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1 /*
2  * Copyright © 2014 Intel Corporation
3  *
4  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
5  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
6  * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
7  * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
8  * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
9  * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
10  *
11  * The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
12  * paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
13  * Software.
14  *
15  * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
16  * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
17  * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
18  * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
19  * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
20  * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
21  * IN THE SOFTWARE.
22  */
23 
24 #pragma once
25 #ifndef BLOB_H
26 #define BLOB_H
27 
28 #ifdef __cplusplus
29 extern "C" {
30 #endif
31 
32 #include <stdbool.h>
33 #include <stddef.h>
34 #include <stdint.h>
35 
36 /* The blob functions implement a simple, low-level API for serializing and
37  * deserializing.
38  *
39  * All objects written to a blob will be serialized directly, (without any
40  * additional meta-data to describe the data written). Therefore, it is the
41  * caller's responsibility to ensure that any data can be read later, (either
42  * by knowing exactly what data is expected, or by writing to the blob
43  * sufficient meta-data to describe what has been written).
44  *
45  * A blob is efficient in that it dynamically grows by doubling in size, so
46  * allocation costs are logarithmic.
47  */
48 
49 struct blob {
50    /* The data actually written to the blob. */
51    uint8_t *data;
52 
53    /** Number of bytes that have been allocated for \c data. */
54    size_t allocated;
55 
56    /** The number of bytes that have actual data written to them. */
57    size_t size;
58 };
59 
60 /* When done reading, the caller can ensure that everything was consumed by
61  * checking the following:
62  *
63  *   1. blob->current should be equal to blob->end, (if not, too little was
64  *      read).
65  *
66  *   2. blob->overrun should be false, (otherwise, too much was read).
67  */
68 struct blob_reader {
69    uint8_t *data;
70    uint8_t *end;
71    uint8_t *current;
72    bool overrun;
73 };
74 
75 /**
76  * Create a new, empty blob, belonging to \mem_ctx.
77  *
78  * \return The new blob, (or NULL in case of allocation failure).
79  */
80 struct blob *
81 blob_create (void *mem_ctx);
82 
83 /**
84  * Add some unstructured, fixed-size data to a blob.
85  *
86  * \return True unless allocation failed.
87  */
88 bool
89 blob_write_bytes (struct blob *blob, const void *bytes, size_t to_write);
90 
91 /**
92  * Reserve space in \blob for a number of bytes.
93  *
94  * Space will be allocated within the blob for these byes, but the bytes will
95  * be left uninitialized. The caller is expected to use the return value to
96  * write directly (and immediately) to these bytes.
97  *
98  * \note The return value is valid immediately upon return, but can be
99  * invalidated by any other call to a blob function. So the caller should call
100  * blob_reserve_byes immediately before writing through the returned pointer.
101  *
102  * This function is intended to be used when interfacing with an existing API
103  * that is not aware of the blob API, (so that blob_write_bytes cannot be
104  * called).
105  *
106  * \return A pointer to space allocated within \blob to which \to_write bytes
107  * can be written, (or NULL in case of any allocation error).
108  */
109 uint8_t *
110 blob_reserve_bytes (struct blob *blob, size_t to_write);
111 
112 /**
113  * Overwrite some data previously written to the blob.
114  *
115  * Writes data to an existing portion of the blob at an offset of \offset.
116  * This data range must have previously been written to the blob by one of the
117  * blob_write_* calls.
118  *
119  * For example usage, see blob_overwrite_uint32
120  *
121  * \return True unless the requested offset or offset+to_write lie outside
122  * the current blob's size.
123  */
124 bool
125 blob_overwrite_bytes (struct blob *blob,
126                       size_t offset,
127                       const void *bytes,
128                       size_t to_write);
129 
130 /**
131  * Add a uint32_t to a blob.
132  *
133  * \note This function will only write to a uint32_t-aligned offset from the
134  * beginning of the blob's data, so some padding bytes may be added to the
135  * blob if this write follows some unaligned write (such as
136  * blob_write_string).
137  *
138  * \return True unless allocation failed.
139  */
140 bool
141 blob_write_uint32 (struct blob *blob, uint32_t value);
142 
143 /**
144  * Overwrite a uint32_t previously written to the blob.
145  *
146  * Writes a uint32_t value to an existing portion of the blob at an offset of
147  * \offset.  This data range must have previously been written to the blob by
148  * one of the blob_write_* calls.
149  *
150  *
151  * The expected usage is something like the following pattern:
152  *
153  *	size_t offset;
154  *
155  *	offset = blob->size;
156  *	blob_write_uint32 (blob, 0); // placeholder
157  *	... various blob write calls, writing N items ...
158  *	blob_overwrite_uint32 (blob, offset, N);
159  *
160  * \return True unless the requested position or position+to_write lie outside
161  * the current blob's size.
162  */
163 bool
164 blob_overwrite_uint32 (struct blob *blob,
165                        size_t offset,
166                        uint32_t value);
167 
168 /**
169  * Add a uint64_t to a blob.
170  *
171  * \note This function will only write to a uint64_t-aligned offset from the
172  * beginning of the blob's data, so some padding bytes may be added to the
173  * blob if this write follows some unaligned write (such as
174  * blob_write_string).
175  *
176  * \return True unless allocation failed.
177  */
178 bool
179 blob_write_uint64 (struct blob *blob, uint64_t value);
180 
181 /**
182  * Add an intptr_t to a blob.
183  *
184  * \note This function will only write to an intptr_t-aligned offset from the
185  * beginning of the blob's data, so some padding bytes may be added to the
186  * blob if this write follows some unaligned write (such as
187  * blob_write_string).
188  *
189  * \return True unless allocation failed.
190  */
191 bool
192 blob_write_intptr (struct blob *blob, intptr_t value);
193 
194 /**
195  * Add a NULL-terminated string to a blob, (including the NULL terminator).
196  *
197  * \return True unless allocation failed.
198  */
199 bool
200 blob_write_string (struct blob *blob, const char *str);
201 
202 /**
203  * Start reading a blob, (initializing the contents of \blob for reading).
204  *
205  * After this call, the caller can use the various blob_read_* functions to
206  * read elements from the data array.
207  *
208  * For all of the blob_read_* functions, if there is insufficient data
209  * remaining, the functions will do nothing, (perhaps returning default values
210  * such as 0). The caller can detect this by noting that the blob_reader's
211  * current value is unchanged before and after the call.
212  */
213 void
214 blob_reader_init (struct blob_reader *blob, uint8_t *data, size_t size);
215 
216 /**
217  * Read some unstructured, fixed-size data from the current location, (and
218  * update the current location to just past this data).
219  *
220  * \note The memory returned belongs to the data underlying the blob reader. The
221  * caller must copy the data in order to use it after the lifetime of the data
222  * underlying the blob reader.
223  *
224  * \return The bytes read (see note above about memory lifetime).
225  */
226 void *
227 blob_read_bytes (struct blob_reader *blob, size_t size);
228 
229 /**
230  * Read some unstructured, fixed-size data from the current location, copying
231  * it to \dest (and update the current location to just past this data)
232  */
233 void
234 blob_copy_bytes (struct blob_reader *blob, uint8_t *dest, size_t size);
235 
236 /**
237  * Read a uint32_t from the current location, (and update the current location
238  * to just past this uint32_t).
239  *
240  * \note This function will only read from a uint32_t-aligned offset from the
241  * beginning of the blob's data, so some padding bytes may be skipped.
242  *
243  * \return The uint32_t read
244  */
245 uint32_t
246 blob_read_uint32 (struct blob_reader *blob);
247 
248 /**
249  * Read a uint64_t from the current location, (and update the current location
250  * to just past this uint64_t).
251  *
252  * \note This function will only read from a uint64_t-aligned offset from the
253  * beginning of the blob's data, so some padding bytes may be skipped.
254  *
255  * \return The uint64_t read
256  */
257 uint64_t
258 blob_read_uint64 (struct blob_reader *blob);
259 
260 /**
261  * Read an intptr_t value from the current location, (and update the
262  * current location to just past this intptr_t).
263  *
264  * \note This function will only read from an intptr_t-aligned offset from the
265  * beginning of the blob's data, so some padding bytes may be skipped.
266  *
267  * \return The intptr_t read
268  */
269 intptr_t
270 blob_read_intptr (struct blob_reader *blob);
271 
272 /**
273  * Read a NULL-terminated string from the current location, (and update the
274  * current location to just past this string).
275  *
276  * \note The memory returned belongs to the data underlying the blob reader. The
277  * caller must copy the string in order to use the string after the lifetime
278  * of the data underlying the blob reader.
279  *
280  * \return The string read (see note above about memory lifetime). However, if
281  * there is no NULL byte remaining within the blob, this function returns
282  * NULL.
283  */
284 char *
285 blob_read_string (struct blob_reader *blob);
286 
287 #ifdef __cplusplus
288 }
289 #endif
290 
291 #endif /* BLOB_H */
292