src/mem/packet_access.hh

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 * Authors: Ali Saidi
 *          Nathan Binkert
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#include "arch/isa_traits.hh"
#include "base/bigint.hh"
#include "mem/packet.hh"
#include "sim/byteswap.hh"

#ifndef __MEM_PACKET_ACCESS_HH__
#define __MEM_PACKET_ACCESS_HH__
// The memory system needs to have an endianness. This is the easiest
// way to deal with it for now. At some point, we will have to remove
// these functions and make the users do their own byte swapping since
// the memory system does not in fact have an endianness.

/** return the value of what is pointed to in the packet. */
template <typename T>
inline T
Packet::get()
{
    assert(staticData || dynamicData);
    assert(sizeof(T) <= size);
    return TheISA::gtoh(*(T*)data);
}

/** set the value in the data pointer to v. */
template <typename T>
inline void
Packet::set(T v)
{
    assert(sizeof(T) <= size);
    *(T*)data = TheISA::htog(v);
}

#endif //__MEM_PACKET_ACCESS_HH__