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Diffstat (limited to 'src/bitfield/8byte.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/bitfield/8byte.h | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/bitfield/8byte.h b/src/bitfield/8byte.h index 9cbf61a9..36b5fe60 100644 --- a/src/bitfield/8byte.h +++ b/src/bitfield/8byte.h @@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ uint64_t get_bit_field(uint64_t source, const uint16_t offset, * value - the value to set in the bit field. * offset - the starting index of the bit field (beginning from 0). * bit_count - the number of bits to set in the data. + * + * Returns true if the bit_count is enough to fully represent the value, and + * false if it will not fit. */ -void set_bit_field(uint64_t* destination, uint64_t value, const uint16_t offset, +bool set_bit_field(uint64_t* destination, uint64_t value, const uint16_t offset, const uint16_t bit_count); /* Public: Retreive the nth byte out of 8 bytes in a uint64_t. |