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+#ifndef _LINUX_EXP_XDR_H
+#define _LINUX_EXP_XDR_H
+
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+
+struct exp_xdr_stream {
+ __be32 *p;
+ __be32 *end;
+};
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_qwords - Calculate the number of quad-words holding nbytes
+ * @nbytes: number of bytes to encode
+ */
+static inline size_t
+exp_xdr_qwords(__u32 nbytes)
+{
+ return DIV_ROUND_UP(nbytes, 4);
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_qbytes - Calculate the number of bytes holding qwords
+ * @qwords: number of quad-words to encode
+ */
+static inline size_t
+exp_xdr_qbytes(size_t qwords)
+{
+ return qwords << 2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_reserve_space - Reserve buffer space for sending
+ * @xdr: pointer to exp_xdr_stream
+ * @nbytes: number of bytes to reserve
+ *
+ * Checks that we have enough buffer space to encode 'nbytes' more
+ * bytes of data. If so, update the xdr stream.
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_reserve_space(struct exp_xdr_stream *xdr, size_t nbytes)
+{
+ __be32 *p = xdr->p;
+ __be32 *q;
+
+ /* align nbytes on the next 32-bit boundary */
+ q = p + exp_xdr_qwords(nbytes);
+ if (unlikely(q > xdr->end || q < p))
+ return NULL;
+ xdr->p = q;
+ return p;
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_reserve_qwords - Reserve buffer space for sending
+ * @xdr: pointer to exp_xdr_stream
+ * @nwords: number of quad words (u32's) to reserve
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_reserve_qwords(struct exp_xdr_stream *xdr, size_t qwords)
+{
+ return exp_xdr_reserve_space(xdr, exp_xdr_qbytes(qwords));
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_encode_u32 - Encode an unsigned 32-bit value onto a xdr stream
+ * @p: pointer to encoding destination
+ * @val: value to encode
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_encode_u32(__be32 *p, __u32 val)
+{
+ *p = cpu_to_be32(val);
+ return p + 1;
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_encode_u64 - Encode an unsigned 64-bit value onto a xdr stream
+ * @p: pointer to encoding destination
+ * @val: value to encode
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_encode_u64(__be32 *p, __u64 val)
+{
+ put_unaligned_be64(val, p);
+ return p + 2;
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_encode_bytes - Encode an array of bytes onto a xdr stream
+ * @p: pointer to encoding destination
+ * @ptr: pointer to the array of bytes
+ * @nbytes: number of bytes to encode
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_encode_bytes(__be32 *p, const void *ptr, __u32 nbytes)
+{
+ if (likely(nbytes != 0)) {
+ unsigned int qwords = exp_xdr_qwords(nbytes);
+ unsigned int padding = exp_xdr_qbytes(qwords) - nbytes;
+
+ memcpy(p, ptr, nbytes);
+ if (padding != 0)
+ memset((char *)p + nbytes, 0, padding);
+ p += qwords;
+ }
+ return p;
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_encode_opaque - Encode an opaque type onto a xdr stream
+ * @p: pointer to encoding destination
+ * @ptr: pointer to the opaque array
+ * @nbytes: number of bytes to encode
+ *
+ * Encodes the 32-bit opaque size in bytes followed by the opaque value.
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_encode_opaque(__be32 *p, const void *ptr, __u32 nbytes)
+{
+ p = exp_xdr_encode_u32(p, nbytes);
+ return exp_xdr_encode_bytes(p, ptr, nbytes);
+}
+
+/**
+ * exp_xdr_encode_opaque_qlen - Encode the opaque length onto a xdr stream
+ * @lenp: pointer to the opaque length destination
+ * @endp: pointer to the end of the opaque array
+ *
+ * Encodes the 32-bit opaque size in bytes given the start and end pointers
+ */
+static inline __be32 *
+exp_xdr_encode_opaque_len(__be32 *lenp, const void *endp)
+{
+ size_t nbytes = (char *)endp - (char *)(lenp + 1);
+
+ exp_xdr_encode_u32(lenp, nbytes);
+ return lenp + 1 + exp_xdr_qwords(nbytes);
+}
+#endif /* _LINUX_EXP_XDR_H */