Add base/memory.h.
Right now this only includes an API for unaligned reads/writes.
Change-Id: Ieb42498aa17cbd1035b66c51bd1c4f16fa2acfdb
diff --git a/include/base/memory.h b/include/base/memory.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BASE_MEMORY_H
+#define BASE_MEMORY_H
+
+namespace android {
+namespace base {
+
+// Use packed structures for access to unaligned data on targets with alignment
+// restrictions. The compiler will generate appropriate code to access these
+// structures without generating alignment exceptions.
+template <typename T>
+static inline T get_unaligned(const T* address) {
+ struct unaligned {
+ T v;
+ } __attribute__((packed));
+ const unaligned* p = reinterpret_cast<const unaligned*>(address);
+ return p->v;
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+static inline void put_unaligned(T* address, T v) {
+ struct unaligned {
+ T v;
+ } __attribute__((packed));
+ unaligned* p = reinterpret_cast<unaligned*>(address);
+ p->v = v;
+}
+
+} // namespace base
+} // namespace android
+
+#endif // BASE_MEMORY_H