diff --git a/c/include/struct-group.h b/c/include/struct-group.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4afeeb3 --- /dev/null +++ b/c/include/struct-group.h @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +/* struct-group.h - mirrored structure macros. + * + * Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Bruno Raoult ("br") + * Licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later. + * Some rights reserved. See COPYING. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this + * program. If not, see . + * + * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later + * + * Some parts are taken from Linux's kernel and others, and are : + * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + * + */ + +#ifndef _STRUCT_GROUP_H +#define _STRUCT_GROUP_H + +/** + * __struct_group() - Create a mirrored named and anonyomous struct + * + * @TAG: The tag name for the named sub-struct (usually empty) + * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct + * @ATTRS: Any struct attributes (usually empty) + * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs + * + * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical layout + * and size: one anonymous and one named. The former's members can be used + * normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be used to + * reason about the start, end, and size of the group of struct members. + * The named struct can also be explicitly tagged for layer reuse, as well + * as both having struct attributes appended. + */ +#define __struct_group(TAG, NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS...) \ + union { \ + struct { MEMBERS } ATTRS; \ + struct TAG { MEMBERS } ATTRS NAME; \ + } + +/** + * DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY() - Declare a flexible array usable in a union + * + * @TYPE: The type of each flexible array element + * @NAME: The name of the flexible array member + * + * In order to have a flexible array member in a union or alone in a + * struct, it needs to be wrapped in an anonymous struct with at least 1 + * named member, but that member can be empty. + */ +#define DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(TYPE, NAME) \ + struct { \ + struct { } __empty_ ## NAME; \ + TYPE NAME[]; \ + } + +/** + * struct_group() - Wrap a set of declarations in a mirrored struct + * + * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct + * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs + * + * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical + * layout and size: one anonymous and one named. The former can be + * used normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be + * used to reason about the start, end, and size of the group of + * struct members. + */ +#define struct_group(NAME, MEMBERS...) \ + __struct_group(/* no tag */, NAME, /* no attrs */, MEMBERS) + +/** + * struct_group_attr() - Create a struct_group() with trailing attributes + * + * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct + * @ATTRS: Any struct attributes to apply + * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs + * + * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical + * layout and size: one anonymous and one named. The former can be + * used normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be + * used to reason about the start, end, and size of the group of + * struct members. Includes structure attributes argument. + */ +#define struct_group_attr(NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS...) \ + __struct_group(/* no tag */, NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS) + +/** + * struct_group_tagged() - Create a struct_group with a reusable tag + * + * @TAG: The tag name for the named sub-struct + * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct + * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs + * + * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical + * layout and size: one anonymous and one named. The former can be + * used normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be + * used to reason about the start, end, and size of the group of + * struct members. Includes struct tag argument for the named copy, + * so the specified layout can be reused later. + */ +#define struct_group_tagged(TAG, NAME, MEMBERS...) \ + __struct_group(TAG, NAME, /* no attrs */, MEMBERS) + +#endif /* _STRUCT_GROUP_H */