nginx-0.1.25-RELEASE import

    *) Bugfix: nginx did run on Linux parisc.

    *) Feature: nginx now does not start under FreeBSD if the sysctl
       kern.ipc.somaxconn value is too big.

    *) Bugfix: if a request was internally redirected by the
       ngx_http_index_module module to the ngx_http_proxy_module or
       ngx_http_fastcgi_module modules, then the index file was not closed
       after request completion.

    *) Feature: the "proxy_pass" can be used in location with regular
       expression.

    *) Feature: the ngx_http_rewrite_filter_module module supports the
       condition like "if ($HTTP_USER_AGENT ~ MSIE)".

    *) Bugfix: nginx started too slow if the large number of addresses and
       text values were used in the "geo" directive.

    *) Change: a variable name must be declared as "$name" in the "geo"
       directive. The previous variant without "$" is still supported, but
       will be removed soon.

    *) Feature: the "%{VARIABLE}v" logging parameter.

    *) Feature: the "set $name value" directive.

    *) Bugfix: gcc 4.0 compatibility.

    *) Feature: the --with-openssl-opt=OPTIONS autoconfiguration directive.
diff --git a/src/core/ngx_string.c b/src/core/ngx_string.c
index fdb59fd..a1f593f 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_string.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_string.c
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 {
     u_char  *dst;
 
-    if (!(dst = ngx_palloc(pool, src->len))) {
+    dst = ngx_palloc(pool, src->len);
+    if (dst == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -489,6 +490,84 @@
 }
 
 
+ssize_t
+ngx_atosz(u_char *line, size_t n)
+{
+    ssize_t  value;
+
+    if (n == 0) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    for (value = 0; n--; line++) {
+        if (*line < '0' || *line > '9') {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        value = value * 10 + (*line - '0');
+    }
+
+    if (value < 0) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+
+    } else {
+        return value;
+    }
+}
+
+
+off_t
+ngx_atoof(u_char *line, size_t n)
+{
+    off_t  value;
+
+    if (n == 0) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    for (value = 0; n--; line++) {
+        if (*line < '0' || *line > '9') {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        value = value * 10 + (*line - '0');
+    }
+
+    if (value < 0) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+
+    } else {
+        return value;
+    }
+}
+
+
+time_t
+ngx_atotm(u_char *line, size_t n)
+{
+    time_t  value;
+
+    if (n == 0) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    for (value = 0; n--; line++) {
+        if (*line < '0' || *line > '9') {
+            return NGX_ERROR;
+        }
+
+        value = value * 10 + (*line - '0');
+    }
+
+    if (value < 0) {
+        return NGX_ERROR;
+
+    } else {
+        return value;
+    }
+}
+
+
 ngx_int_t
 ngx_hextoi(u_char *line, size_t n)
 {