  return net::str_to_ipv4(src, *reinterpret_cast<struct in_addr *>(dst));
+}
+
+} // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL

diff  --git a/libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.h b/libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ec682a4c9cf2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// This file contains the declaration of POSIX inet_pton function
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#ifndef LLVM_LIBC_SRC_ARPA_INET_PTON_H
+#define LLVM_LIBC_SRC_ARPA_INET_PTON_H
+
+#include "src/__support/macros/config.h"
+
+namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
+
+int inet_pton(int af, const char *__restrict src, void *__restrict dst);
+
+}
+
+#endif

diff  --git a/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
index c8e1ca5bf7f356..4fba96417bc03c 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ add_libc_test(
     libc.test.UnitTest.ErrnoCheckingTest
 )
 
+add_libc_test(
+  inet_pton
+  SUITE
+    libc_arpa_inet_unittests
+  SRCS
+    inet_pton_test.cpp
+  DEPENDS
+    libc.hdr.errno_macros
+    libc.hdr.types.struct_in_addr
+    libc.src.arpa.inet.inet_pton
+    libc.src.__support.libc_errno
+    libc.hdr.sys_socket_macros
+    libc.test.UnitTest.ErrnoCheckingTest
+)
+
 add_libc_test(
   ntohl
   SUITE

diff  --git a/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton_test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..99b78a23a3479c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libc/test/src/arpa/inet/inet_pton_test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+///
+/// \file
+/// Unittests for inet_pton.
+///
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "hdr/errno_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/sys_socket_macros.h"
+#include "hdr/types/struct_in_addr.h"
+#include "src/__support/endian_internal.h"
+#include "src/__support/libc_errno.h"
+#include "src/arpa/inet/inet_pton.h"
+#include "test/UnitTest/ErrnoCheckingTest.h"
+#include "test/UnitTest/Test.h"
+
+using LlvmLibcInetPtonTest = LIBC_NAMESPACE::testing::ErrnoCheckingTest;
+
+static uint32_t ipv4_bits(uint8_t a, uint8_t b, uint8_t c, uint8_t d) {
+  return LIBC_NAMESPACE::Endian::to_big_endian(
+      static_cast<uint32_t>(a) << 24 | static_cast<uint32_t>(b) << 16 |
+      static_cast<uint32_t>(c) << 8 | static_cast<uint32_t>(d));
+}
+
+TEST_F(LlvmLibcInetPtonTest, ValidIPv4Addresses) {
+  struct in_addr addr;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(addr.s_addr, ipv4_bits(127, 0, 0, 1));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "192.168.1.254", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(addr.s_addr, ipv4_bits(192, 168, 1, 254));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "0.0.0.0", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(addr.s_addr, ipv4_bits(0, 0, 0, 0));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "255.255.255.255", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(addr.s_addr, ipv4_bits(255, 255, 255, 255));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+}
+
+TEST_F(LlvmLibcInetPtonTest, InvalidOctetValues) {
+  struct in_addr addr;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "256.0.0.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "192.168.1.300", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "192.168.-1.1", &addr));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+}
+
+TEST_F(LlvmLibcInetPtonTest, InvalidFormats) {
+  struct in_addr addr;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "10.0.0.0.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, ".1.2.3.4", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "1.2.3.4.", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "192..168.1.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "192.168.1.1a", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "abc.def.ghi.jkl", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "127.0.0.1 ", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, ".", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "0", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, ".1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "1.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "1.1.", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "1.1.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "1.1.1.", &addr));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+}
+
+TEST_F(LlvmLibcInetPtonTest, StrictPosixLeadingZeros) {
+  struct in_addr addr;
+
+  // inet_pton must reject octal-style leading zeros
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "192.168.01.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "010.0.0.1", &addr));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET, "00.0.0.0", &addr));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_SUCCESS();
+}
+
+TEST_F(LlvmLibcInetPtonTest, InvalidAddressFamily) {
+  struct in_addr addr;
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(-1, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(AF_INET + AF_INET6 + 1, "127.0.0.1",
+                                          &addr));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_EQ(EAFNOSUPPORT);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(-1, LIBC_NAMESPACE::inet_pton(12345, "127.0.0.1", &addr));
+  ASSERT_ERRNO_EQ(EAFNOSUPPORT);
+}


        


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