Added functionality to read and write instruction bytecode

Uses some bit hacks to quickly check what data type an opcode may have
by shifting down to units then casting it to a data_type_t.
Not very well tested yet, we'll need to see now.

Makefile

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ OUT=ovm.out
 SRC=src
 DIST=build
 
-CODE=$(addprefix $(SRC)/, darr.c runtime.c main.c)
+CODE=$(addprefix $(SRC)/, darr.c inst.c runtime.c main.c)
 OBJECTS=$(CODE:$(SRC)/%.c=$(DIST)/%.o)
 DEPS=$(OBJECTS:%.o=%.d)
 

src/base.h

@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ typedef union
   f64 as_float;
 } data_t;
 
+typedef enum
+{
+  DATA_TYPE_NIL   = 0,
+  DATA_TYPE_BYTE  = 1,
+  DATA_TYPE_WORD  = 3,
+  DATA_TYPE_FLOAT = 5,
+} data_type_t;
+
 #define DBYTE(BYTE)   ((data_t){.as_byte = (BYTE)})
 #define DWORD(WORD)   ((data_t){.as_word = (WORD)})
 #define DFLOAT(FLOAT) ((data_t){.as_float = (FLOAT)})

src/inst.c

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+/* Copyright (C) 2023 Aryadev Chavali
+
+ * You may distribute and modify this code under the terms of the
+ * GPLv2 license.  You should have received a copy of the GPLv2
+ * license with this file.  If not, please write to:
+ * aryadev@aryadevchavali.com.
+
+ * Created: 2023-10-15
+ * Author: Aryadev Chavali
+ * Description: Implementation of bytecode for instructions
+ */
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "./inst.h"
+
+data_type_t get_opcode_data_type(opcode_t opcode)
+{
+  data_type_t type = DATA_TYPE_NIL;
+  if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH))
+    type = opcode >> 1;
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH_REGISTER))
+    type = opcode >> 2;
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_POP))
+    type = opcode >> 3;
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_MOV))
+    type = opcode >> 4;
+  return type;
+}
+
+size_t inst_bytecode_size(inst_t inst)
+{
+  size_t size = 1; // for opcode
+  if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH))
+  {
+    if (inst.opcode == OP_PUSH_BYTE)
+      ++size;
+    else if (inst.opcode == OP_PUSH_WORD)
+      size += sizeof(word);
+    else if (inst.opcode == OP_PUSH_FLOAT)
+      size += sizeof(f64);
+  }
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH_REGISTER))
+    ++size;
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_POP))
+  {
+    // No operand or register so leave as is
+  }
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_MOV))
+  {
+    if (inst.opcode == OP_MOV_BYTE)
+      ++size;
+    else if (inst.opcode == OP_MOV_WORD)
+      size += sizeof(word);
+    else if (inst.opcode == OP_MOV_FLOAT)
+      size += sizeof(f64);
+    // For the register
+    ++size;
+  }
+  return size;
+}
+
+void inst_write_bytecode(inst_t inst, darr_t *darr)
+{
+  // Append opcode
+  darr_append_byte(darr, inst.opcode);
+  // Then append 0 or more operands
+  data_type_t to_append = DATA_TYPE_NIL;
+  if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH))
+    to_append = (data_type_t)inst.opcode;
+  else if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH_REGISTER) ||
+           OPCODE_IS_TYPE(inst.opcode, OP_TYPE_MOV))
+    to_append = DATA_TYPE_BYTE;
+
+  switch (to_append)
+  {
+  case DATA_TYPE_NIL:
+    break;
+  case DATA_TYPE_BYTE:
+    darr_append_byte(darr, inst.operand.as_byte);
+    break;
+  case DATA_TYPE_WORD:
+    darr_append_bytes(darr, (byte *)&inst.operand.as_word, sizeof(word));
+    break;
+  case DATA_TYPE_FLOAT:
+    darr_append_bytes(darr, (byte *)&inst.operand.as_float, sizeof(f64));
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
+data_t read_type_from_darr(darr_t *darr, data_type_t type)
+{
+  switch (type)
+  {
+  case DATA_TYPE_NIL:
+    break;
+  case DATA_TYPE_BYTE:
+    if (darr->used >= darr->available)
+      // TODO: Error (darr has no space left)
+      return DBYTE(0);
+    return DBYTE(darr->data[darr->used++]);
+    break;
+  case DATA_TYPE_WORD:
+    if (darr->used + sizeof(word) >= darr->available)
+      // TODO: Error (darr has no space left)
+      return DWORD(0);
+    word w = 0;
+    memcpy(&w, darr->data + darr->used, sizeof(w));
+    darr->used += sizeof(w);
+    return DWORD(w);
+    break;
+  case DATA_TYPE_FLOAT:
+    if (darr->used + sizeof(word) >= darr->available)
+      // TODO: Error (darr has no space left)
+      return DWORD(0);
+    f64 f = 0;
+    memcpy(&f, darr->data + darr->used, sizeof(f));
+    darr->used += sizeof(f);
+    return DFLOAT(f);
+    break;
+  }
+  // TODO: Error (unrecognised type)
+  return DBYTE(0);
+}
+
+inst_t inst_read_bytecode(darr_t *darr)
+{
+  if (darr->used >= darr->available)
+    return (inst_t){0};
+  inst_t inst     = {0};
+  opcode_t opcode = darr->data[darr->used++];
+  if (opcode > OP_HALT)
+    // Translate to NOOP
+    return inst;
+  // Read operands
+  if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH))
+    inst.operand = read_type_from_darr(darr, get_opcode_data_type(opcode));
+  // Read register (as a byte)
+  if (OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_PUSH_REGISTER) ||
+      OPCODE_IS_TYPE(opcode, OP_TYPE_MOV))
+    inst.operand = read_type_from_darr(darr, DATA_TYPE_BYTE);
+  // Otherwise opcode doesn't take operands
+
+  return inst;
+}

src/inst.h

@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 #ifndef INST_H
 #define INST_H
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
 #include "./base.h"
+#include "./darr.h"
 
 typedef enum
 {
@@ -57,6 +60,13 @@ typedef struct
   data_t operand;
 } inst_t;
 
+size_t inst_bytecode_size(inst_t);
+void inst_write_bytecode(inst_t, darr_t *);
+// Here the dynamic array is a preloaded buffer of bytes, where
+// darr.available is the number of overall bytes and used is the
+// cursor (where we are in the buffer).
+inst_t inst_read_bytecode(darr_t *);
+
 #define INST_BPUSH(BYTE) \
   ((inst_t){.opcode = OP_PUSH_BYTE, .operand = DBYTE(BYTE)})