added a GetPointer function for reading from HLE command buffer

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/hle.cpp b/src/core/hle/hle.cpp
index 51432dc87..a4ab61c0c 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/hle.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/hle.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ inline void Write(u32 addr, const T data) {
     }
 }
 
+u8 *GetPointer(const u32 addr) {
+    if (addr >= HLE::CMD_BUFFER_ADDR && addr < HLE::CMD_BUFFER_ADDR_END) {
+        return g_command_buffer + (addr & CMD_BUFFER_MASK);
+    } else {
+        ERROR_LOG(HLE, "unknown pointer from address %08X", addr);
+    }
+}
+
 // Explicitly instantiate template functions because we aren't defining this in the header:
 
 template void Read<u64>(u64 &var, const u32 addr);
diff --git a/src/core/hle/hle.h b/src/core/hle/hle.h
index 5ee90bcdc..d02948be3 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/hle.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/hle.h
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@ inline void Read(T &var, const u32 addr);
 template <typename T>
 inline void Write(u32 addr, const T data);
 
+u8* GetPointer(const u32 Address);
+
+inline const char* GetCharPointer(const u32 address) {
+    return (const char *)GetPointer(address);
+}
+
 void RegisterModule(std::string name, int num_functions, const FunctionDef *func_table);
 
 void CallSyscall(u32 opcode);