Add a util to create a buffer view from a raw buffer
[lttng-tools.git] / src / common / buffer-view.h
1 /*
2 * Copyright (C) 2017 - Jérémie Galarneau <jeremie.galarneau@efficios.com>
3 *
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
5 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 only,
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7 *
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10 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
11 * for more details.
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15 * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
16 */
17
18 #ifndef LTTNG_BUFFER_VIEW_H
19 #define LTTNG_BUFFER_VIEW_H
20
21 #include <stddef.h>
22 #include <stdint.h>
23 #include <common/macros.h>
24
25 struct lttng_dynamic_buffer;
26
27 struct lttng_buffer_view {
28 const char *data;
29 size_t size;
30 };
31
32 /**
33 * Return a buffer view referencing a subset of the memory referenced by a raw
34 * pointer.
35 *
36 * @src Source buffer to reference
37 * @offset Offset to apply to the source memory buffer
38 * @len Length of the memory contents to reference.
39 *
40 * Note that a buffer view never assumes the ownership of the memory it
41 * references.
42 */
43 LTTNG_HIDDEN
44 struct lttng_buffer_view lttng_buffer_view_init(
45 const char *src, size_t offset, ptrdiff_t len);
46
47 /**
48 * Return a buffer view referencing a subset of the memory referenced by another
49 * view.
50 *
51 * @src Source view to reference
52 * @offset Offset to apply to the source memory content
53 * @len Length of the memory contents to reference. Passing -1 will
54 * cause the view to reference the whole view from the offset
55 * provided.
56 *
57 * Note that a buffer view never assumes the ownership of the memory it
58 * references.
59 */
60 LTTNG_HIDDEN
61 struct lttng_buffer_view lttng_buffer_view_from_view(
62 const struct lttng_buffer_view *src, size_t offset,
63 ptrdiff_t len);
64
65 /**
66 * Return a buffer view referencing a subset of the memory referenced by a
67 * dynamic buffer.
68 *
69 * @src Source dynamic buffer to reference
70 * @offset Offset to apply to the source memory content
71 * @len Length of the memory contents to reference. Passing -1 will
72 * cause the view to reference the whole dynamic buffer from the
73 * offset provided.
74 *
75 * Note that a buffer view never assumes the ownership of the memory it
76 * references.
77 */
78 LTTNG_HIDDEN
79 struct lttng_buffer_view lttng_buffer_view_from_dynamic_buffer(
80 const struct lttng_dynamic_buffer *src, size_t offset,
81 ptrdiff_t len);
82
83 #endif /* LTTNG_BUFFER_VIEW_H */
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