From c80394fd00906dbc627812295079129fefb7a4cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Subv <subv2112@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 16:16:23 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Memory/Utils: Added a function to retrieve a string from
 emulated memory.

---
 src/core/memory.cpp |  9 +++++++++
 src/core/memory.h   | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/core/memory.cpp b/src/core/memory.cpp
index fc79c3ee9..a04201971 100644
--- a/src/core/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/core/memory.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ u8* GetPointer(const VAddr vaddr) {
     return nullptr;
 }
 
+std::string GetString(const VAddr vaddr, const u32 size) {
+    std::string string;
+    string.reserve(size);
+    for (u32 offset = 0; offset < size; ++offset)
+        string.push_back(Read8(vaddr + offset));
+    return string;
+
+}
+
 u8* GetPhysicalPointer(PAddr address) {
     return GetPointer(PhysicalToVirtualAddress(address));
 }
diff --git a/src/core/memory.h b/src/core/memory.h
index 5af72b7a7..e6efd7b2d 100644
--- a/src/core/memory.h
+++ b/src/core/memory.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <string>
 
 #include "common/common_types.h"
 
@@ -131,14 +132,23 @@ void WriteBlock(VAddr addr, const u8* data, size_t size);
 u8* GetPointer(VAddr virtual_address);
 
 /**
-* Converts a virtual address inside a region with 1:1 mapping to physical memory to a physical
-* address. This should be used by services to translate addresses for use by the hardware.
-*/
+ * Reads a fixed-size string of the specified size starting at
+ * the specified address and returns a copy of it.
+ * @param vaddr Starting address of the string.
+ * @param size Size of the string.
+ * @return A copy of the string that was read.
+ */
+std::string GetString(const VAddr vaddr, const u32 size);
+
+/**
+ * Converts a virtual address inside a region with 1:1 mapping to physical memory to a physical
+ * address. This should be used by services to translate addresses for use by the hardware.
+ */
 PAddr VirtualToPhysicalAddress(VAddr addr);
 
 /**
-* Undoes a mapping performed by VirtualToPhysicalAddress().
-*/
+ * Undoes a mapping performed by VirtualToPhysicalAddress().
+ */
 VAddr PhysicalToVirtualAddress(PAddr addr);
 
 /**