From fac4eab415c9066679f85699aa0a4c2bd4240bcd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Kaster <akaster@serenityos.org>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2021 14:22:37 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] AK: Add load64 and load_pointer to AK::ByteReader

This lets us load misaligned 64 bit integers, and misaligned pointers
in a platform agnostic way.
---
 AK/ByteReader.h | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/AK/ByteReader.h b/AK/ByteReader.h
index 5c2a4a8bba..c0da52fe9b 100644
--- a/AK/ByteReader.h
+++ b/AK/ByteReader.h
@@ -49,6 +49,27 @@ struct ByteReader {
         value = v._32;
     }
 
+    static void load(const u8* address, u64& value)
+    {
+        union {
+            u64 _64;
+            u8 _8[8];
+        } v { ._64 = 0 };
+        __builtin_memcpy(&v._8, address, 8);
+        value = v._64;
+    }
+
+    template<typename T>
+    static T* load_pointer(const u8* address)
+    {
+        if constexpr (sizeof(T*) == 4) {
+            return reinterpret_cast<T*>(load32(address));
+        } else {
+            static_assert(sizeof(T*) == 8, "sizeof(T*) must be either 4 or 8");
+            return reinterpret_cast<T*>(load64(address));
+        }
+    }
+
     static u16 load16(const u8* address)
     {
         u16 value;
@@ -62,6 +83,13 @@ struct ByteReader {
         load(address, value);
         return value;
     }
+
+    static u64 load64(const u8* address)
+    {
+        u64 value;
+        load(address, value);
+        return value;
+    }
 };
 
 }