Merge pull request #9508 from ameerj/hle-ipc-buffer-span

hle_ipc: Use std::span to avoid heap allocations/copies when calling ReadBuffer

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
index e252b5f4b..5bf4f171b 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/hle_ipc.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
+#include <span>
 #include <string>
 #include <type_traits>
 #include <vector>
@@ -270,8 +271,11 @@ public:
         return domain_message_header.has_value();
     }
 
-    /// Helper function to read a buffer using the appropriate buffer descriptor
-    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<u8> ReadBuffer(std::size_t buffer_index = 0) const;
+    /// Helper function to get a span of a buffer using the appropriate buffer descriptor
+    [[nodiscard]] std::span<const u8> ReadBuffer(std::size_t buffer_index = 0) const;
+
+    /// Helper function to read a copy of a buffer using the appropriate buffer descriptor
+    [[nodiscard]] std::vector<u8> ReadBufferCopy(std::size_t buffer_index = 0) const;
 
     /// Helper function to write a buffer using the appropriate buffer descriptor
     std::size_t WriteBuffer(const void* buffer, std::size_t size,