+static void
+parse_column_names(const char *column_names,
+ const struct vsctl_table_class *table,
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_column ***columnsp,
+ size_t *n_columnsp)
+{
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_column **columns;
+ size_t n_columns;
+
+ if (!column_names) {
+ size_t i;
+
+ n_columns = table->class->n_columns + 1;
+ columns = xmalloc(n_columns * sizeof *columns);
+ columns[0] = NULL;
+ for (i = 0; i < table->class->n_columns; i++) {
+ columns[i + 1] = &table->class->columns[i];
+ }
+ } else {
+ char *s = xstrdup(column_names);
+ size_t allocated_columns;
+ char *save_ptr = NULL;
+ char *column_name;
+
+ columns = NULL;
+ allocated_columns = n_columns = 0;
+ for (column_name = strtok_r(s, ", ", &save_ptr); column_name;
+ column_name = strtok_r(NULL, ", ", &save_ptr)) {
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_column *column;
+
+ if (!strcasecmp(column_name, "_uuid")) {
+ column = NULL;
+ } else {
+ die_if_error(get_column(table, column_name, &column));
+ }
+ if (n_columns >= allocated_columns) {
+ columns = x2nrealloc(columns, &allocated_columns,
+ sizeof *columns);
+ }
+ columns[n_columns++] = column;
+ }
+ free(s);
+
+ if (!n_columns) {
+ vsctl_fatal("must specify at least one column name");
+ }
+ }
+ *columnsp = columns;
+ *n_columnsp = n_columns;
+}
+
+
+static void
+pre_list_columns(struct vsctl_context *ctx,
+ const struct vsctl_table_class *table,
+ const char *column_names)
+{
+ const struct ovsdb_idl_column **columns;
+ size_t n_columns;
+ size_t i;
+
+ parse_column_names(column_names, table, &columns, &n_columns);
+ for (i = 0; i < n_columns; i++) {
+ if (columns[i]) {
+ ovsdb_idl_add_column(ctx->idl, columns[i]);
+ }
+ }
+ free(columns);
+}
+