static void
parse_reg_value(struct cls_rule *rule, int reg_idx, const char *value)
{
- uint32_t reg_value, reg_mask;
+ /* This uses an oversized destination field (64 bits when 32 bits would do)
+ * because some sscanf() implementations truncate the range of %i
+ * directives, so that e.g. "%"SCNi16 interprets input of "0xfedc" as a
+ * value of 0x7fff. The other alternatives are to allow only a single
+ * radix (e.g. decimal or hexadecimal) or to write more sophisticated
+ * parsers. */
+ unsigned long long int reg_value, reg_mask;
if (!strcmp(value, "ANY") || !strcmp(value, "*")) {
cls_rule_set_reg_masked(rule, reg_idx, 0, 0);
- } else if (sscanf(value, "%"SCNi32"/%"SCNi32,
+ } else if (sscanf(value, "%lli/%lli",
®_value, ®_mask) == 2) {
cls_rule_set_reg_masked(rule, reg_idx, reg_value, reg_mask);
- } else if (sscanf(value, "%"SCNi32, ®_value)) {
+ } else if (sscanf(value, "%lli", ®_value)) {
cls_rule_set_reg(rule, reg_idx, reg_value);
} else {
ovs_fatal(0, "register fields must take the form <value> "