AlignedBuffer.hh

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#ifndef ALIGNEDBUFFER_HH
#define ALIGNEDBUFFER_HH

#include <type_traits>
#include <cassert>
#include <cstdint>
#include <cstddef>

namespace openmsx {

// Interface for an aligned buffer.
// This type doesn't itself provide any storage, it only 'refers' to some
// storage. In that sense it is very similar in usage to a 'uint8_t*'.
//
// For example:
//   void f1(uint8_t* buf) {
//     ... uint8_t x = buf[7];
//     ... buf[4] = 10;
//     ... uint8_t* begin = buf;
//     ... uint8_t* end   = buf + 12;
//   }
//   void f2(AlignedBuffer& buf) {
//     // The exact same syntax as above, the only difference is that here
//     // the compiler knows at compile-time the alignment of 'buf', while
//     // above the compiler must assume worst case alignment.
//   }
class alignas(std::max_align_t) AlignedBuffer
{
public:
        static const size_t ALIGNMENT = alignof(std::max_align_t);

        operator       uint8_t*()       { return p(); }
        operator const uint8_t*() const { return p(); }

              uint8_t* operator+(ptrdiff_t i)       { return p() + i; }
        const uint8_t* operator+(ptrdiff_t i) const { return p() + i; }

              uint8_t& operator[](int           i)       { return *(p() + i); }
        const uint8_t& operator[](int           i) const { return *(p() + i); }
              uint8_t& operator[](unsigned int  i)       { return *(p() + i); }
        const uint8_t& operator[](unsigned int  i) const { return *(p() + i); }
              uint8_t& operator[](long          i)       { return *(p() + i); }
        const uint8_t& operator[](long          i) const { return *(p() + i); }
              uint8_t& operator[](unsigned long i)       { return *(p() + i); }
        const uint8_t& operator[](unsigned long i) const { return *(p() + i); }

private:
              uint8_t* p()       { return reinterpret_cast<      uint8_t*>(this); }
        const uint8_t* p() const { return reinterpret_cast<const uint8_t*>(this); }
};
static_assert(alignof(AlignedBuffer) == AlignedBuffer::ALIGNMENT, "must be aligned");


// Provide actual storage for the AlignedBuffer
// A possible alternative is to use a union.
template<size_t N> class AlignedByteArray : public AlignedBuffer
{
public:
        size_t size() const { return N; }
              uint8_t* data()       { return dat; }
        const uint8_t* data() const { return dat; }

private:
        uint8_t dat[N];

};
static_assert(alignof(AlignedByteArray<13>) == AlignedBuffer::ALIGNMENT,
              "must be aligned");
static_assert(sizeof(AlignedByteArray<32>) == 32,
              "we rely on the empty-base optimization");


template<typename T> static inline T aligned_cast(void* p)
{
        static_assert(std::is_pointer<T>::value,
                      "can only perform aligned_cast on pointers");
        assert((reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(p) %
                alignof(std::remove_pointer_t<T>)) == 0);
        return reinterpret_cast<T>(p);
}

} //namespace openmsx

#endif