#ifndef __BITFIELD_H__ #define __BITFIELD_H__ #include #include #define NIBBLE_SIZE (CHAR_BIT / 2) #ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif /* Public: Reads a subset of bits into a uint64_t, right aligned so they may be * interpreted as a number. * * source - the bytes in question. * source_size - the number of bytes in the source. * offset - the starting index of the bit field (beginning from 0). * bit_count - the width of the bit field to extract. This must be less than or * equal to 64. * * Bit fields are positioned according to big-endian bit layout and the data is * swapped automatically as necessary depending on the compiled architecture. * * For example, the bit layout of the value "42" (i.e. 00101010 set at position * 14 with length 6 is: * * 000000000000001010100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 * * and the same value and position but with length 8 is: * * 000000000000000010101000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 * * Examples * * uint64_t value = get_bitfield(data, data_size, 2, 4); * * Returns the value of the requested bit field, right aligned in a uint64_t. */ uint64_t get_bitfield(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length, const uint16_t offset, const uint16_t bit_count); /* Public: Return a single nibble from the byte array, with range checking. * * source - the source byte array. * source_length - the total length of the source array. * nibble_index - the index of the nibble to retreive. The leftmost nibble is * index 0. * * Returns the retreived nibble, right aligned in a uint8_t. */ uint8_t get_nibble(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length, const uint8_t nibble_index); /* Public: Return a single byte from the byte array, with range checking. * * source - the source byte array. * source_length - the total length of the source array. * byte_index - the index of the byte to retreive. The leftmost byte is index 0. * * Returns the retreived byte. */ uint8_t get_byte(const uint8_t source[], const uint8_t source_length, const uint8_t byte_index); /* Public: Copy a range of bits from one bit array to another. * * The range does not need to be byte aligned, and the source and destination do * not have to be the same size (as long as the desitnation has enough room to * fit the range). * * A bit array with regards to this function always has the leftmost bit in byte * 0, i.e. bit index is the leftmost bit of byte 0. Endianness does not matter. * * For example: * * uint8_t source[4] = {0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44}; * uint8_t destination[4] = {0}; * copy_bits(source, sizeof(source), 8, 8, destination, * sizeof(destination), 0); * // destination[0] == 0x22 * // destination[1] == 0x0 * // destination[2] == 0x0 * // destination[3] == 0x0 * * Thanks to * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3534535/whats-a-time-efficient-algorithm-to-copy-unaligned-bit-arrays * for the implementation of the algorithm. * * source_origin - the source array. * source_length - the total length of the source array in bytes, * for range checking. * source_offset - an offset in bits to start the copy from the source array. * Specify 0 to start from source_origin. * bit_count - the number of bits to copy. * destination_origin - the destination array. * desitnation_length - the total length of the destination array in bytes, * for range checking. * destination_offset - an offset in bits to start placing the copied range into * the destination array. Specify 0 to start from the beginning of the * destination. If you are copying a range not aligned on a byte, you * probably want to set this to a positive offset to right the resulting * bits in the destination. * * Returns true if the copy was successful and false if the range exceeded the * size of the source or destination, or if the range size negative or 0. */ bool copy_bits(const uint8_t* source_origin, const uint16_t source_length, const uint16_t source_offset, uint16_t bit_count, uint8_t* destination_origin, const uint16_t destination_length, const uint16_t destination_offset); /* Public: Copy a range of bits from one array to another, right aligning the * result. * * This is mostly useful if you want to cast the result to an integer type * instead of a byte array. * * For example: * * uint8_t source[4] = {0x11, 0x22, 0x33, 0x44}; * uint8_t destination[4] = {0}; * copy_bits_right_aligned(source, sizeof(source), 8, 8, destination, * sizeof(destination)); * // destination[0] == 0x0 * // destination[1] == 0x0 * // destination[2] == 0x0 * // destination[3] == 0x22 * * int value = (int)destination; * // value == 0x22 == 32 * * The arguments are the same as copy_bits, but without the destination_offset * option - that's set automatically to right align the result. * * Returns true if the copy was successful and false if the range exceeded the * size of the source or destination, or if the range size negative or 0. */ bool copy_bits_right_aligned(const uint8_t source[], const uint16_t source_length, const uint16_t offset, const uint16_t bit_count, uint8_t* destination, const uint16_t destination_length); /* Public: Copy a range of bytes from one byte array to another. * * The source and destination do not have to be the same size (as long as the * desitnation has enough room to fit the range). * * source_origin - the source array. * source_length - the total length of the source array in bytes, * for range checking. * source_offset - a byte offset to start the copy from the source array. * Specify 0 to start from source_origin. * byte_count - the number of bytes to copy. * destination_origin - the destination array. * desitnation_length - the total length of the destination array in bytes, * for range checking. * destination_offset - an offset in bytes to start placing the copied range into * the destination array. Specify 0 to start from the beginning of the * destination. * * Returns true if the copy was successful and false if the range exceeded the * size of the source or destination, or if the range size negative or 0. */ bool copy_bytes_right_aligned(const uint8_t source[], const uint16_t source_length, const uint16_t offset, const uint16_t byte_count, uint8_t* destination, const uint16_t destination_length); /* Public: Set the a nibble in the given data array to the new value. * * nibble_index - the index of the nibble to retreive. The leftmost nibble is * index 0. * value - the value to set in the bit field. * destination - the destination array. * destination_length - the total length of the destination array in bytes, * for range checking. * * Returns true if the bit_count is enough to fully represent the value, and * false if it will not fit. */ bool set_nibble(const uint16_t nibble_index, const uint8_t value, uint8_t* destination, const uint16_t destination_length); /* Public: Set the bit field in the given data array to the new value. * * value - the value to set in the bit field. * offset - the starting index of the bit field (beginning from 0). * bit_count - the number of bits to set in the data. * destination - the destination array. * destination_length - the total length of the destination array in bytes, * for range checking. * * Returns true if the bit_count is enough to fully represent the value, and * false if it will not fit. */ bool set_bitfield(const uint64_t value, const uint16_t offset, const uint16_t bit_count, uint8_t destination[], uint16_t destination_length); /* Public: Return a right aligned bitmask for a uint64_t. * * bit_count - the number of bits to mask, right aligned. */ uint64_t bitmask(const uint8_t bit_count); /* Private: */ uint16_t bits_to_bytes(uint32_t bits); /* Private: A union to assist swapping between uint64_t and a uint8_t array. */ typedef union { uint64_t whole; uint8_t bytes[sizeof(uint64_t)]; } ArrayOrBytes; #ifdef __cplusplus } #endif #endif // __BITFIELD_H__