Function hostname_requires_resolving

sql/sql_acl.cc:4742–4788

*/

bool hostname_requires_resolving(const char *hostname)
{
  if (!hostname)
    return FALSE;

  /* Check if hostname is the localhost. */

  if (hostname == my_localhost ||
      Lex_ident_host(Lex_cstring_strlen(hostname)).
        streq(Lex_cstring_strlen(my_localhost)))
  {
    return FALSE;
  }

  /*
    If the string contains any of {':', '%', '_', '/'}, it is definitely
    not a host name:
      - ':' means that the string is an IPv6 address;
      - '%' or '_' means that the string is a pattern;
      - '/' means that the string is an IPv4 network address;
  */

  for (const char *p= hostname; *p; ++p)
  {
    switch (*p) {
      case ':':
      case '%':
      case '_':
      case '/':
        return FALSE;
    }
  }

  /*
    Now we have to tell a host name (ab.cd, 12.ab) from an IPv4 address
    (12.34.56.78). The assumption is that if the string contains only
    digits and dots, it is an IPv4 address. Otherwise -- a host name.
  */

  for (const char *p= hostname; *p; ++p)
  {
    if (*p != '.' && !my_isdigit(&my_charset_latin1, *p))
      return TRUE; /* a "letter" has been found. */
  }

  return FALSE; /* all characters are either dots or digits. */
}


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