Unhardcode byte size being 8 bits.

Signed-off-by: David Given <dg@cowlark.com>
[negative value division fixed by alexey.zaytsev@gmal.com]
Signed-off-by: Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/target.h b/target.h
index 25f7948..7f0fd27 100644
--- a/target.h
+++ b/target.h
@@ -42,4 +42,18 @@ extern int pointer_alignment;
 extern int bits_in_enum;
 extern int enum_alignment;
 
+/*
+ * Helper functions for converting bits to bytes and vice versa.
+ */
+
+static inline int bits_to_bytes(int bits)
+{
+	return bits >= 0 ? bits / bits_in_char : -1;
+}
+
+static inline int bytes_to_bits(int bytes)
+{
+	return bytes * bits_in_char;
+}
+
 #endif