headers: stddef.h: Add struct_group

Add the struct_group from Linux.

Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>

1 files changed, 77 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/backport/backport-include/linux/stddef.h b/backport/backport-include/linux/stddef.h
index a0765ef3..5a73ec71 100644
--- a/backport/backport-include/linux/stddef.h
+++ b/backport/backport-include/linux/stddef.h
@@ -56,4 +56,81 @@
 	__DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(TYPE, NAME)
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __struct_group
+/**
+ * __struct_group() - Create a mirrored named and anonyomous struct
+ *
+ * @TAG: The tag name for the named sub-struct (usually empty)
+ * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct
+ * @ATTRS: Any struct attributes (usually empty)
+ * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs
+ *
+ * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical layout
+ * and size: one anonymous and one named. The former's members can be used
+ * normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be used to
+ * reason about the start, end, and size of the group of struct members.
+ * The named struct can also be explicitly tagged for layer reuse, as well
+ * as both having struct attributes appended.
+ */
+#define __struct_group(TAG, NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS...) \
+	union { \
+		struct { MEMBERS } ATTRS; \
+		struct TAG { MEMBERS } ATTRS NAME; \
+	}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef struct_group
+/**
+ * struct_group() - Wrap a set of declarations in a mirrored struct
+ *
+ * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct
+ * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs
+ *
+ * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical
+ * layout and size: one anonymous and one named. The former can be
+ * used normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be
+ * used to reason about the start, end, and size of the group of
+ * struct members.
+ */
+#define struct_group(NAME, MEMBERS...)	\
+	__struct_group(/* no tag */, NAME, /* no attrs */, MEMBERS)
+#endif /* struct_group */
+
+#ifndef struct_group_attr
+/**
+ * struct_group_attr() - Create a struct_group() with trailing attributes
+ *
+ * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct
+ * @ATTRS: Any struct attributes to apply
+ * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs
+ *
+ * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical
+ * layout and size: one anonymous and one named. The former can be
+ * used normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be
+ * used to reason about the start, end, and size of the group of
+ * struct members. Includes structure attributes argument.
+ */
+#define struct_group_attr(NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS...) \
+	__struct_group(/* no tag */, NAME, ATTRS, MEMBERS)
+#endif /* struct_group_attr */
+
+#ifndef struct_group_tagged
+/**
+ * struct_group_tagged() - Create a struct_group with a reusable tag
+ *
+ * @TAG: The tag name for the named sub-struct
+ * @NAME: The identifier name of the mirrored sub-struct
+ * @MEMBERS: The member declarations for the mirrored structs
+ *
+ * Used to create an anonymous union of two structs with identical
+ * layout and size: one anonymous and one named. The former can be
+ * used normally without sub-struct naming, and the latter can be
+ * used to reason about the start, end, and size of the group of
+ * struct members. Includes struct tag argument for the named copy,
+ * so the specified layout can be reused later.
+ */
+#define struct_group_tagged(TAG, NAME, MEMBERS...) \
+	__struct_group(TAG, NAME, /* no attrs */, MEMBERS)
+#endif /* struct_group_tagged */
+
 #endif /* __BACKPORT_LINUX_STDDEF_H */