1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libnetdata/inlined.h b/libnetdata/inlined.h
index 2697b9a0..eb55f0fe 100644
--- a/libnetdata/inlined.h
+++ b/libnetdata/inlined.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static inline uint64_t str2uint64_hex(const char *src, char **endptr) {
     const unsigned char *s = (const unsigned char *)src;
     unsigned char c;
 
-    while ((c = hex_value_from_ascii[*s]) != 255) {
+    while ((c = hex_value_from_ascii[toupper(*s)]) != 255) {
         num = (num << 4) | c;
         s++;
     }
@@ -510,6 +510,27 @@ static inline int read_single_signed_number_file(const char *filename, long long
     return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int read_single_base64_or_hex_number_file(const char *filename, unsigned long long *result) {
+    char buffer[30 + 1];
+
+    int ret = read_file(filename, buffer, 30);
+    if(unlikely(ret)) {
+        *result = 0;
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    buffer[30] = '\0';
+
+    if(likely(buffer[0])){
+        *result = str2ull_encoded(buffer);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    else {
+        *result = 0;
+        return -1;
+    }
+}
+
 static inline int uuid_memcmp(const uuid_t *uu1, const uuid_t *uu2) {
     return memcmp(uu1, uu2, sizeof(uuid_t));
 }