2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/parse-util.c b/src/basic/parse-util.c
index 1ee5783680..b6358c459a 100644
--- a/src/basic/parse-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/parse-util.c
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ int parse_mode(const char *s, mode_t *ret) {
         return 0;
 }
 
+int parse_ifindex(const char *s, int *ret) {
+        int ifi, r;
+
+        r = safe_atoi(s, &ifi);
+        if (r < 0)
+                return r;
+        if (ifi <= 0)
+                return -EINVAL;
+
+        *ret = ifi;
+        return 0;
+}
+
 int parse_size(const char *t, uint64_t base, uint64_t *size) {
 
         /* Soo, sometimes we want to parse IEC binary suffixes, and
diff --git a/src/basic/parse-util.h b/src/basic/parse-util.h
index 0e56848e26..408690d0b3 100644
--- a/src/basic/parse-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/parse-util.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 int parse_boolean(const char *v) _pure_;
 int parse_pid(const char *s, pid_t* ret_pid);
 int parse_mode(const char *s, mode_t *ret);
+int parse_ifindex(const char *s, int *ret);
 
 int parse_size(const char *t, uint64_t base, uint64_t *size);
 int parse_range(const char *t, unsigned *lower, unsigned *upper);