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ipxe/src/include/gpxe/buffer.h
2007-01-11 05:42:06 +00:00

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#ifndef _GPXE_BUFFER_H
#define _GPXE_BUFFER_H
#include <stdint.h>
#include <gpxe/uaccess.h>
/** @file
*
* Buffers for loading files.
*
* This file provides routines for filling a buffer with data received
* piecemeal, where the size of the data is not necessarily known in
* advance.
*
* Some protocols do not provide a mechanism for us to know the size
* of the file before we happen to receive a particular block
* (e.g. the final block in an MTFTP transfer). In addition, some
* protocols (e.g. the multicast protocols) can, in theory, provide
* the data in any order.
*
* Example usage:
*
* @code
*
* struct buffer my_buffer;
* void *data;
* off_t offset;
* size_t len;
*
* // We have an area of memory [buf_start,buf_start+len) into which to
* // load a file, where buf_start is a userptr_t.
* memset ( &buffer, 0, sizeof ( buffer ) );
* buffer->start = buf_start;
* buffer->len = len;
* ...
* while ( get_file_block ( ... ) ) {
* // Downloaded block is stored in [data,data+len), and represents
* // the portion of the file at offsets [offset,offset+len)
* if ( fill_buffer ( &buffer, data, offset, len ) != 0 ) {
* // An error occurred
* }
* ...
* }
* ...
* // The whole file is now present at [buf_start,buf_start+filesize),
* // where buf_start is a userptr_t. The struct buffer can simply
* // be discarded.
*
* @endcode
*
*/
/**
* A data buffer
*
* A buffer looks something like this:
*
* @code
*
* XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.........XXX..........XXXXXXX........XXXXXX.........
*
* ^
* |
* start
*
* <----- fill ---->
*
* <------------------------ free ---------------------------->
*
* <------------------------------ len -------------------------------->
*
* @endcode
*
* #start and #len denote the real boundaries of the buffer. #fill
* denotes the offset to the first free block in the buffer. (If the
* buffer is full, #fill, #free and #len will all be equal.)
*
*/
struct buffer {
/** Start of buffer */
userptr_t addr;
/** Total length of buffer */
size_t len;
/** Offset to first free block within buffer */
size_t fill;
/** Offset to last free block within buffer */
size_t free;
/** Expand data buffer
*
* @v buffer Data buffer
* @v new_len New length
* @ret rc Return status code
*
* Expand the data buffer to accommodate more data. This
* method is optional; if it is @c NULL then the buffer will
* not be expandable.
*/
int ( * expand ) ( struct buffer *buffer, size_t new_len );
};
extern int fill_buffer ( struct buffer *buffer, const void *data,
size_t offset, size_t len );
#endif /* _GPXE_BUFFER_H */