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43 lines
1.4 KiB
43 lines
1.4 KiB
#ifndef _COW_H
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#define _COW_H
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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#define restrict __restrict__
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extern "C" {
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#endif
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#include <stdlib.h>
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// Copy-on-write mapped memory.
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typedef struct cow_mapped_slice cow_t;
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/// Create a new copy-on-write area of `size` bytes.
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/// Writes to this instance pointer (`cow_ptr()`) are written to the allocated memory.
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/// Writes to any cloned instances do not propagate to this instance.
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cow_t* cow_create(size_t size);
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/// Free a cow area. This should be called on all clones before the parent of those clones is freed.
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void cow_free(cow_t* restrict cow);
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/// Create a clone of this instance. Any writes to the returned pointer will not be propagated to the input one.
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cow_t* cow_clone(const cow_t* cow);
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/// Returns 1 if this instance is a clone. 0 if it is not.
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int cow_is_fake(const cow_t* cow);
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/// Get the size of this cow area.
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size_t cow_size(const cow_t* cow);
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/// Get the `void*` pointer to the start of the area.
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#define cow_ptr(v) (*((void**)(v)))
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/// Get the `T*` pointer to the start of the area.
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#define cow_ptr_of(T, v) (*((T **)(v)))
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///// Get the `cow_t*` back from a pointer created with cow_ptr.
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///// NOTE: This pointer **MUST NOT** be a *copy* of a pointer created with `cow_ptr`, but the pointer returned from `cow_ptr` exactly.
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//XXX: Too unsafe and not useful enough to warrant a function/macro.
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//#define cow_from_ptr(p) (cow_t*)(&(p))
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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#undef restrict
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}
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#endif
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#endif /* _COW_H */
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