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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/packing.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/packing.h | 32 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/packing.h b/include/linux/packing.h index 8d6571feb95d..5d36dcd06f60 100644 --- a/include/linux/packing.h +++ b/include/linux/packing.h @@ -17,33 +17,13 @@ enum packing_op { UNPACK, }; -/** - * packing - Convert numbers (currently u64) between a packed and an unpacked - * format. Unpacked means laid out in memory in the CPU's native - * understanding of integers, while packed means anything else that - * requires translation. - * - * @pbuf: Pointer to a buffer holding the packed value. - * @uval: Pointer to an u64 holding the unpacked value. - * @startbit: The index (in logical notation, compensated for quirks) where - * the packed value starts within pbuf. Must be larger than, or - * equal to, endbit. - * @endbit: The index (in logical notation, compensated for quirks) where - * the packed value ends within pbuf. Must be smaller than, or equal - * to, startbit. - * @op: If PACK, then uval will be treated as const pointer and copied (packed) - * into pbuf, between startbit and endbit. - * If UNPACK, then pbuf will be treated as const pointer and the logical - * value between startbit and endbit will be copied (unpacked) to uval. - * @quirks: A bit mask of QUIRK_LITTLE_ENDIAN, QUIRK_LSW32_IS_FIRST and - * QUIRK_MSB_ON_THE_RIGHT. - * - * Return: 0 on success, EINVAL or ERANGE if called incorrectly. Assuming - * correct usage, return code may be discarded. - * If op is PACK, pbuf is modified. - * If op is UNPACK, uval is modified. - */ int packing(void *pbuf, u64 *uval, int startbit, int endbit, size_t pbuflen, enum packing_op op, u8 quirks); +int pack(void *pbuf, u64 uval, size_t startbit, size_t endbit, size_t pbuflen, + u8 quirks); + +int unpack(const void *pbuf, u64 *uval, size_t startbit, size_t endbit, + size_t pbuflen, u8 quirks); + #endif |