chromium/third_party/dawn/src/tint/utils/memory/bitcast.h

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#ifndef SRC_TINT_UTILS_MEMORY_BITCAST_H_
#define SRC_TINT_UTILS_MEMORY_BITCAST_H_

#include <cstddef>
#include <cstring>
#include <type_traits>

namespace tint {

/// Bitcast performs a cast of `from` to the `TO` type using a memcpy.
/// This unsafe cast avoids triggering Clang's Control Flow Integrity checks.
/// See: crbug.com/dawn/1406
/// See: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/ControlFlowIntegrity.html#bad-cast-checking
/// @param from the value to cast
/// @tparam TO the value to cast to
/// @returns the cast value
template <typename TO, typename FROM>
inline TO Bitcast(FROM&& from) { … }

}  // namespace tint

#endif  // SRC_TINT_UTILS_MEMORY_BITCAST_H_