add nctoh64() utility

diff --git a/general-utilities.c b/general-utilities.c
index 87dc13d6c7a9e5353e0e1271f001e18490764c46..304de0b287c0320dd406406df6900be131d3a56c 100644 (file)
--- a/general-utilities.c
+++ b/general-utilities.c
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ void hcton64(uint64_t num, uint8_t *p) {
   memcpy(p, &rev, sizeof(uint32_t));
 }
 
+uint64_t nctoh64(const uint8_t *p) { // read 4 characters from *p and do ntohl on them
+  // this is to avoid possible aliasing violations
+  uint64_t value = nctohl(p);
+  uint64_t value_low = nctohl(p+4);
+  value = value << 32;
+  value = value + value_low;
+  return value;
+}
+
+
 uint32_t nctohl(const uint8_t *p) { // read 4 characters from *p and do ntohl on them
   // this is to avoid possible aliasing violations
   uint32_t holder;

diff --git a/general-utilities.h b/general-utilities.h
index b371614fb8bddd90a4091ce58ef098e0cbdc5b59..79f34f338ff945cbe167bea66ea1641ce5f67bbd 100644 (file)
--- a/general-utilities.h
+++ b/general-utilities.h
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@
 #endif
 
 void hcton64(uint64_t num, uint8_t *p);
-uint32_t nctohl(const uint8_t *p); // read 4 characters from *p and do ntohl on them, avoiding aliasing
+
+//these are designed to avoid aliasing check errors
+uint64_t nctoh64(const uint8_t *p);
+uint32_t nctohl(const uint8_t *p); 
 uint16_t nctohs(const uint8_t *p);
 uint64_t timespec_to_ns(struct timespec *tn);
 uint64_t get_time_now();