diff --git a/drivers/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
index c002d8660e3053b056220018f5b25b81eccaade5..80889d5f95f5f1d643533fe7cd6b99e4171fb0d2 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig
@@ -480,6 +480,7 @@ config BMP085_SPI
config PCH_PHUB
tristate "Intel EG20T PCH/LAPIS Semicon IOH(ML7213/ML7223/ML7831) PHUB"
+ select GENERIC_NET_UTILS
depends on PCI
help
This driver is for PCH(Platform controller Hub) PHUB(Packet Hub) of
diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 59ac143dec2576a697d9f383ef4d5d7372eef93c..4f777ed9b089f2def76c4fb6e85ae68b71653877 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/console.h>
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
#include <linux/netpoll.h>
#include <linux/inet.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/if_ether.h b/include/linux/if_ether.h
index 12b4d55a02af195674e5369c0b35d7b37258d9f5..d5569734f6724d6194497fe9842e9aac56ef0b09 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_ether.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_ether.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ static inline struct ethhdr *eth_hdr(const struct sk_buff *skb)
int eth_header_parse(const struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned char *haddr);
-int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac);
extern ssize_t sysfs_format_mac(char *buf, const unsigned char *addr, int len);
#endif /* _LINUX_IF_ETHER_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index e9ef6d6b51d5b07f6471e96dc20efa5685416220..3afb969441d15582969917b429e3e1a2b58fbb70 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ static inline char * __deprecated pack_hex_byte(char *buf, u8 byte)
extern int hex_to_bin(char ch);
extern int __must_check hex2bin(u8 *dst, const char *src, size_t count);
+int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac);
+
/*
* General tracing related utility functions - trace_printk(),
* tracing_on/tracing_off and tracing_start()/tracing_stop
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index fe01d418b09ae4d13a15b59039ef27602d1ad0f3..d246a3bbd6eff291d4f0ea3f43566c5b0da9685b 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ config GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
config GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
bool
+config GENERIC_NET_UTILS
+ bool
+
config GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
bool
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index c55a037a354eb9ffbd8f492f8e07c92e3aa0b941..22f0f4e8a9e1bd9a1dcf4b8eb56012d53cacbbef 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DDR) += jedec_ddr_data.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER) += strncpy_from_user.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER) += strnlen_user.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_NET_UTILS) += net_utils.o
+
obj-$(CONFIG_STMP_DEVICE) += stmp_device.o
libfdt_files = fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_rw.o fdt_sw.o fdt_strerror.o
diff --git a/lib/net_utils.c b/lib/net_utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e3c52c8d050b5ecf21afcd03c5f6d689e99c282
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/net_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/if_ether.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+
+int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ /* XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX */
+ if (strlen(s) < 3 * ETH_ALEN - 1)
+ return 0;
+
+ /* Don't dirty result unless string is valid MAC. */
+ for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) {
+ if (!isxdigit(s[i * 3]) || !isxdigit(s[i * 3 + 1]))
+ return 0;
+ if (i != ETH_ALEN - 1 && s[i * 3 + 2] != ':')
+ return 0;
+ }
+ for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) {
+ mac[i] = (hex_to_bin(s[i * 3]) << 4) | hex_to_bin(s[i * 3 + 1]);
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mac_pton);
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 2ddc9046868e7a19d06841054696773242099ccf..6dfe1c636a8050c0346acea359059780e4986f12 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
menuconfig NET
bool "Networking support"
select NLATTR
+ select GENERIC_NET_UTILS
---help---
Unless you really know what you are doing, you should say Y here.
The reason is that some programs need kernel networking support even
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c
index cec074be8c4378b56a01889165d55cc282808208..35a9f0804b6f971a3982e2118a20369f80851493 100644
--- a/net/core/netpoll.c
+++ b/net/core/netpoll.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/netdevice.h>
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/string.h>
diff --git a/net/core/utils.c b/net/core/utils.c
index 3c7f5b51b979c88a3dc1d0bc9cf6c44f2e74d182..aa88e23fc87aa44f95f8794cf234846d8d06d21d 100644
--- a/net/core/utils.c
+++ b/net/core/utils.c
@@ -338,25 +338,3 @@ void inet_proto_csum_replace16(__sum16 *sum, struct sk_buff *skb,
csum_unfold(*sum)));
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_proto_csum_replace16);
-
-int mac_pton(const char *s, u8 *mac)
-{
- int i;
-
- /* XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX */
- if (strlen(s) < 3 * ETH_ALEN - 1)
- return 0;
-
- /* Don't dirty result unless string is valid MAC. */
- for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) {
- if (!isxdigit(s[i * 3]) || !isxdigit(s[i * 3 + 1]))
- return 0;
- if (i != ETH_ALEN - 1 && s[i * 3 + 2] != ':')
- return 0;
- }
- for (i = 0; i < ETH_ALEN; i++) {
- mac[i] = (hex_to_bin(s[i * 3]) << 4) | hex_to_bin(s[i * 3 + 1]);
- }
- return 1;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mac_pton);