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Cross File Arrays.

This macro, in combination with an entry in the linker scripts, allows the definition of constant arrays to be spread over multiple C compilation units. These arrays are called "cross-file arrays" or short xfa.

Warning: This feature is experimental!
This API is considered experimental and will probably change without notice!

Author: Kaspar Schleiser kaspa.nosp@m.r@sc.nosp@m.hleis.nosp@m.er.d.nosp@m.e

Definition in file xfa.h.

#include <inttypes.h>
#include "compiler_hints.h"

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#define	_XFA(name, prio)
	helper macro for other XFA_* macros

#define	_XFA_CONST(name, prio)
	helper macro for other XFA_* macros

#define	XFA_INIT_CONST(type, name)
	Define a read-only cross-file array.

#define	XFA_INIT(type, name)
	Define a writable cross-file array.

#define	XFA_USE_CONST(type, name) XFA_USE(type, name)
	Declare an external read-only cross-file array.

#define	XFA_USE(type, name)
	Declare an external writable cross-file array.

#define	XFA(xfa_name, prio) _XFA(xfa_name, 5_ ## prio)
	Define variable in writable cross-file array.

#define	XFA_CONST(xfa_name, prio) _XFA_CONST(xfa_name, 5_ ## prio)
	Define variable in read-only cross-file array.

#define	XFA_ADD_PTR(xfa_name, prio, name, entry)
	Add a pointer to cross-file array.

#define	XFA_LEN(type, name)
	Calculate number of entries in cross-file array.

Macro Definition Documentation

◆ _XFA

#define _XFA	(	name,
		prio
	)

Value:

NO_SANITIZE_ARRAY \

__attribute__((used, section(".xfa." #name "." #prio)))

helper macro for other XFA_* macros

Definition at line 46 of file xfa.h.

◆ _XFA_CONST

#define _XFA_CONST	(	name,
		prio
	)

Value:

NO_SANITIZE_ARRAY \

__attribute__((used, section(".roxfa." #name "." #prio)))

helper macro for other XFA_* macros

Definition at line 55 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA

#define XFA	(	xfa_name,
		prio
	)	_XFA(xfa_name, 5_ ## prio)

Define variable in writable cross-file array.

Variables will end up sorted by prio.

Add this to the type in a variable definition, e.g.:

XFA(driver_params, 0) driver_params_t _onboard = { .pin=42 };

Parameters

[in]	xfa_name	name of the xfa
[in]	prio	priority within the xfa

Definition at line 144 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_ADD_PTR

#define XFA_ADD_PTR	(	xfa_name,
		prio,
		name,
		entry
	)

Value:

_XFA_CONST(xfa_name, 5_ ## prio) \

__typeof__(entry) xfa_name ## _ ## prio ## _ ## name = entry

_XFA_CONST

#define _XFA_CONST(name, prio)

helper macro for other XFA_* macros

Definition xfa.h:55

Add a pointer to cross-file array.

Pointers will end up sorted by prio.

Note: This implementation uses the typeof() C extension. It is available both in GCC and LLVM, and both don't complain with plain "-std=c11". If deemed necessary, use of typeof can be removed and the type can be added as parameter, at the cost of much less convenience.

Parameters

[in]	xfa_name	name of the xfa
[in]	prio	priority within the xfa
[in]	name	symbol name
[in]	entry	pointer variable to add to xfa

Definition at line 176 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_CONST

#define XFA_CONST	(	xfa_name,
		prio
	)	_XFA_CONST(xfa_name, 5_ ## prio)

Define variable in read-only cross-file array.

Variables will end up sorted by prio.

Add this to the type in a variable definition, e.g.:

XFA(driver_params, 0) driver_params_t _onboard = { .pin=42 };

Parameters

[in]	xfa_name	name of the xfa
[in]	prio	priority within the xfa

Definition at line 158 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_INIT

#define XFA_INIT	(	type,
		name
	)

Value:

    _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push") \
    _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wpedantic\"") \
    _XFA(name, 0_) type name [0] = {}; \
    _XFA(name, 9_) type name ## _end [0] = {}; \
    _Pragma("GCC diagnostic pop") \
    extern const unsigned __xfa_dummy

Define a writable cross-file array.

This macro defines the symbols necessary to use XFA_START() and XFA_END(). It needs to be part of one single compilation unit.

The pragmas prevent these errors:

error: ISO C forbids empty initializer braces
error: ISO C forbids zero-size array ‘xfatest_end’

Parameters

[in]	type	type of the cross-file array
[in]	name	name of the cross-file array

Definition at line 95 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_INIT_CONST

#define XFA_INIT_CONST	(	type,
		name
	)

Value:

    _Pragma("GCC diagnostic push") \
    _Pragma("GCC diagnostic ignored \"-Wpedantic\"") \
    _XFA_CONST(name, 0_) type name [0] = {}; \
    _XFA_CONST(name, 9_) type name ## _end [0] = {}; \
    _Pragma("GCC diagnostic pop") \
    extern const unsigned __xfa_dummy

Define a read-only cross-file array.

This macro defines the symbols necessary to use XFA_START() and XFA_END(). It needs to be part of one single compilation unit.

The pragmas prevent these errors:

error: ISO C forbids empty initializer braces
error: ISO C forbids zero-size array ‘xfatest_const_end’

Parameters

[in]	type	type of the cross-file array
[in]	name	name of the cross-file array

Definition at line 73 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_LEN

#define XFA_LEN	(	type,
		name
	)

Value:

(((uintptr_t)name ## _end - (uintptr_t)name) / \

sizeof(type))

Calculate number of entries in cross-file array.

Definition at line 183 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_USE

#define XFA_USE	(	type,
		name
	)

Value:

extern type name []; \

extern type name ## _end []

Declare an external writable cross-file array.

This macro defines the symbols necessary to use XFA_START() and XFA_END(). Think of this as XFA_INIT() but with "extern" keyword. It is supposed to be used in compilation units where the cross file array is being accessed, but not defined using XFA_INIT.

Parameters

[in]	type	type of the cross-file array
[in]	name	name of the cross-file array

Definition at line 128 of file xfa.h.

◆ XFA_USE_CONST

#define XFA_USE_CONST	(	type,
		name
	)	XFA_USE(type, name)

Declare an external read-only cross-file array.

This macro defines the symbols necessary to use XFA_START() and XFA_END(). Think of this as XFA_INIT() but with "extern" keyword. It is supposed to be used in compilation units where the cross file array is being accessed, but not defined using XFA_INIT.

Parameters

[in]	type	type of the cross-file array
[in]	name	name of the cross-file array

Definition at line 114 of file xfa.h.