improve buf_set_buf helper

Use void * and unsigned types for buffer and their sizes.
Allows it to be used with more than uint8_t * without casts.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/src/helper/binarybuffer.c b/src/helper/binarybuffer.c
index 8275d124..53ad4d39 100644
--- a/src/helper/binarybuffer.c
+++ b/src/helper/binarybuffer.c
@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ void* buf_set_ones(void *_buf, unsigned size)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-uint8_t* buf_set_buf(const uint8_t *src, int src_start, uint8_t *dst, int dst_start, int len)
+void* buf_set_buf(const void *_src, unsigned src_start,
+		void *_dst, unsigned dst_start, unsigned len)
 {
-	int src_idx = src_start, dst_idx = dst_start;
+	const uint8_t *src = _src;
+	uint8_t *dst = _dst;
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < len; i++)
+	unsigned src_idx = src_start, dst_idx = dst_start;
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < len; i++)
 	{
 		if (((src[src_idx / 8] >> (src_idx % 8)) & 1) == 1)
 			dst[dst_idx / 8] |= 1 << (dst_idx % 8);
diff --git a/src/helper/binarybuffer.h b/src/helper/binarybuffer.h
index b988e403..9397fcfc 100644
--- a/src/helper/binarybuffer.h
+++ b/src/helper/binarybuffer.h
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ void* buf_cpy(const void *from, void *to, unsigned size);
 
 void* buf_set_ones(void *buf, unsigned count);
 
-uint8_t* buf_set_buf(const uint8_t *src, int src_start,
-		uint8_t *dst, int dst_start, int len);
+void* buf_set_buf(const void *src, unsigned src_start,
+		void *dst, unsigned dst_start, unsigned len);
 
 int str_to_buf(const char *str, unsigned len,
 		void *bin_buf, unsigned buf_size, unsigned radix);