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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the
+ * next paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial
+ * portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+ * BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+ * ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+ * CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef WESTON_STRING_HELPERS_H
+#define WESTON_STRING_HELPERS_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/* Convert string to integer
+ *
+ * Parses a base-10 number from the given string.  Checks that the
+ * string is not blank, contains only numerical characters, and is
+ * within the range of INT32_MIN to INT32_MAX.  If the validation is
+ * successful the result is stored in *value; otherwise *value is
+ * unchanged and errno is set appropriately.
+ *
+ * \return true if the number parsed successfully, false on error
+ */
+static inline bool
+safe_strtoint(const char *str, int32_t *value)
+{
+	long ret;
+	char *end;
+
+	assert(str != NULL);
+
+	errno = 0;
+	ret = strtol(str, &end, 10);
+	if (errno != 0) {
+		return false;
+	} else if (end == str || *end != '\0') {
+		errno = EINVAL;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	if ((long)((int32_t)ret) != ret) {
+		errno = ERANGE;
+		return false;
+	}
+	*value = (int32_t)ret;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+#endif /* WESTON_STRING_HELPERS_H */