From 393d0c16799a4eda787886bc0c7fce0da3c4adb8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Sokolovsky <pfalcon@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 01:02:27 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] extmod/moductypes: Implement buffer protocol.

This is required to write structures to files, pass to FFI functions,
etc.
---
 extmod/moductypes.c | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/extmod/moductypes.c b/extmod/moductypes.c
index 56da809311..21d6f451a8 100644
--- a/extmod/moductypes.c
+++ b/extmod/moductypes.c
@@ -556,6 +556,18 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t uctypes_struct_subscr(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_obj_t index_in, mp_ob
     }
 }
 
+STATIC mp_int_t uctypes_get_buffer(mp_obj_t self_in, mp_buffer_info_t *bufinfo, mp_uint_t flags) {
+    (void)flags;
+    mp_obj_uctypes_struct_t *self = self_in;
+    mp_uint_t max_field_size = 0;
+    mp_uint_t size = uctypes_struct_size(self->desc, &max_field_size);
+
+    bufinfo->buf = self->addr;
+    bufinfo->len = size;
+    bufinfo->typecode = BYTEARRAY_TYPECODE;
+    return 0;
+}
+
 /// \function addressof()
 /// Return address of object's data (applies to object providing buffer
 /// interface).
@@ -592,6 +604,7 @@ STATIC const mp_obj_type_t uctypes_struct_type = {
     .make_new = uctypes_struct_make_new,
     .attr = uctypes_struct_attr,
     .subscr = uctypes_struct_subscr,
+    .buffer_p = { .get_buffer = uctypes_get_buffer },
 };
 
 STATIC const mp_map_elem_t mp_module_uctypes_globals_table[] = {