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  1// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1
  2/*
  3 * Copyright (C) 2009, 2010 Red Hat Inc, Steven Rostedt <srostedt@redhat.com>
  4 *
  5 */
  6#include <stdio.h>
  7#include <stdlib.h>
  8#include <string.h>
  9
 10#include "kbuffer.h"
 11
 12#define MISSING_EVENTS (1UL << 31)
 13#define MISSING_STORED (1UL << 30)
 14
 15#define COMMIT_MASK ((1 << 27) - 1)
 16
 17enum {
 18	KBUFFER_FL_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN	= (1<<0),
 19	KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN		= (1<<1),
 20	KBUFFER_FL_LONG_8		= (1<<2),
 21	KBUFFER_FL_OLD_FORMAT		= (1<<3),
 22};
 23
 24#define ENDIAN_MASK (KBUFFER_FL_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN | KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN)
 25
 26/** kbuffer
 27 * @timestamp		- timestamp of current event
 28 * @lost_events		- # of lost events between this subbuffer and previous
 29 * @flags		- special flags of the kbuffer
 30 * @subbuffer		- pointer to the sub-buffer page
 31 * @data		- pointer to the start of data on the sub-buffer page
 32 * @index		- index from @data to the @curr event data
 33 * @curr		- offset from @data to the start of current event
 34 *			   (includes metadata)
 35 * @next		- offset from @data to the start of next event
 36 * @size		- The size of data on @data
 37 * @start		- The offset from @subbuffer where @data lives
 38 *
 39 * @read_4		- Function to read 4 raw bytes (may swap)
 40 * @read_8		- Function to read 8 raw bytes (may swap)
 41 * @read_long		- Function to read a long word (4 or 8 bytes with needed swap)
 42 */
 43struct kbuffer {
 44	unsigned long long 	timestamp;
 45	long long		lost_events;
 46	unsigned long		flags;
 47	void			*subbuffer;
 48	void			*data;
 49	unsigned int		index;
 50	unsigned int		curr;
 51	unsigned int		next;
 52	unsigned int		size;
 53	unsigned int		start;
 54
 55	unsigned int (*read_4)(void *ptr);
 56	unsigned long long (*read_8)(void *ptr);
 57	unsigned long long (*read_long)(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr);
 58	int (*next_event)(struct kbuffer *kbuf);
 59};
 60
 61static void *zmalloc(size_t size)
 62{
 63	return calloc(1, size);
 64}
 65
 66static int host_is_bigendian(void)
 67{
 68	unsigned char str[] = { 0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4 };
 69	unsigned int *ptr;
 70
 71	ptr = (unsigned int *)str;
 72	return *ptr == 0x01020304;
 73}
 74
 75static int do_swap(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
 76{
 77	return ((kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN) + kbuf->flags) &
 78		ENDIAN_MASK;
 79}
 80
 81static unsigned long long __read_8(void *ptr)
 82{
 83	unsigned long long data = *(unsigned long long *)ptr;
 84
 85	return data;
 86}
 87
 88static unsigned long long __read_8_sw(void *ptr)
 89{
 90	unsigned long long data = *(unsigned long long *)ptr;
 91	unsigned long long swap;
 92
 93	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 56) |
 94		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) << 40) |
 95		((data & (0xffULL << 16)) << 24) |
 96		((data & (0xffULL << 24)) << 8) |
 97		((data & (0xffULL << 32)) >> 8) |
 98		((data & (0xffULL << 40)) >> 24) |
 99		((data & (0xffULL << 48)) >> 40) |
100		((data & (0xffULL << 56)) >> 56);
101
102	return swap;
103}
104
105static unsigned int __read_4(void *ptr)
106{
107	unsigned int data = *(unsigned int *)ptr;
108
109	return data;
110}
111
112static unsigned int __read_4_sw(void *ptr)
113{
114	unsigned int data = *(unsigned int *)ptr;
115	unsigned int swap;
116
117	swap = ((data & 0xffULL) << 24) |
118		((data & (0xffULL << 8)) << 8) |
119		((data & (0xffULL << 16)) >> 8) |
120		((data & (0xffULL << 24)) >> 24);
121
122	return swap;
123}
124
125static unsigned long long read_8(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
126{
127	return kbuf->read_8(ptr);
128}
129
130static unsigned int read_4(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
131{
132	return kbuf->read_4(ptr);
133}
134
135static unsigned long long __read_long_8(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
136{
137	return kbuf->read_8(ptr);
138}
139
140static unsigned long long __read_long_4(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
141{
142	return kbuf->read_4(ptr);
143}
144
145static unsigned long long read_long(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
146{
147	return kbuf->read_long(kbuf, ptr);
148}
149
150static int calc_index(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
151{
152	return (unsigned long)ptr - (unsigned long)kbuf->data;
153}
154
155static int __next_event(struct kbuffer *kbuf);
156
157/**
158 * kbuffer_alloc - allocat a new kbuffer
159 * @size;	enum to denote size of word
160 * @endian:	enum to denote endianness
161 *
162 * Allocates and returns a new kbuffer.
163 */
164struct kbuffer *
165kbuffer_alloc(enum kbuffer_long_size size, enum kbuffer_endian endian)
166{
167	struct kbuffer *kbuf;
168	int flags = 0;
169
170	switch (size) {
171	case KBUFFER_LSIZE_4:
172		break;
173	case KBUFFER_LSIZE_8:
174		flags |= KBUFFER_FL_LONG_8;
175		break;
176	default:
177		return NULL;
178	}
179
180	switch (endian) {
181	case KBUFFER_ENDIAN_LITTLE:
182		break;
183	case KBUFFER_ENDIAN_BIG:
184		flags |= KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN;
185		break;
186	default:
187		return NULL;
188	}
189
190	kbuf = zmalloc(sizeof(*kbuf));
191	if (!kbuf)
192		return NULL;
193
194	kbuf->flags = flags;
195
196	if (host_is_bigendian())
197		kbuf->flags |= KBUFFER_FL_HOST_BIG_ENDIAN;
198
199	if (do_swap(kbuf)) {
200		kbuf->read_8 = __read_8_sw;
201		kbuf->read_4 = __read_4_sw;
202	} else {
203		kbuf->read_8 = __read_8;
204		kbuf->read_4 = __read_4;
205	}
206
207	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_LONG_8)
208		kbuf->read_long = __read_long_8;
209	else
210		kbuf->read_long = __read_long_4;
211
212	/* May be changed by kbuffer_set_old_format() */
213	kbuf->next_event = __next_event;
214
215	return kbuf;
216}
217
218/** kbuffer_free - free an allocated kbuffer
219 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to free
220 *
221 * Can take NULL as a parameter.
222 */
223void kbuffer_free(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
224{
225	free(kbuf);
226}
227
228static unsigned int type4host(struct kbuffer *kbuf,
229			      unsigned int type_len_ts)
230{
231	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN)
232		return (type_len_ts >> 29) & 3;
233	else
234		return type_len_ts & 3;
235}
236
237static unsigned int len4host(struct kbuffer *kbuf,
238			     unsigned int type_len_ts)
239{
240	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN)
241		return (type_len_ts >> 27) & 7;
242	else
243		return (type_len_ts >> 2) & 7;
244}
245
246static unsigned int type_len4host(struct kbuffer *kbuf,
247				  unsigned int type_len_ts)
248{
249	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN)
250		return (type_len_ts >> 27) & ((1 << 5) - 1);
251	else
252		return type_len_ts & ((1 << 5) - 1);
253}
254
255static unsigned int ts4host(struct kbuffer *kbuf,
256			    unsigned int type_len_ts)
257{
258	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN)
259		return type_len_ts & ((1 << 27) - 1);
260	else
261		return type_len_ts >> 5;
262}
263
264/*
265 * Linux 2.6.30 and earlier (not much ealier) had a different
266 * ring buffer format. It should be obsolete, but we handle it anyway.
267 */
268enum old_ring_buffer_type {
269	OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING,
270	OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND,
271	OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_STAMP,
272	OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA,
273};
274
275static unsigned int old_update_pointers(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
276{
277	unsigned long long extend;
278	unsigned int type_len_ts;
279	unsigned int type;
280	unsigned int len;
281	unsigned int delta;
282	unsigned int length;
283	void *ptr = kbuf->data + kbuf->curr;
284
285	type_len_ts = read_4(kbuf, ptr);
286	ptr += 4;
287
288	type = type4host(kbuf, type_len_ts);
289	len = len4host(kbuf, type_len_ts);
290	delta = ts4host(kbuf, type_len_ts);
291
292	switch (type) {
293	case OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING:
294		kbuf->next = kbuf->size;
295		return 0;
296
297	case OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
298		extend = read_4(kbuf, ptr);
299		extend <<= TS_SHIFT;
300		extend += delta;
301		delta = extend;
302		ptr += 4;
303		length = 0;
304		break;
305
306	case OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_STAMP:
307		/* should never happen! */
308		kbuf->curr = kbuf->size;
309		kbuf->next = kbuf->size;
310		kbuf->index = kbuf->size;
311		return -1;
312	default:
313		if (len)
314			length = len * 4;
315		else {
316			length = read_4(kbuf, ptr);
317			length -= 4;
318			ptr += 4;
319		}
320		break;
321	}
322
323	kbuf->timestamp += delta;
324	kbuf->index = calc_index(kbuf, ptr);
325	kbuf->next = kbuf->index + length;
326
327	return type;
328}
329
330static int __old_next_event(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
331{
332	int type;
333
334	do {
335		kbuf->curr = kbuf->next;
336		if (kbuf->next >= kbuf->size)
337			return -1;
338		type = old_update_pointers(kbuf);
339	} while (type == OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND || type == OLD_RINGBUF_TYPE_PADDING);
340
341	return 0;
342}
343
344static unsigned int
345translate_data(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *data, void **rptr,
346	       unsigned long long *delta, int *length)
347{
348	unsigned long long extend;
349	unsigned int type_len_ts;
350	unsigned int type_len;
351
352	type_len_ts = read_4(kbuf, data);
353	data += 4;
354
355	type_len = type_len4host(kbuf, type_len_ts);
356	*delta = ts4host(kbuf, type_len_ts);
357
358	switch (type_len) {
359	case KBUFFER_TYPE_PADDING:
360		*length = read_4(kbuf, data);
361		break;
362
363	case KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
364	case KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_STAMP:
365		extend = read_4(kbuf, data);
366		data += 4;
367		extend <<= TS_SHIFT;
368		extend += *delta;
369		*delta = extend;
370		*length = 0;
371		break;
372
373	case 0:
374		*length = read_4(kbuf, data) - 4;
375		*length = (*length + 3) & ~3;
376		data += 4;
377		break;
378	default:
379		*length = type_len * 4;
380		break;
381	}
382
383	*rptr = data;
384
385	return type_len;
386}
387
388static unsigned int update_pointers(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
389{
390	unsigned long long delta;
391	unsigned int type_len;
392	int length;
393	void *ptr = kbuf->data + kbuf->curr;
394
395	type_len = translate_data(kbuf, ptr, &ptr, &delta, &length);
396
397	if (type_len == KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_STAMP)
398		kbuf->timestamp = delta;
399	else
400		kbuf->timestamp += delta;
401
402	kbuf->index = calc_index(kbuf, ptr);
403	kbuf->next = kbuf->index + length;
404
405	return type_len;
406}
407
408/**
409 * kbuffer_translate_data - read raw data to get a record
410 * @swap:	Set to 1 if bytes in words need to be swapped when read
411 * @data:	The raw data to read
412 * @size:	Address to store the size of the event data.
413 *
414 * Returns a pointer to the event data. To determine the entire
415 * record size (record metadata + data) just add the difference between
416 * @data and the returned value to @size.
417 */
418void *kbuffer_translate_data(int swap, void *data, unsigned int *size)
419{
420	unsigned long long delta;
421	struct kbuffer kbuf;
422	int type_len;
423	int length;
424	void *ptr;
425
426	if (swap) {
427		kbuf.read_8 = __read_8_sw;
428		kbuf.read_4 = __read_4_sw;
429		kbuf.flags = host_is_bigendian() ? 0 : KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN;
430	} else {
431		kbuf.read_8 = __read_8;
432		kbuf.read_4 = __read_4;
433		kbuf.flags = host_is_bigendian() ? KBUFFER_FL_BIG_ENDIAN: 0;
434	}
435
436	type_len = translate_data(&kbuf, data, &ptr, &delta, &length);
437	switch (type_len) {
438	case KBUFFER_TYPE_PADDING:
439	case KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND:
440	case KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_STAMP:
441		return NULL;
442	}
443
444	*size = length;
445
446	return ptr;
447}
448
449static int __next_event(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
450{
451	int type;
452
453	do {
454		kbuf->curr = kbuf->next;
455		if (kbuf->next >= kbuf->size)
456			return -1;
457		type = update_pointers(kbuf);
458	} while (type == KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_EXTEND ||
459		 type == KBUFFER_TYPE_TIME_STAMP ||
460		 type == KBUFFER_TYPE_PADDING);
461
462	return 0;
463}
464
465static int next_event(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
466{
467	return kbuf->next_event(kbuf);
468}
469
470/**
471 * kbuffer_next_event - increment the current pointer
472 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read
473 * @ts:		Address to store the next record's timestamp (may be NULL to ignore)
474 *
475 * Increments the pointers into the subbuffer of the kbuffer to point to the
476 * next event so that the next kbuffer_read_event() will return a
477 * new event.
478 *
479 * Returns the data of the next event if a new event exists on the subbuffer,
480 * NULL otherwise.
481 */
482void *kbuffer_next_event(struct kbuffer *kbuf, unsigned long long *ts)
483{
484	int ret;
485
486	if (!kbuf || !kbuf->subbuffer)
487		return NULL;
488
489	ret = next_event(kbuf);
490	if (ret < 0)
491		return NULL;
492
493	if (ts)
494		*ts = kbuf->timestamp;
495
496	return kbuf->data + kbuf->index;
497}
498
499/**
500 * kbuffer_load_subbuffer - load a new subbuffer into the kbuffer
501 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to load
502 * @subbuffer:	The subbuffer to load into @kbuf.
503 *
504 * Load a new subbuffer (page) into @kbuf. This will reset all
505 * the pointers and update the @kbuf timestamp. The next read will
506 * return the first event on @subbuffer.
507 *
508 * Returns 0 on succes, -1 otherwise.
509 */
510int kbuffer_load_subbuffer(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *subbuffer)
511{
512	unsigned long long flags;
513	void *ptr = subbuffer;
514
515	if (!kbuf || !subbuffer)
516		return -1;
517
518	kbuf->subbuffer = subbuffer;
519
520	kbuf->timestamp = read_8(kbuf, ptr);
521	ptr += 8;
522
523	kbuf->curr = 0;
524
525	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_LONG_8)
526		kbuf->start = 16;
527	else
528		kbuf->start = 12;
529
530	kbuf->data = subbuffer + kbuf->start;
531
532	flags = read_long(kbuf, ptr);
533	kbuf->size = (unsigned int)flags & COMMIT_MASK;
534
535	if (flags & MISSING_EVENTS) {
536		if (flags & MISSING_STORED) {
537			ptr = kbuf->data + kbuf->size;
538			kbuf->lost_events = read_long(kbuf, ptr);
539		} else
540			kbuf->lost_events = -1;
541	} else
542		kbuf->lost_events = 0;
543
544	kbuf->index = 0;
545	kbuf->next = 0;
546
547	next_event(kbuf);
548
549	return 0;
550}
551
552/**
553 * kbuffer_subbuf_timestamp - read the timestamp from a sub buffer
554 * @kbuf:      The kbuffer to load
555 * @subbuf:    The subbuffer to read from.
556 *
557 * Return the timestamp from a subbuffer.
558 */
559unsigned long long kbuffer_subbuf_timestamp(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *subbuf)
560{
561	return kbuf->read_8(subbuf);
562}
563
564/**
565 * kbuffer_ptr_delta - read the delta field from a record
566 * @kbuf:      The kbuffer to load
567 * @ptr:       The record in the buffe.
568 *
569 * Return the timestamp delta from a record
570 */
571unsigned int kbuffer_ptr_delta(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *ptr)
572{
573	unsigned int type_len_ts;
574
575	type_len_ts = read_4(kbuf, ptr);
576	return ts4host(kbuf, type_len_ts);
577}
578
579
580/**
581 * kbuffer_read_event - read the next event in the kbuffer subbuffer
582 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read from
583 * @ts:		The address to store the timestamp of the event (may be NULL to ignore)
584 *
585 * Returns a pointer to the data part of the current event.
586 * NULL if no event is left on the subbuffer.
587 */
588void *kbuffer_read_event(struct kbuffer *kbuf, unsigned long long *ts)
589{
590	if (!kbuf || !kbuf->subbuffer)
591		return NULL;
592
593	if (kbuf->curr >= kbuf->size)
594		return NULL;
595
596	if (ts)
597		*ts = kbuf->timestamp;
598	return kbuf->data + kbuf->index;
599}
600
601/**
602 * kbuffer_timestamp - Return the timestamp of the current event
603 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read from
604 *
605 * Returns the timestamp of the current (next) event.
606 */
607unsigned long long kbuffer_timestamp(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
608{
609	return kbuf->timestamp;
610}
611
612/**
613 * kbuffer_read_at_offset - read the event that is at offset
614 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read from
615 * @offset:	The offset into the subbuffer
616 * @ts:		The address to store the timestamp of the event (may be NULL to ignore)
617 *
618 * The @offset must be an index from the @kbuf subbuffer beginning.
619 * If @offset is bigger than the stored subbuffer, NULL will be returned.
620 *
621 * Returns the data of the record that is at @offset. Note, @offset does
622 * not need to be the start of the record, the offset just needs to be
623 * in the record (or beginning of it).
624 *
625 * Note, the kbuf timestamp and pointers are updated to the
626 * returned record. That is, kbuffer_read_event() will return the same
627 * data and timestamp, and kbuffer_next_event() will increment from
628 * this record.
629 */
630void *kbuffer_read_at_offset(struct kbuffer *kbuf, int offset,
631			     unsigned long long *ts)
632{
633	void *data;
634
635	if (offset < kbuf->start)
636		offset = 0;
637	else
638		offset -= kbuf->start;
639
640	/* Reset the buffer */
641	kbuffer_load_subbuffer(kbuf, kbuf->subbuffer);
642	data = kbuffer_read_event(kbuf, ts);
643
644	while (kbuf->curr < offset) {
645		data = kbuffer_next_event(kbuf, ts);
646		if (!data)
647			break;
648	}
649
650	return data;
651}
652
653/**
654 * kbuffer_subbuffer_size - the size of the loaded subbuffer
655 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read from
656 *
657 * Returns the size of the subbuffer. Note, this size is
658 * where the last event resides. The stored subbuffer may actually be
659 * bigger due to padding and such.
660 */
661int kbuffer_subbuffer_size(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
662{
663	return kbuf->size;
664}
665
666/**
667 * kbuffer_curr_index - Return the index of the record
668 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read from
669 *
670 * Returns the index from the start of the data part of
671 * the subbuffer to the current location. Note this is not
672 * from the start of the subbuffer. An index of zero will
673 * point to the first record. Use kbuffer_curr_offset() for
674 * the actually offset (that can be used by kbuffer_read_at_offset())
675 */
676int kbuffer_curr_index(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
677{
678	return kbuf->curr;
679}
680
681/**
682 * kbuffer_curr_offset - Return the offset of the record
683 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read from
684 *
685 * Returns the offset from the start of the subbuffer to the
686 * current location.
687 */
688int kbuffer_curr_offset(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
689{
690	return kbuf->curr + kbuf->start;
691}
692
693/**
694 * kbuffer_event_size - return the size of the event data
695 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read
696 *
697 * Returns the size of the event data (the payload not counting
698 * the meta data of the record) of the current event.
699 */
700int kbuffer_event_size(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
701{
702	return kbuf->next - kbuf->index;
703}
704
705/**
706 * kbuffer_curr_size - return the size of the entire record
707 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to read
708 *
709 * Returns the size of the entire record (meta data and payload)
710 * of the current event.
711 */
712int kbuffer_curr_size(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
713{
714	return kbuf->next - kbuf->curr;
715}
716
717/**
718 * kbuffer_missed_events - return the # of missed events from last event.
719 * @kbuf: 	The kbuffer to read from
720 *
721 * Returns the # of missed events (if recorded) before the current
722 * event. Note, only events on the beginning of a subbuffer can
723 * have missed events, all other events within the buffer will be
724 * zero.
725 */
726int kbuffer_missed_events(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
727{
728	/* Only the first event can have missed events */
729	if (kbuf->curr)
730		return 0;
731
732	return kbuf->lost_events;
733}
734
735/**
736 * kbuffer_set_old_forma - set the kbuffer to use the old format parsing
737 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer to set
738 *
739 * This is obsolete (or should be). The first kernels to use the
740 * new ring buffer had a slightly different ring buffer format
741 * (2.6.30 and earlier). It is still somewhat supported by kbuffer,
742 * but should not be counted on in the future.
743 */
744void kbuffer_set_old_format(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
745{
746	kbuf->flags |= KBUFFER_FL_OLD_FORMAT;
747
748	kbuf->next_event = __old_next_event;
749}
750
751/**
752 * kbuffer_start_of_data - return offset of where data starts on subbuffer
753 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer
754 *
755 * Returns the location on the subbuffer where the data starts.
756 */
757int kbuffer_start_of_data(struct kbuffer *kbuf)
758{
759	return kbuf->start;
760}
761
762/**
763 * kbuffer_raw_get - get raw buffer info
764 * @kbuf:	The kbuffer
765 * @subbuf:	Start of mapped subbuffer
766 * @info:	Info descriptor to fill in
767 *
768 * For debugging. This can return internals of the ring buffer.
769 * Expects to have info->next set to what it will read.
770 * The type, length and timestamp delta will be filled in, and
771 * @info->next will be updated to the next element.
772 * The @subbuf is used to know if the info is passed the end of
773 * data and NULL will be returned if it is.
774 */
775struct kbuffer_raw_info *
776kbuffer_raw_get(struct kbuffer *kbuf, void *subbuf, struct kbuffer_raw_info *info)
777{
778	unsigned long long flags;
779	unsigned long long delta;
780	unsigned int type_len;
781	unsigned int size;
782	int start;
783	int length;
784	void *ptr = info->next;
785
786	if (!kbuf || !subbuf)
787		return NULL;
788
789	if (kbuf->flags & KBUFFER_FL_LONG_8)
790		start = 16;
791	else
792		start = 12;
793
794	flags = read_long(kbuf, subbuf + 8);
795	size = (unsigned int)flags & COMMIT_MASK;
796
797	if (ptr < subbuf || ptr >= subbuf + start + size)
798		return NULL;
799
800	type_len = translate_data(kbuf, ptr, &ptr, &delta, &length);
801
802	info->next = ptr + length;
803
804	info->type = type_len;
805	info->delta = delta;
806	info->length = length;
807
808	return info;
809}