include/linux/packing.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/linux/packing.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/linux/packing.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 16495 bytes
- Lines
- 459
- Domain
- Core OS
- Bucket
- Core Kernel Interface
- Inferred role
- Core OS: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Core operating-system implementation surface: boot, tasks, memory, VFS, syscall-facing interfaces, synchronization, credentials, and isolation.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/array_size.hlinux/bitops.hlinux/build_bug.hlinux/minmax.hlinux/stddef.hlinux/types.h
Detected Declarations
enum packing_op
Annotated Snippet
#ifndef _LINUX_PACKING_H
#define _LINUX_PACKING_H
#include <linux/array_size.h>
#include <linux/bitops.h>
#include <linux/build_bug.h>
#include <linux/minmax.h>
#include <linux/stddef.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#define GEN_PACKED_FIELD_STRUCT(__type) \
struct packed_field_ ## __type { \
__type startbit; \
__type endbit; \
__type offset; \
__type size; \
}
/* struct packed_field_u8. Use with bit offsets < 256, buffers < 32B and
* unpacked structures < 256B.
*/
GEN_PACKED_FIELD_STRUCT(u8);
/* struct packed_field_u16. Use with bit offsets < 65536, buffers < 8KB and
* unpacked structures < 64KB.
*/
GEN_PACKED_FIELD_STRUCT(u16);
#define PACKED_FIELD(start, end, struct_name, struct_field) \
{ \
(start), \
(end), \
offsetof(struct_name, struct_field), \
sizeof_field(struct_name, struct_field), \
}
#define CHECK_PACKED_FIELD_OVERLAP(fields, index1, index2) ({ \
typeof(&(fields)[0]) __f = (fields); \
typeof(__f[0]) _f1 = __f[index1]; typeof(__f[0]) _f2 = __f[index2]; \
const bool _ascending = __f[0].startbit < __f[1].startbit; \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(_ascending && _f1.startbit >= _f2.startbit, \
__stringify(fields) " field " __stringify(index2) \
" breaks ascending order"); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!_ascending && _f1.startbit <= _f2.startbit, \
__stringify(fields) " field " __stringify(index2) \
" breaks descending order"); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(max(_f1.endbit, _f2.endbit) <= \
min(_f1.startbit, _f2.startbit), \
__stringify(fields) " field " __stringify(index2) \
" overlaps with previous field"); \
})
#define CHECK_PACKED_FIELD(fields, index) ({ \
typeof(&(fields)[0]) _f = (fields); \
typeof(_f[0]) __f = _f[index]; \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(__f.startbit < __f.endbit, \
__stringify(fields) " field " __stringify(index) \
" start bit must not be smaller than end bit"); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(__f.size != 1 && __f.size != 2 && \
__f.size != 4 && __f.size != 8, \
__stringify(fields) " field " __stringify(index) \
" has unsupported unpacked storage size"); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(__f.startbit - __f.endbit >= BITS_PER_BYTE * __f.size, \
__stringify(fields) " field " __stringify(index) \
" exceeds unpacked storage size"); \
__builtin_choose_expr(index != 0, \
CHECK_PACKED_FIELD_OVERLAP(fields, index - 1, index), \
1); \
})
/* Note that the packed fields may be either in ascending or descending order.
* Thus, we must check that both the first and last field wit within the
* packed buffer size.
*/
#define CHECK_PACKED_FIELDS_SIZE(fields, pbuflen) ({ \
typeof(&(fields)[0]) _f = (fields); \
typeof(pbuflen) _len = (pbuflen); \
const size_t num_fields = ARRAY_SIZE(fields); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(!__builtin_constant_p(_len), \
__stringify(fields) " pbuflen " __stringify(pbuflen) \
" must be a compile time constant"); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(_f[0].startbit >= BITS_PER_BYTE * _len, \
__stringify(fields) " first field exceeds packed buffer size"); \
BUILD_BUG_ON_MSG(_f[num_fields - 1].startbit >= BITS_PER_BYTE * _len, \
__stringify(fields) " last field exceeds packed buffer size"); \
})
#define QUIRK_MSB_ON_THE_RIGHT BIT(0)
#define QUIRK_LITTLE_ENDIAN BIT(1)
#define QUIRK_LSW32_IS_FIRST BIT(2)
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/array_size.h`, `linux/bitops.h`, `linux/build_bug.h`, `linux/minmax.h`, `linux/stddef.h`, `linux/types.h`.
- Detected declarations: `enum packing_op`.
- Atlas domain: Core OS / Core Kernel Interface.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.