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[rsync.git] / byteorder.h
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1 /*
2 * Simple byteorder handling.
4 * Copyright (C) 1992-1995 Andrew Tridgell
5 * Copyright (C) 2007-2022 Wayne Davison
7 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
8 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
9 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
10 * (at your option) any later version.
12 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
13 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
14 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
15 * GNU General Public License for more details.
17 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
18 * with this program; if not, visit the http://fsf.org website.
21 #undef CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT
23 /* We know that the x86 can handle misalignment and has the same
24 * byte order (LSB-first) as the 32-bit numbers we transmit. */
25 #if defined __i386__ || defined __i486__ || defined __i586__ || defined __i686__ || __amd64
26 #define CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT 0
27 #endif
29 #ifndef CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT
30 #define CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT 1
31 #endif
33 #define CVAL(buf,pos) (((unsigned char *)(buf))[pos])
34 #define UVAL(buf,pos) ((uint32)CVAL(buf,pos))
36 #if CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT
38 static inline uint32
39 IVALu(const uchar *buf, int pos)
41 return UVAL(buf, pos)
42 | UVAL(buf, pos + 1) << 8
43 | UVAL(buf, pos + 2) << 16
44 | UVAL(buf, pos + 3) << 24;
47 static inline void
48 SIVALu(uchar *buf, int pos, uint32 val)
50 CVAL(buf, pos) = val;
51 CVAL(buf, pos + 1) = val >> 8;
52 CVAL(buf, pos + 2) = val >> 16;
53 CVAL(buf, pos + 3) = val >> 24;
56 static inline int64
57 IVAL64(const char *buf, int pos)
59 return IVALu((uchar*)buf, pos) | (int64)IVALu((uchar*)buf, pos + 4) << 32;
62 static inline void
63 SIVAL64(char *buf, int pos, int64 val)
65 SIVALu((uchar*)buf, pos, val);
66 SIVALu((uchar*)buf, pos + 4, val >> 32);
69 #else /* !CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT */
71 /* This handles things for architectures like the 386 that can handle alignment errors.
72 * WARNING: This section is dependent on the length of an int32 (and thus a uint32)
73 * being correct (4 bytes)! Set CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT if it is not. */
75 static inline uint32
76 IVALu(const uchar *buf, int pos)
78 union {
79 const uchar *b;
80 const uint32 *num;
81 } u;
82 u.b = buf + pos;
83 return *u.num;
86 static inline void
87 SIVALu(uchar *buf, int pos, uint32 val)
89 union {
90 uchar *b;
91 uint32 *num;
92 } u;
93 u.b = buf + pos;
94 *u.num = val;
97 static inline int64
98 IVAL64(const char *buf, int pos)
100 union {
101 const char *b;
102 const int64 *num;
103 } u;
104 u.b = buf + pos;
105 return *u.num;
108 static inline void
109 SIVAL64(char *buf, int pos, int64 val)
111 union {
112 char *b;
113 int64 *num;
114 } u;
115 u.b = buf + pos;
116 *u.num = val;
119 #endif /* !CAREFUL_ALIGNMENT */
121 static inline uint32
122 IVAL(const char *buf, int pos)
124 return IVALu((uchar*)buf, pos);
127 static inline void
128 SIVAL(char *buf, int pos, uint32 val)
130 SIVALu((uchar*)buf, pos, val);