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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * The Virtual DVB test driver serves as a reference DVB driver and helps
+ * validate the existing APIs in the media subsystem. It can also aid
+ * developers working on userspace applications.
+ *
+ * Written by Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ":%s, %d: " fmt, __func__, __LINE__
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+
+#include "vidtv_common.h"
+
+/**
+ * vidtv_memcpy() - wrapper routine to be used by MPEG-TS
+ * generator, in order to avoid going past the
+ * output buffer.
+ * @to: Starting element to where a MPEG-TS packet will
+ * be copied.
+ * @to_offset: Starting position of the @to buffer to be filled.
+ * @to_size: Size of the @to buffer.
+ * @from: Starting element of the buffer to be copied.
+ * @len: Number of elements to be copy from @from buffer
+ * into @to+ @to_offset buffer.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * Real digital TV demod drivers should not have memcpy
+ * wrappers. We use it here because emulating MPEG-TS
+ * generation at kernelspace requires some extra care.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Returns the number of bytes written
+ */
+u32 vidtv_memcpy(void *to,
+ size_t to_offset,
+ size_t to_size,
+ const void *from,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ if (unlikely(to_offset + len > to_size)) {
+ pr_err_ratelimited("overflow detected, skipping. Try increasing the buffer size\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(to + to_offset, from, len);
+ return len;
+}
+
+/**
+ * vidtv_memset() - wrapper routine to be used by MPEG-TS
+ * generator, in order to avoid going past the
+ * output buffer.
+ * @to: Starting element to set
+ * @to_offset: Starting position of the @to buffer to be filled.
+ * @to_size: Size of the @to buffer.
+ * @from: Starting element of the buffer to be copied.
+ * @ten: Number of elements to be copy from @from buffer
+ * into @to+ @to_offset buffer.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ * Real digital TV demod drivers should not have memset
+ * wrappers. We use it here because emulating MPEG-TS
+ * generation at kernelspace requires some extra care.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ * Returns the number of bytes written
+ */
+u32 vidtv_memset(void *to,
+ size_t to_offset,
+ size_t to_size,
+ const int c,
+ size_t len)
+{
+ if (unlikely(to_offset + len > to_size)) {
+ pr_err_ratelimited("overflow detected, skipping. Try increasing the buffer size\n");
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ memset(to + to_offset, c, len);
+ return len;
+}
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * The Virtual DVB test driver serves as a reference DVB driver and helps
+ * validate the existing APIs in the media subsystem. It can also aid
+ * developers working on userspace applications.
+ *
+ * Written by Daniel W. S. Almeida <dwlsalmeida@gmail.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef VIDTV_COMMON_H
+#define VIDTV_COMMON_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+u32 vidtv_memcpy(void *to,
+ size_t to_offset,
+ size_t to_size,
+ const void *from,
+ size_t len);
+
+u32 vidtv_memset(void *to,
+ size_t to_offset,
+ size_t to_size,
+ int c,
+ size_t len);
+
+#endif // VIDTV_COMMON_H