genode/repos/os/include/util/endian.h
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/*
* \brief Convert between host endianess and big endian.
* \author Stebastian Sumpf
* \author Stefan Kalkowski
* \date 2010-08-04
*/
/*
* Copyright (C) 2010-2017 Genode Labs GmbH
*
* This file is part of the Genode OS framework, which is distributed
* under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3.
*/
#ifndef _UTIL__ENDIAN_H_
#define _UTIL__ENDIAN_H_
#include <base/stdint.h>
template <typename T>
inline T host_to_big_endian(T x)
{
Genode::uint8_t v[sizeof(T)];
for (unsigned i=0; i<sizeof(T); i++) {
unsigned mask = (sizeof(T) - i - 1) * 8;
v[i] = (x & (0xff << mask)) >> mask;
}
return *(T *)v;
}
#endif /* _UTIL__ENDIAN_H_ */