+/*
+ * Convert a 32-bit netmask to prefixlen if possible
+ * the function returns the prefix-len; if plen == -1
+ * then conversion was not possible;
+ */
+
+int
+mask2plen (u_int32_t mask)
+{
+ u_int32_t bitmasks[33] = {
+ 0x00000000,
+ 0x80000000, 0xc0000000, 0xe0000000, 0xf0000000,
+ 0xf8000000, 0xfc000000, 0xfe000000, 0xff000000,
+ 0xff800000, 0xffc00000, 0xffe00000, 0xfff00000,
+ 0xfff80000, 0xfffc0000, 0xfffe0000, 0xffff0000,
+ 0xffff8000, 0xffffc000, 0xffffe000, 0xfffff000,
+ 0xfffff800, 0xfffffc00, 0xfffffe00, 0xffffff00,
+ 0xffffff80, 0xffffffc0, 0xffffffe0, 0xfffffff0,
+ 0xfffffff8, 0xfffffffc, 0xfffffffe, 0xffffffff
+ };
+ int prefix_len = 33;
+
+ /* lets see if we can transform the mask into a prefixlen */
+ while (prefix_len >= 0) {
+ if (bitmasks[prefix_len] == mask)
+ break;
+ prefix_len--;
+ }
+ return (prefix_len);
+}
+