int vsscanf(const char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
{
	const char *str = buf;
	char *next;
	char digit;
	int num = 0;
	u8 qualifier;
	unsigned int base;
	union {
		long long s;
		unsigned long long u;
	} val;
	s16 field_width;
	bool is_sign;

	while (*fmt) {
		/* skip any white space in format */
		/* white space in format matchs any amount of
		 * white space, including none, in the input.
		 */
		if (isspace(*fmt)) {
			fmt = skip_spaces(++fmt);
			str = skip_spaces(str);
		}

		/* anything that is not a conversion must match exactly */
		if (*fmt != '%' && *fmt) {
			if (*fmt++ != *str++)
				break;
			continue;
		}

		if (!*fmt)
			break;
		++fmt;

		/* skip this conversion.
		 * advance both strings to next white space
		 */
		if (*fmt == '*') {
			if (!*str)
				break;
			while (!isspace(*fmt) && *fmt != '%' && *fmt) {
				/* '%*[' not yet supported, invalid format */
				if (*fmt == '[')
					return num;
				fmt++;
			}
			while (!isspace(*str) && *str)
				str++;
			continue;
		}

		/* get field width */
		field_width = -1;
		if (isdigit(*fmt)) {
			field_width = skip_atoi(&fmt);
			if (field_width <= 0)
				break;
		}

		/* get conversion qualifier */
		qualifier = -1;
		if (*fmt == 'h' || _tolower(*fmt) == 'l' ||
		    *fmt == 'z') {
			qualifier = *fmt++;
			if (unlikely(qualifier == *fmt)) {
				if (qualifier == 'h') {
					qualifier = 'H';
					fmt++;
				} else if (qualifier == 'l') {
					qualifier = 'L';
					fmt++;
				}
			}
		}

		if (!*fmt)
			break;

		if (*fmt == 'n') {
			/* return number of characters read so far */
			*va_arg(args, int *) = str - buf;
			++fmt;
			continue;
		}

		if (!*str)
			break;

		base = 10;
		is_sign = false;

		switch (*fmt++) {
		case 'c':
		{
			char *s = (char *)va_arg(args, char*);
			if (field_width == -1)
				field_width = 1;
			do {
				*s++ = *str++;
			} while (--field_width > 0 && *str);
			num++;
		}
		continue;
		case 's':
		{
			char *s = (char *)va_arg(args, char *);
			if (field_width == -1)
				field_width = SHRT_MAX;
			/* first, skip leading white space in buffer */
			str = skip_spaces(str);

			/* now copy until next white space */
			while (*str && !isspace(*str) && field_width--)
				*s++ = *str++;
			*s = '\0';
			num++;
		}
		continue;
		/*
		 * Warning: This implementation of the '[' conversion specifier
		 * deviates from its glibc counterpart in the following ways:
		 * (1) It does NOT support ranges i.e. '-' is NOT a special
		 *     character
		 * (2) It cannot match the closing bracket ']' itself
		 * (3) A field width is required
		 * (4) '%*[' (discard matching input) is currently not supported
		 *
		 * Example usage:
		 * ret = sscanf("00:0a:95","%2[^:]:%2[^:]:%2[^:]",
		 *		buf1, buf2, buf3);
		 * if (ret < 3)
		 *    // etc..
		 */
		case '[':
		{
			char *s = (char *)va_arg(args, char *);
			DECLARE_BITMAP(set, 256) = {0};
			unsigned int len = 0;
			bool negate = (*fmt == '^');

			/* field width is required */
			if (field_width == -1)
				return num;

			if (negate)
				++fmt;

			for ( ; *fmt && *fmt != ']'; ++fmt, ++len)
				set_bit((u8)*fmt, set);

			/* no ']' or no character set found */
			if (!*fmt || !len)
				return num;
			++fmt;

			if (negate) {
				bitmap_complement(set, set, 256);
				/* exclude null '\0' byte */
				clear_bit(0, set);
			}

			/* match must be non-empty */
			if (!test_bit((u8)*str, set))
				return num;

			while (test_bit((u8)*str, set) && field_width--)
				*s++ = *str++;
			*s = '\0';
			++num;
		}
		continue;
		case 'o':
			base = 8;
			break;
		case 'x':
		case 'X':
			base = 16;
			break;
		case 'i':
			base = 0;
		case 'd':
			is_sign = true;
		case 'u':
			break;
		case '%':
			/* looking for '%' in str */
			if (*str++ != '%')
				return num;
			continue;
		default:
			/* invalid format; stop here */
			return num;
		}

		/* have some sort of integer conversion.
		 * first, skip white space in buffer.
		 */
		str = skip_spaces(str);

		digit = *str;
		if (is_sign && digit == '-')
			digit = *(str + 1);

		if (!digit
		    || (base == 16 && !isxdigit(digit))
		    || (base == 10 && !isdigit(digit))
		    || (base == 8 && (!isdigit(digit) || digit > '7'))
		    || (base == 0 && !isdigit(digit)))
			break;

		if (is_sign)
			val.s = qualifier != 'L' ?
				simple_strtol(str, &next, base) :
				simple_strtoll(str, &next, base);
		else
			val.u = qualifier != 'L' ?
				simple_strtoul(str, &next, base) :
				simple_strtoull(str, &next, base);

		if (field_width > 0 && next - str > field_width) {
			if (base == 0)
				_parse_integer_fixup_radix(str, &base);
			while (next - str > field_width) {
				if (is_sign)
					val.s = div_s64(val.s, base);
				else
					val.u = div_u64(val.u, base);
				--next;
			}
		}

		switch (qualifier) {
		case 'H':	/* that's 'hh' in format */
			if (is_sign)
				*va_arg(args, signed char *) = val.s;
			else
				*va_arg(args, unsigned char *) = val.u;
			break;
		case 'h':
			if (is_sign)
				*va_arg(args, short *) = val.s;
			else
				*va_arg(args, unsigned short *) = val.u;
			break;
		case 'l':
			if (is_sign)
				*va_arg(args, long *) = val.s;
			else
				*va_arg(args, unsigned long *) = val.u;
			break;
		case 'L':
			if (is_sign)
				*va_arg(args, long long *) = val.s;
			else
				*va_arg(args, unsigned long long *) = val.u;
			break;
		case 'z':
			*va_arg(args, size_t *) = val.u;
			break;
		default:
			if (is_sign)
				*va_arg(args, int *) = val.s;
			else
				*va_arg(args, unsigned int *) = val.u;
			break;
		}
		num++;

		if (!next)
			break;
		str = next;
	}

	return num;
}