+/* @label_terminal: terminal character of a label, updated to point to the terminal character of
+ * the previous label (always skipping one dot) or to NULL if there are no more
+ * labels. */
+int dns_label_unescape_suffix(const char *name, const char **label_terminal, char *dest, size_t sz) {
+ const char *terminal;
+ int r;
+
+ assert(name);
+ assert(label_terminal);
+ assert(dest);
+
+ /* no more labels */
+ if (!*label_terminal) {
+ if (sz >= 1)
+ *dest = 0;
+
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ assert(**label_terminal == '.' || **label_terminal == 0);
+
+ /* skip current terminal character */
+ terminal = *label_terminal - 1;
+
+ /* point name to the last label, and terminal to the preceding terminal symbol (or make it a NULL pointer) */
+ for (;;) {
+ if (terminal < name) {
+ /* reached the first label, so indicate that there are no more */
+ terminal = NULL;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ /* find the start of the last label */
+ if (*terminal == '.') {
+ const char *y;
+ unsigned slashes = 0;
+
+ for (y = terminal - 1; y >= name && *y == '\\'; y--)
+ slashes ++;
+
+ if (slashes % 2 == 0) {
+ /* the '.' was not escaped */
+ name = terminal + 1;
+ break;
+ } else {
+ terminal = y;
+ continue;
+ }
+ }
+
+ terminal --;
+ }
+
+ r = dns_label_unescape(&name, dest, sz);
+ if (r < 0)
+ return r;
+
+ *label_terminal = terminal;
+
+ return r;
+}
+