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-rw-r--r--lib/lib.c40
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/lib.c b/lib/lib.c
index 813677dd..7b0cf1a1 100644
--- a/lib/lib.c
+++ b/lib/lib.c
@@ -712,9 +712,6 @@ char *xreadlink(char *name)
}
}
-/*
- This might be of use or might not. Unknown yet...
-
// Read contents of file as a single freshly allocated nul-terminated string.
char *readfile(char *name)
{
@@ -738,9 +735,6 @@ char *xreadfile(char *name)
return buf;
}
-*/
-
-
// Sleep for this many thousandths of a second
void msleep(long miliseconds)
{
@@ -762,6 +756,40 @@ int xioctl(int fd, int request, void *data)
return rc;
}
+int64_t peek(void *ptr, int size)
+{
+ if (size & 8) {
+ int64_t *p = (int64_t *)ptr;
+ return *p;
+ } else if (size & 4) {
+ int *p = (int *)ptr;
+ return *p;
+ } else if (size & 2) {
+ short *p = (short *)ptr;
+ return *p;
+ } else {
+ char *p = (char *)ptr;
+ return *p;
+ }
+}
+
+void poke(void *ptr, uint64_t val, int size)
+{
+ if (size & 8) {
+ uint64_t *p = (uint64_t *)ptr;
+ *p = val;
+ } else if (size & 4) {
+ int *p = (int *)ptr;
+ *p = val;
+ } else if (size & 2) {
+ short *p = (short *)ptr;
+ *p = val;
+ } else {
+ char *p = (char *)ptr;
+ *p = val;
+ }
+}
+
// Open a /var/run/NAME.pid file, dying if we can't write it or if it currently
// exists and is this executable.
void xpidfile(char *name)