REORG: include: move ist.h from common/ to import/

Fortunately that file wasn't made dependent upon haproxy since it was
integrated, better isolate it before it's too late. Its dependency on
api.h was the result of the change from config.h, which in turn wasn't
correct. It was changed back to stddef.h for size_t and sys/types.h for
ssize_t. The recently added reference to MAX() was changed as it was
placed only to avoid a zero length in the non-free-standing version and
was causing a build warning in the hpack encoder.
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+/*
+ * include/import/ist.h
+ * Very simple indirect string manipulation functions.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Willy Tarreau - w@1wt.eu
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+ * a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+ * "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+ * without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+ * distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+ * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+ * the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+ * included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
+ * OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+ * NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
+ * HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
+ * WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
+ * OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _IMPORT_IST_H
+#define _IMPORT_IST_H
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <ctype.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#ifndef IST_FREESTANDING
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#endif
+
+/* ASCII to lower case conversion table */
+#define _IST_LC ((const unsigned char[256]){            \
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, \
+	0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, \
+	0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, \
+	0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, \
+	0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, \
+	0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f, \
+	0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, \
+	0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b, 0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f, \
+	0x40, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67, \
+	0x68, 0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f, \
+	0x70, 0x71, 0x72, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77, \
+	0x78, 0x79, 0x7a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f, \
+	0x60, 0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67, \
+	0x68, 0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f, \
+	0x70, 0x71, 0x72, 0x73, 0x74, 0x75, 0x76, 0x77, \
+	0x78, 0x79, 0x7a, 0x7b, 0x7c, 0x7d, 0x7e, 0x7f, \
+	0x80, 0x81, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87, \
+	0x88, 0x89, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x8c, 0x8d, 0x8e, 0x8f, \
+	0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0x94, 0x95, 0x96, 0x97, \
+	0x98, 0x99, 0x9a, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0x9d, 0x9e, 0x9f, \
+	0xa0, 0xa1, 0xa2, 0xa3, 0xa4, 0xa5, 0xa6, 0xa7, \
+	0xa8, 0xa9, 0xaa, 0xab, 0xac, 0xad, 0xae, 0xaf, \
+	0xb0, 0xb1, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0xb4, 0xb5, 0xb6, 0xb7, \
+	0xb8, 0xb9, 0xba, 0xbb, 0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0xbf, \
+	0xc0, 0xc1, 0xc2, 0xc3, 0xc4, 0xc5, 0xc6, 0xc7, \
+	0xc8, 0xc9, 0xca, 0xcb, 0xcc, 0xcd, 0xce, 0xcf, \
+	0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5, 0xd6, 0xd7, \
+	0xd8, 0xd9, 0xda, 0xdb, 0xdc, 0xdd, 0xde, 0xdf, \
+	0xe0, 0xe1, 0xe2, 0xe3, 0xe4, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0xe7, \
+	0xe8, 0xe9, 0xea, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xed, 0xee, 0xef, \
+	0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7, \
+	0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff, \
+})
+
+/* ASCII to upper case conversion table */
+#define _IST_UC ((const unsigned char[256]){            \
+	0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, \
+	0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, \
+	0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, \
+	0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, \
+	0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, \
+	0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, 0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f, \
+	0x30, 0x31, 0x32, 0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, \
+	0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b, 0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f, \
+	0x40, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47, \
+	0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f, \
+	0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57, \
+	0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f, \
+	0x60, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46, 0x47, \
+	0x48, 0x49, 0x4a, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f, \
+	0x50, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53, 0x54, 0x55, 0x56, 0x57, \
+	0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x7b, 0x7c, 0x7d, 0x7e, 0x7f, \
+	0x80, 0x81, 0x82, 0x83, 0x84, 0x85, 0x86, 0x87, \
+	0x88, 0x89, 0x8a, 0x8b, 0x8c, 0x8d, 0x8e, 0x8f, \
+	0x90, 0x91, 0x92, 0x93, 0x94, 0x95, 0x96, 0x97, \
+	0x98, 0x99, 0x9a, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0x9d, 0x9e, 0x9f, \
+	0xa0, 0xa1, 0xa2, 0xa3, 0xa4, 0xa5, 0xa6, 0xa7, \
+	0xa8, 0xa9, 0xaa, 0xab, 0xac, 0xad, 0xae, 0xaf, \
+	0xb0, 0xb1, 0xb2, 0xb3, 0xb4, 0xb5, 0xb6, 0xb7, \
+	0xb8, 0xb9, 0xba, 0xbb, 0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0xbf, \
+	0xc0, 0xc1, 0xc2, 0xc3, 0xc4, 0xc5, 0xc6, 0xc7, \
+	0xc8, 0xc9, 0xca, 0xcb, 0xcc, 0xcd, 0xce, 0xcf, \
+	0xd0, 0xd1, 0xd2, 0xd3, 0xd4, 0xd5, 0xd6, 0xd7, \
+	0xd8, 0xd9, 0xda, 0xdb, 0xdc, 0xdd, 0xde, 0xdf, \
+	0xe0, 0xe1, 0xe2, 0xe3, 0xe4, 0xe5, 0xe6, 0xe7, \
+	0xe8, 0xe9, 0xea, 0xeb, 0xec, 0xed, 0xee, 0xef, \
+	0xf0, 0xf1, 0xf2, 0xf3, 0xf4, 0xf5, 0xf6, 0xf7, \
+	0xf8, 0xf9, 0xfa, 0xfb, 0xfc, 0xfd, 0xfe, 0xff, \
+})
+
+#ifdef USE_OBSOLETE_LINKER
+/* some old linkers and some non-ELF platforms have issues with the weak
+ * attribute so we turn these arrays to literals there.
+ */
+#define ist_lc _IST_LC
+#define ist_uc _IST_UC
+#else
+const unsigned char ist_lc[256] __attribute__((weak)) = _IST_LC;
+const unsigned char ist_uc[256] __attribute__((weak)) = _IST_UC;
+#endif
+
+/* This string definition will most often be used to represent a read-only
+ * string returned from a function, based on the starting point and its length
+ * in bytes. No storage is provided, only a pointer and a length. The types
+ * here are important as we only want to have 2 native machine words there so
+ * that on modern architectures the compiler is capable of efficiently
+ * returning a register pair without having to allocate stack room from the
+ * caller. This is done with -freg-struct which is often enabled by default.
+ */
+struct ist {
+	char  *ptr;
+	size_t len;
+};
+
+/* makes a constant ist from a constant string, for use in array declarations */
+#define IST(str) { .ptr = str "", .len = (sizeof str "") - 1 }
+
+/* IST_NULL is equivalent to an `ist` with `.ptr = NULL` and `.len = 0` */
+#define IST_NULL ((const struct ist){ .ptr = 0, .len = 0 })
+
+/* makes an ist from a regular zero terminated string. Null has length 0.
+ * Constants are detected and replaced with constant initializers. Other values
+ * are measured by hand without strlen() as it's much cheaper and inlinable on
+ * small strings. The construct is complex because we must never call
+ * __builtin_strlen() with an expression otherwise it involves a real
+ * measurement.
+ */
+#if __GNUC__ >= 4
+// gcc >= 4 detects constant propagation of str through __x and resolves the
+// length of constant strings easily.
+#define ist(str) ({                                                    \
+	char *__x = (void *)(str);                                     \
+	(struct ist){                                                  \
+		.ptr = __x,                                            \
+		.len = __builtin_constant_p(str) ?                     \
+			((void *)str == (void *)0) ? 0 :               \
+			__builtin_strlen(__x) :                        \
+			({                                             \
+				size_t __l = 0;                        \
+				if (__x) for (__l--; __x[++__l]; ) ;   \
+				__l;                                   \
+			})                                             \
+	};                                                             \
+})
+#else
+// gcc < 4 can't do this, and the side effect is a warning each time a NULL is
+// passed to ist() due to the check on __builtin_strlen(). It doesn't have the
+// ability to know that this code is never called.
+#define ist(str) ({                                                    \
+	char *__x = (void *)(str);                                     \
+	(struct ist){                                                  \
+		.ptr = __x,                                            \
+		.len = __builtin_constant_p(str) ?                     \
+			((void *)str == (void *)0) ? 0 :               \
+			__builtin_strlen(str) :                        \
+			({                                             \
+				size_t __l = 0;                        \
+				if (__x) for (__l--; __x[++__l]; ) ;   \
+				__l;                                   \
+			})                                             \
+	};                                                             \
+})
+#endif
+
+/* makes an ist struct from a string and a length */
+static inline struct ist ist2(const void *ptr, size_t len)
+{
+	return (struct ist){ .ptr = (char *)ptr, .len = len };
+}
+
+/* returns the result of `ist.ptr != NULL` */
+static inline int isttest(const struct ist ist)
+{
+	return ist.ptr != NULL;
+}
+
+/* This function MODIFIES the string to add a zero AFTER the end, and returns
+ * the start pointer. The purpose is to use it on strings extracted by parsers
+ * from larger strings cut with delimiters that are not important and can be
+ * destroyed. It allows any such string to be used with regular string
+ * functions. It's also convenient to use with printf() to show data extracted
+ * from writable areas. The caller is obviously responsible for ensuring that
+ * the string is valid and that the first byte past the end is writable. If
+ * these conditions cannot be satisfied, use istpad() below instead.
+ */
+static inline char *ist0(struct ist ist)
+{
+	ist.ptr[ist.len] = 0;
+	return ist.ptr;
+}
+
+/* returns the pointer of the string */
+static inline char *istptr(const struct ist ist)
+{
+	return ist.ptr;
+}
+
+/* returns the length of the string */
+static inline size_t istlen(const struct ist ist)
+{
+	return ist.len;
+}
+
+/* skips to next character in the string, always stops at the end */
+static inline struct ist istnext(const struct ist ist)
+{
+	struct ist ret = ist;
+
+	if (ret.len) {
+		ret.len--;
+		ret.ptr++;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* copies the contents from string <ist> to buffer <buf> and adds a trailing
+ * zero. The caller must ensure <buf> is large enough.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istpad(void *buf, const struct ist ist)
+{
+	struct ist ret = { .ptr = buf, .len = ist.len };
+
+	for (ret.len = 0; ret.len < ist.len; ret.len++)
+		ret.ptr[ret.len] = ist.ptr[ret.len];
+
+	ret.ptr[ret.len] = 0;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* trims string <ist> to no more than <size> characters. The string is
+ * returned.
+ */
+static inline struct ist isttrim(const struct ist ist, size_t size)
+{
+	struct ist ret = ist;
+
+	if (ret.len > size)
+		ret.len = size;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* trims string <ist> to no more than <size>-1 characters and ensures that a
+ * zero is placed after <ist.len> (possibly reduced by one) and before <size>,
+ * unless <size> is already zero. The string is returned. This is mostly aimed
+ * at building printable strings that need to be zero-terminated.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istzero(const struct ist ist, size_t size)
+{
+	struct ist ret = ist;
+
+	if (!size)
+		ret.len = 0;
+	else {
+		if (ret.len > size - 1)
+			ret.len = size - 1;
+		ret.ptr[ret.len] = 0;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/* returns the ordinal difference between two strings :
+ *    < 0 if ist1 < ist2
+ *    = 0 if ist1 == ist2
+ *    > 0 if ist1 > ist2
+ */
+static inline int istdiff(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2)
+{
+	struct ist l = ist1;
+	struct ist r = ist2;
+
+	do {
+		if (!l.len--)
+			return -r.len;
+		if (!r.len--)
+			return 1;
+	} while (*l.ptr++ == *r.ptr++);
+
+	return *(unsigned char *)(l.ptr - 1) - *(unsigned char *)(r.ptr - 1);
+}
+
+/* returns non-zero if <ist1> starts like <ist2> (empty strings do match) */
+static inline int istmatch(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2)
+{
+	struct ist l = ist1;
+	struct ist r = ist2;
+
+	if (l.len < r.len)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (r.len--) {
+		if (*l.ptr++ != *r.ptr++)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* returns non-zero if <ist1> starts like <ist2> on the first <count>
+ * characters (empty strings do match).
+ */
+static inline int istnmatch(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2, size_t count)
+{
+	struct ist l = ist1;
+	struct ist r = ist2;
+
+	if (l.len > count)
+		l.len = count;
+	if (r.len > count)
+		r.len = count;
+	return istmatch(l, r);
+}
+
+/* returns non-zero if <ist1> equals <ist2> (empty strings are equal) */
+static inline int isteq(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2)
+{
+	struct ist l = ist1;
+	struct ist r = ist2;
+
+	if (l.len != r.len)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (l.len--) {
+		if (*l.ptr++ != *r.ptr++)
+			return 0;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* returns non-zero if <ist1> equals <ist2>, ignoring the case (empty strings are equal) */
+static inline int isteqi(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2)
+{
+	struct ist l = ist1;
+	struct ist r = ist2;
+
+	if (l.len != r.len)
+		return 0;
+
+	while (l.len--) {
+		if (*l.ptr != *r.ptr &&
+		    ist_lc[(unsigned char)*l.ptr] != ist_lc[(unsigned char)*r.ptr])
+			return 0;
+
+		l.ptr++;
+		r.ptr++;
+	}
+	return 1;
+}
+
+/* returns non-zero if <ist1> equals <ist2> on the first <count> characters
+ * (empty strings are equal).
+ */
+static inline int istneq(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2, size_t count)
+{
+	struct ist l = ist1;
+	struct ist r = ist2;
+
+	if (l.len > count)
+		l.len = count;
+	if (r.len > count)
+		r.len = count;
+	return isteq(l, r);
+}
+
+/* copies <src> over <dst> for a maximum of <count> bytes. Returns the number
+ * of characters copied (src.len), or -1 if it does not fit. In all cases, the
+ * contents are copied prior to reporting an error, so that the destination
+ * at least contains a valid but truncated string.
+ */
+static inline ssize_t istcpy(struct ist *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	dst->len = 0;
+
+	if (count > src.len)
+		count = src.len;
+
+	while (dst->len < count) {
+		dst->ptr[dst->len] = src.ptr[dst->len];
+		dst->len++;
+	}
+
+	if (dst->len == src.len)
+		return src.len;
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* copies <src> over <dst> for a maximum of <count> bytes. Returns the number
+ * of characters copied, or -1 if it does not fit. A (possibly truncated) valid
+ * copy of <src> is always left into <dst>, and a trailing \0 is appended as
+ * long as <count> is not null, even if that results in reducing the string by
+ * one character.
+ */
+static inline ssize_t istscpy(struct ist *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	dst->len = 0;
+
+	if (!count)
+		goto fail;
+
+	if (count > src.len)
+		count = src.len + 1;
+
+	while (dst->len < count - 1) {
+		dst->ptr[dst->len] = src.ptr[dst->len];
+		dst->len++;
+	}
+
+	dst->ptr[dst->len] = 0;
+	if (dst->len == src.len)
+		return src.len;
+ fail:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* appends <src> after <dst> for a maximum of <count> total bytes in <dst> after
+ * the copy. <dst> is assumed to be <count> or less before the call. The new
+ * string's length is returned, or -1 if a truncation happened. In all cases,
+ * the contents are copied prior to reporting an error, so that the destination
+ * at least contains a valid but truncated string.
+ */
+static inline ssize_t istcat(struct ist *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	const char *s = src.ptr;
+
+	while (dst->len < count && s != src.ptr + src.len)
+		dst->ptr[dst->len++] = *s++;
+
+	if (s == src.ptr + src.len)
+		return dst->len;
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* appends <src> after <dst> for a maximum of <count> total bytes in <dst> after
+ * the copy. <dst> is assumed to be <count> or less before the call. The new
+ * string's length is returned, or -1 if a truncation happened. In all cases,
+ * the contents are copied prior to reporting an error, so that the destination
+ * at least contains a valid but truncated string.
+ */
+static inline ssize_t istscat(struct ist *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	const char *s = src.ptr;
+
+	if (!count)
+		goto fail;
+
+	while (dst->len < count - 1 && s != src.ptr + src.len) {
+		dst->ptr[dst->len++] = *s++;
+	}
+
+	dst->ptr[dst->len] = 0;
+	if (s == src.ptr + src.len)
+		return dst->len;
+ fail:
+	return -1;
+}
+
+/* copies the entire <src> over <dst>, which must be allocated large enough to
+ * hold the whole contents. No trailing zero is appended, this is mainly used
+ * for protocol processing where the frame length has already been checked. An
+ * ist made of the output and its length are returned. The destination is not
+ * touched if src.len is null.
+ */
+static inline struct ist ist2bin(char *dst, const struct ist src)
+{
+	size_t ofs = 0;
+
+	/* discourage the compiler from trying to optimize for large strings,
+	 * but tell it that most of our strings are not empty.
+	 */
+	if (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 1)) {
+		do {
+			dst[ofs] = src.ptr[ofs];
+			ofs++;
+		} while (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 0));
+	}
+	return ist2(dst, ofs);
+}
+
+/* copies the entire <src> over <dst>, which must be allocated large enough to
+ * hold the whole contents as well as a trailing zero which is always appended.
+ * This is mainly used for protocol conversions where the frame length has
+ * already been checked. An ist made of the output and its length (not counting
+ * the trailing zero) are returned.
+ */
+static inline struct ist ist2str(char *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	size_t ofs = 0;
+
+	/* discourage the compiler from trying to optimize for large strings,
+	 * but tell it that most of our strings are not empty.
+	 */
+	if (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 1)) {
+		do {
+			dst[ofs] = src.ptr[ofs];
+			ofs++;
+		} while (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 0));
+	}
+	dst[ofs] = 0;
+	return ist2(dst, ofs);
+}
+
+/* makes a lower case copy of the entire <src> into <dst>, which must have been
+ * allocated large enough to hold the whole contents. No trailing zero is
+ * appended, this is mainly used for protocol processing where the frame length
+ * has already been checked. An ist made of the output and its length are
+ * returned. The destination is not touched if src.len is null.
+ */
+static inline struct ist ist2bin_lc(char *dst, const struct ist src)
+{
+	size_t ofs = 0;
+
+	/* discourage the compiler from trying to optimize for large strings,
+	 * but tell it that most of our strings are not empty.
+	 */
+	if (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 1)) {
+		do {
+			dst[ofs] = ist_lc[(unsigned char)src.ptr[ofs]];
+			ofs++;
+		} while (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 0));
+	}
+	return ist2(dst, ofs);
+}
+
+/* makes a lower case copy of the entire <src> into <dst>, which must have been
+ * allocated large enough to hold the whole contents as well as a trailing zero
+ * which is always appended. This is mainly used for protocol conversions where
+ * the frame length has already been checked. An ist made of the output and its
+ * length (not counting the trailing zero) are returned.
+ */
+static inline struct ist ist2str_lc(char *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	size_t ofs = 0;
+
+	/* discourage the compiler from trying to optimize for large strings,
+	 * but tell it that most of our strings are not empty.
+	 */
+	if (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 1)) {
+		do {
+			dst[ofs] = ist_lc[(unsigned char)src.ptr[ofs]];
+			ofs++;
+		} while (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 0));
+	}
+	dst[ofs] = 0;
+	return ist2(dst, ofs);
+}
+
+/* makes an upper case copy of the entire <src> into <dst>, which must have
+ * been allocated large enough to hold the whole contents. No trailing zero is
+ * appended, this is mainly used for protocol processing where the frame length
+ * has already been checked. An ist made of the output and its length are
+ * returned. The destination is not touched if src.len is null.
+ */
+static inline struct ist ist2bin_uc(char *dst, const struct ist src)
+{
+	size_t ofs = 0;
+
+	/* discourage the compiler from trying to optimize for large strings,
+	 * but tell it that most of our strings are not empty.
+	 */
+	if (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 1)) {
+		do {
+			dst[ofs] = ist_uc[(unsigned char)src.ptr[ofs]];
+			ofs++;
+		} while (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 0));
+	}
+	return ist2(dst, ofs);
+}
+
+/* makes an upper case copy of the entire <src> into <dst>, which must have been
+ * allocated large enough to hold the whole contents as well as a trailing zero
+ * which is always appended. This is mainly used for protocol conversions where
+ * the frame length has already been checked. An ist made of the output and its
+ * length (not counting the trailing zero) are returned.
+ */
+static inline struct ist ist2str_uc(char *dst, const struct ist src, size_t count)
+{
+	size_t ofs = 0;
+
+	/* discourage the compiler from trying to optimize for large strings,
+	 * but tell it that most of our strings are not empty.
+	 */
+	if (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 1)) {
+		do {
+			dst[ofs] = ist_uc[(unsigned char)src.ptr[ofs]];
+			ofs++;
+		} while (__builtin_expect(ofs < src.len, 0));
+	}
+	dst[ofs] = 0;
+	return ist2(dst, ofs);
+}
+
+/* looks for first occurrence of character <chr> in string <ist>. Returns the
+ * pointer if found, or NULL if not found.
+ */
+static inline char *istchr(const struct ist ist, char chr)
+{
+	char *s = ist.ptr;
+
+	do {
+		if (s >= ist.ptr + ist.len)
+			return NULL;
+	} while (*s++ != chr);
+	return s - 1;
+}
+
+/* Returns a pointer to the first control character found in <ist>, or NULL if
+ * none is present. A control character is defined as a byte whose value is
+ * between 0x00 and 0x1F included. The function is optimized for strings having
+ * no CTL chars by processing up to sizeof(long) bytes at once on architectures
+ * supporting efficient unaligned accesses. Despite this it is not very fast
+ * (~0.43 byte/cycle) and should mostly be used on low match probability when
+ * it can save a call to a much slower function.
+ */
+static inline const char *ist_find_ctl(const struct ist ist)
+{
+	const union { unsigned long v; } __attribute__((packed)) *u;
+	const char *curr = (void *)ist.ptr - sizeof(long);
+	const char *last = curr + ist.len;
+	unsigned long l1, l2;
+
+	do {
+		curr += sizeof(long);
+		if (curr > last)
+			break;
+		u = (void *)curr;
+		/* subtract 0x202020...20 to the value to generate a carry in
+		 * the lower byte if the byte contains a lower value. If we
+		 * generate a bit 7 that was not there, it means the byte was
+		 * within 0x00..0x1F.
+		 */
+		l2  = u->v;
+		l1  = ~l2 & ((~0UL / 255) * 0x80); /* 0x808080...80 */
+		l2 -= (~0UL / 255) * 0x20;         /* 0x202020...20 */
+	} while ((l1 & l2) == 0);
+
+	last += sizeof(long);
+	if (__builtin_expect(curr < last, 0)) {
+		do {
+			if ((unsigned char)*curr < 0x20)
+				return curr;
+			curr++;
+		} while (curr < last);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/* looks for first occurrence of character <chr> in string <ist> and returns
+ * the tail of the string starting with this character, or (ist.end,0) if not
+ * found.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istfind(const struct ist ist, char chr)
+{
+	struct ist ret = ist;
+
+	while (ret.len--) {
+		if (*ret.ptr++ == chr)
+			return ist2(ret.ptr - 1, ret.len + 1);
+	}
+	return ist2(ret.ptr, 0);
+}
+
+/* looks for first occurrence of character different from <chr> in string <ist>
+ * and returns the tail of the string starting at this character, or (ist_end,0)
+ * if not found.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istskip(const struct ist ist, char chr)
+{
+	struct ist ret = ist;
+
+	while (ret.len--) {
+		if (*ret.ptr++ != chr)
+			return ist2(ret.ptr - 1, ret.len + 1);
+	}
+	return ist2(ret.ptr, 0);
+}
+
+/* looks for first occurrence of string <pat> in string <ist> and returns the
+ * tail of the string starting at this position, or (NULL,0) if not found. The
+ * empty pattern is found everywhere.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istist(const struct ist ist, const struct ist pat)
+{
+	struct ist ret = ist;
+	size_t pos;
+
+	if (!pat.len)
+		return ret;
+
+	while (1) {
+	loop:
+		ret = istfind(ret, *pat.ptr);
+		if (ret.len < pat.len)
+			break;
+
+		/* ret.len >= 1, pat.len >= 1 and *ret.ptr == *pat.ptr */
+
+		ret = istnext(ret);
+		for (pos = 0; pos < pat.len - 1; ) {
+			++pos;
+			if (ret.ptr[pos - 1] != pat.ptr[pos])
+				goto loop;
+		}
+		return ist2(ret.ptr - 1, ret.len + 1);
+	}
+	return IST_NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ * looks for the first occurrence of <chr> in string <ist> and returns a shorter
+ * ist if char is found.
+ */
+static inline struct ist iststop(const struct ist ist, char chr)
+{
+	size_t len = 0;
+
+	while (len++ < ist.len && ist.ptr[len - 1] != chr)
+		;
+	return ist2(ist.ptr, len - 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * advance <.ptr> by <nb> characters.
+ * If <ist> is too short, (ist.end,0) is returned.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istadv(const struct ist ist, const size_t nb)
+{
+	if (ist.len < nb)
+		return ist2(ist.ptr + ist.len, 0);
+	return ist2(ist.ptr + nb, ist.len - nb);
+}
+
+/*
+ * compare 2 ists and return non-zero if they are the same
+ */
+static inline int istissame(const struct ist ist1, const struct ist ist2)
+{
+	return ((ist1.ptr == ist2.ptr) && (ist1.len == ist2.len));
+}
+
+#ifndef IST_FREESTANDING
+/* This function allocates <size> bytes and returns an `ist` pointing to
+ * the allocated area with size `0`.
+ *
+ * If this function fails to allocate memory the return value is equivalent
+ * to IST_NULL.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istalloc(const size_t size)
+{
+	return ist2(malloc(size), 0);
+}
+
+/* This function performs the equivalent of free() on the given <ist>.
+ *
+ * After this function returns the value of the given <ist> will be
+ * modified to be equivalent to IST_NULL.
+ */
+static inline void istfree(struct ist *ist)
+{
+	free(ist->ptr);
+	*ist = IST_NULL;
+}
+
+/* This function performs the equivalent of strdup() on the given <src>.
+ *
+ * If this function fails to allocate memory the return value is equivalent
+ * to IST_NULL.
+ */
+static inline struct ist istdup(const struct ist src)
+{
+	const size_t src_size = src.len;
+
+	/* Allocate at least 1 byte to allow duplicating an empty string with
+	 * malloc implementations that return NULL for a 0-size allocation.
+	 */
+	struct ist dst = istalloc(src_size ? src_size : 1);
+
+	if (isttest(dst)) {
+		istcpy(&dst, src, src_size);
+	}
+
+	return dst;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif