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422 | giacomo | 1 | #ifndef __I386_UNALIGNED_H |
2 | #define __I386_UNALIGNED_H |
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4 | /* |
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5 | * The i386 can do unaligned accesses itself. |
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6 | * |
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7 | * The strange macros are there to make sure these can't |
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8 | * be misused in a way that makes them not work on other |
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9 | * architectures where unaligned accesses aren't as simple. |
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10 | */ |
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12 | /** |
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13 | * get_unaligned - get value from possibly mis-aligned location |
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14 | * @ptr: pointer to value |
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15 | * |
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16 | * This macro should be used for accessing values larger in size than |
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17 | * single bytes at locations that are expected to be improperly aligned, |
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18 | * e.g. retrieving a u16 value from a location not u16-aligned. |
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19 | * |
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20 | * Note that unaligned accesses can be very expensive on some architectures. |
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21 | */ |
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22 | #define get_unaligned(ptr) (*(ptr)) |
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24 | /** |
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25 | * put_unaligned - put value to a possibly mis-aligned location |
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26 | * @val: value to place |
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27 | * @ptr: pointer to location |
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28 | * |
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29 | * This macro should be used for placing values larger in size than |
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30 | * single bytes at locations that are expected to be improperly aligned, |
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31 | * e.g. writing a u16 value to a location not u16-aligned. |
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32 | * |
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33 | * Note that unaligned accesses can be very expensive on some architectures. |
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34 | */ |
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35 | #define put_unaligned(val, ptr) ((void)( *(ptr) = (val) )) |
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36 | |||
37 | #endif |