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#ifndef __X8664_UNALIGNED_H

#define __X8664_UNALIGNED_H

/*

 * The x86-64 can do unaligned accesses itself.

 *

 * The strange macros are there to make sure these can't

 * be misused in a way that makes them not work on other

 * architectures where unaligned accesses aren't as simple.

 */

/**

 * get_unaligned - get value from possibly mis-aligned location

 * @ptr: pointer to value

 *

 * This macro should be used for accessing values larger in size than

 * single bytes at locations that are expected to be improperly aligned,

 * e.g. retrieving a u16 value from a location not u16-aligned.

 *

 * Note that unaligned accesses can be very expensive on some architectures.

 */

#define get_unaligned(ptr) (*(ptr))

/**

 * put_unaligned - put value to a possibly mis-aligned location

 * @val: value to place

 * @ptr: pointer to location

 *

 * This macro should be used for placing values larger in size than

 * single bytes at locations that are expected to be improperly aligned,

 * e.g. writing a u16 value to a location not u16-aligned.

 *

 * Note that unaligned accesses can be very expensive on some architectures.

 */

#define put_unaligned(val, ptr) ((void)( *(ptr) = (val) ))

#endif