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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2019-2022 Red Hat, Inc. Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@kernel.org>
+ *
+ * Deterministic automata helper functions, to be used with the automata
+ * models in C generated by the dot2k tool.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * DECLARE_AUTOMATA_HELPERS - define a set of helper functions for automata
+ *
+ * Define a set of helper functions for automata. The 'name' argument is used
+ * as suffix for the functions and data. These functions will handle automaton
+ * with data type 'type'.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_AUTOMATA_HELPERS(name, type) \
+ \
+/* \
+ * model_get_state_name_##name - return the (string) name of the given state \
+ */ \
+static char *model_get_state_name_##name(enum states_##name state) \
+{ \
+ if ((state < 0) || (state >= state_max_##name)) \
+ return "INVALID"; \
+ \
+ return automaton_##name.state_names[state]; \
+} \
+ \
+/* \
+ * model_get_event_name_##name - return the (string) name of the given event \
+ */ \
+static char *model_get_event_name_##name(enum events_##name event) \
+{ \
+ if ((event < 0) || (event >= event_max_##name)) \
+ return "INVALID"; \
+ \
+ return automaton_##name.event_names[event]; \
+} \
+ \
+/* \
+ * model_get_initial_state_##name - return the automaton's initial state \
+ */ \
+static inline type model_get_initial_state_##name(void) \
+{ \
+ return automaton_##name.initial_state; \
+} \
+ \
+/* \
+ * model_get_next_state_##name - process an automaton event occurrence \
+ * \
+ * Given the current state (curr_state) and the event (event), returns \
+ * the next state, or INVALID_STATE in case of error. \
+ */ \
+static inline type model_get_next_state_##name(enum states_##name curr_state, \
+ enum events_##name event) \
+{ \
+ if ((curr_state < 0) || (curr_state >= state_max_##name)) \
+ return INVALID_STATE; \
+ \
+ if ((event < 0) || (event >= event_max_##name)) \
+ return INVALID_STATE; \
+ \
+ return automaton_##name.function[curr_state][event]; \
+} \
+ \
+/* \
+ * model_is_final_state_##name - check if the given state is a final state \
+ */ \
+static inline bool model_is_final_state_##name(enum states_##name state) \
+{ \
+ if ((state < 0) || (state >= state_max_##name)) \
+ return 0; \
+ \
+ return automaton_##name.final_states[state]; \
+}