xref: /freebsd/lib/libc/string/swab.c (revision dd21556857e8d40f66bf5ad54754d9d52669ebf7)
1 /*-
2  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
3  * Copyright (c) 2024 rilysh <nightquick@proton.me>
4  */
5 
6 #include <unistd.h>
7 #include <sys/endian.h>
8 
9 void
10 swab(const void * __restrict from, void * __restrict to, ssize_t len)
11 {
12 	const uint16_t *f __aligned(1) = from;
13 	uint16_t *t __aligned(1) = to;
14 
15 	/*
16 	 * POSIX says overlapping copy behavior is undefined, however many
17 	 * applications assume the old FreeBSD and current GNU libc behavior
18 	 * that will swap the bytes correctly when from == to. Reading both bytes
19 	 * and swapping them before writing them back accomplishes this.
20 	 */
21 	while (len > 1) {
22 		*t++ = bswap16(*f++);
23 		len -= 2;
24 	}
25 }
26