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RIOT/sys/include/ptrtag.h
2020-11-17 10:10:28 +01:00

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/*
* Copyright (C) 2020 Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
*
* This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General
* Public License v2.1. See the file LICENSE in the top level directory for more
* details.
*/
/**
* @defgroup sys_ptrtag Helpers for pointer tagging
* @ingroup sys
*
* # Concept
*
* Data structures are often aligned in memory to the word size. On 32 bit
* machines, this often results in the two least significant bits containing no
* information (as they have to be zero, due to this alignment). In many cases
* gaining two bits of information storage in RAM is all you need. In these
* case, pointer tagging can come in handy.
*
* The tricky part is however to get this working portable on all architectures,
* possibly even on 8 bit machines that have no alignment requirements. This
* utility provides helpers to enforce alignment requirements for all platforms,
* so that pointer tagging can be used everywhere.
*
* # Usage
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~{.c}
* // Use the PTRTAG attribute to ensure that pointers to this structure can
* // be tagged, even if structure would not have a suitable alignment
* // otherwise
* typedef struct PTRTAG {
* uint32_t bar;
* } foo_t;
*
* void isr_callback(void *data) {
* // extract pointer
* struct foo *ptr = ptrtag_ptr(data);
* // extract tag
* uint8_t tag = ptrtag_tag(data);
* work_on_data(ptr, tag);
* }
*
* int main(void) {
* foo_t data;
* uint8_t tag = 3;
* // pack pointer and tag into tagged pointer
* void *ptr_and_tag = ptrtag(&data, tag);
* init_isr(params, isr_callback, ptr_and_tag);
* }
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
* @{
*
* @file
* @brief Pointer Tagging Helpers
* @author Marian Buschsieweke <marian.buschsieweke@ovgu.de>
*/
#ifndef PTRTAG_H
#define PTRTAG_H
#include <assert.h>
#include <inttypes.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif
/**
* @brief Pointers to data marked with this attribute will be tag-able.
*
* @details This will ensure a minimum alignment of 4 bytes
*/
#define PTRTAG __attribute__((aligned(4)))
/**
* @brief Create a tagged pointer
* @param ptr Pointer to tag
* @param tag Tag to add
* @return Tagged pointer encoding both @p ptr and @p tag
*
* @pre @p ptr points to data marked with @ref PTRTAG
* @pre @p tag contains a two bit value (its numeric value 0, 1, 2, or 3)
*
* Expect assertions blowing up when the preconditions are not met.
*/
static inline void * ptrtag(void *ptr, uint8_t tag)
{
uintptr_t tmp = (uintptr_t)ptr;
/* ensure ptr is aligned to four bytes and tag fits in two bits */
assert((tag < 4) && !(tmp & 0x3));
return (void *)(tmp | tag);
}
/**
* @brief Extract the original pointer from a tagged pointer
* @param tagged_ptr The tagged pointer to extract the original pointer from
* @return The original "un-tagged" pointer encoded in @p tagged_ptr
*/
static inline void * ptrtag_ptr(void *tagged_ptr)
{
uintptr_t tagged = (uintptr_t)tagged_ptr;
const uintptr_t mask = 0x3;
return (void *)(tagged & (~mask));
}
/**
* @brief Extract the tag from a tagged pointer
* @param tagged_ptr The tagged pointer to extract the original pointer from
* @return The tag encoded into @p tagged_ptr
*/
static inline uint8_t ptrtag_tag(void *tagged_ptr)
{
uintptr_t tagged = (uintptr_t)tagged_ptr;
return tagged & 0x3;
}
#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* PTRTAG_H */
/** @} */