+static unsigned int
+parse_item_list(char* str, unsigned int max_items, unsigned int *parsed_items)
+{
+ unsigned int nb_item;
+ unsigned int value;
+ unsigned int i;
+ int value_ok;
+ char c;
+
+ /*
+ * First parse all items in the list and store their value.
+ */
+ value = 0;
+ nb_item = 0;
+ value_ok = 0;
+ for (i = 0; i < strlen(str); i++) {
+ c = str[i];
+ if ((c >= '0') && (c <= '9')) {
+ value = (unsigned int) (value * 10 + (c - '0'));
+ value_ok = 1;
+ continue;
+ }
+ if (c != ',') {
+ printf("character %c is not a decimal digit\n", c);
+ return (0);
+ }
+ if (! value_ok) {
+ printf("No valid value before comma\n");
+ return (0);
+ }
+ if (nb_item < max_items) {
+ parsed_items[nb_item] = value;
+ value_ok = 0;
+ value = 0;
+ }
+ nb_item++;
+ }
+
+ if (nb_item >= max_items)
+ rte_exit(EXIT_FAILURE, "too many txpkt segments!\n");
+
+ parsed_items[nb_item++] = value;
+
+ return (nb_item);
+}
+