MINOR: net_helper: add functions to read from vectors
This patch adds the ability to read from a wrapping memory area (ie:
buffers). The new functions are called "readv_<type>". The original
ones were renamed to start with "read_" to make the difference more
obvious between the read method and the returned type.
It's worth noting that the memory barrier in readv_bytes() is critical,
as otherwise gcc decides that it doesn't need the resulting data, but
even worse, removes the length checks in readv_u64() and happily
performs an out-of-bounds unaligned read using read_u64()! Such
"optimizations" are a bit borderline, especially when they impact
security like this...
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