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+#ifndef __RING_BUFFER_H__
+#define __RING_BUFFER_H__
+
+
+#include <geekos/ktypes.h>
+
+
+struct ring_buffer {
+ uchar_t * buf;
+ uint_t size;
+
+ uint_t start;
+ uint_t end;
+ uint_t current_len;
+
+};
+
+
+void init_ring_buffer(struct ring_buffer * ring, uint_t size);
+struct ring_buffer * create_ring_buffer(uint_t size);
+
+void free_ring_buffer(struct ring_buffer * ring);
+
+
+int rb_read(struct ring_buffer * ring, char * dst, uint_t len);
+int rb_write(struct ring_buffer * ring, char * src, uint_t len);
+int rb_data_len(struct ring_buffer * ring);
+int rb_capacity(struct ring_buffer * ring);
+
+
+#endif // ! __RING_BUFFER_H__
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+#include <geekos/ring_buffer.h>
+#include <geekos/malloc.h>
+#include <geekos/ktypes.h>
+
+
+
+void init_ring_buffer(struct ring_buffer * ring, uint_t size) {
+ ring->buf = Malloc(size);
+ ring->size = size;
+
+ ring->start = 0;
+ ring->end = 0;
+ ring->current_len = 0;
+}
+
+
+struct ring_buffer * create_ring_buffer(uint_t size) {
+ struct ring_buffer * ring = (struct ring_buffer *)Malloc(sizeof(struct ring_buffer));
+
+ init_ring_buffer(ring, size);
+
+ return ring;
+}
+
+void free_ring_buffer(struct ring_buffer * ring) {
+ Free(ring->buf);
+ Free(ring);
+}
+
+
+
+
+
+static inline uchar_t * get_buf_ptr(struct ring_buffer * ring) {
+ return (uchar_t *)&(ring->buf + ring->start);
+}
+
+
+static inline int get_section_size(struct ring_buffer * ring) {
+ return ring->size - ring->start;
+}
+
+static inline int is_loop(struct ring_buffer * ring, uint_t len) {
+ if ((ring->start >= ring->end) && (ring->current_len > 0)) {
+ // end is past the end of the buffer
+ if (get_section_size(ring) < len) {
+ return 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+int rb_read(struct ring_buffer * ring, char * dst, uint_t len) {
+ int read_len = 0;
+ int ring_data_len = ring->current_len;
+
+ read_len = (len > ring_data_len) ? ring_data_len : len;
+
+ if (is_loop(ring, read_len)) {
+ int first_len = get_section_size(ring);
+
+ memcpy(dst, get_buf_ptr(ring), first_len);
+ read_len -= first_len;
+ ring->start = 0;
+
+ memcpy(dst + first_len, get_buf_ptr, read_len);
+
+ } else {
+ memcpy(dst, get_buf_ptr(ring), read_len);
+ }
+
+ return read_len;
+
+}