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+/*! \file gsm23236.h
+ * API to handle Network Resource Indicator (NRI) values and ranges for MSC pooling, as in 3GPP TS 23.236.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+#include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
+
+#define OSMO_NRI_BITLEN_MIN 1
+#define OSMO_NRI_BITLEN_MAX 15
+#define OSMO_NRI_BITLEN_DEFAULT 10
+
+/*! One range of NRI values. An NRI is a Network Resource Indicator, a number of a configured bit length (typically 10
+ * bit). In an MSC pool for load balancing, it is used to indicate which MSC has issued a TMSI: the NRI is located with
+ * its most significant bit located on the TMSI's second octet's most significant bit. See 3GPP TS 23.236. */
+struct osmo_nri_range {
+	struct llist_head entry;
+
+	/*! First value of the NRI range, i.e. inclusive. */
+	int16_t first;
+	/*! Last value of the NRI range, i.e. inclusive. */
+	int16_t last;
+};
+
+/*! A list of struct osmo_nri_range. Use osmo_nri_ranges_alloc() to create, and osmo_nri_ranges_free() (or talloc_free()
+ * on the parent context) to destroy. Always use osmo_nri_ranges_add() to insert entries, to ensure that the list
+ * remains sorted by 'first' values, which some of the osmo_nri_ranges API assumes to always be true.
+ *
+ * This struct serves as talloc context for the osmo_nri_range entries in the list, simplifying function signatures. It
+ * also makes the API future proof, to easily accomodate possible future additions.
+ */
+struct osmo_nri_ranges {
+	/* List of struct osmo_nri_range entries, talloc allocated from the parent struct osmo_nri_ranges. */
+	struct llist_head entries;
+};
+
+int osmo_nri_v_validate(int16_t nri_v, uint8_t nri_bitlen);
+bool osmo_nri_v_matches_ranges(int16_t nri_v, const struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges);
+int osmo_nri_v_limit_by_ranges(int16_t *nri_v, const struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges, uint32_t nri_bitlen);
+
+int osmo_tmsi_nri_v_get(int16_t *nri_v, uint32_t tmsi, uint8_t nri_bitlen);
+int osmo_tmsi_nri_v_set(uint32_t *tmsi, int16_t nri_v, uint8_t nri_bitlen);
+int osmo_tmsi_nri_v_limit_by_ranges(uint32_t *tmsi, const struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges, uint8_t nri_bitlen);
+
+int osmo_nri_range_validate(const struct osmo_nri_range *range, uint8_t nri_bitlen);
+bool osmo_nri_range_overlaps_ranges(const struct osmo_nri_range *range, const struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges);
+
+struct osmo_nri_ranges *osmo_nri_ranges_alloc(void *ctx);
+void osmo_nri_ranges_free(struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges);
+int osmo_nri_ranges_add(struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges, const struct osmo_nri_range *add);
+int osmo_nri_ranges_del(struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges, const struct osmo_nri_range *del);
+int osmo_nri_ranges_vty_add(const char **message, struct osmo_nri_range *added_range,
+			    struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges, int argc, const char **argv, uint8_t nri_bitlen);
+int osmo_nri_ranges_vty_del(const char **message, struct osmo_nri_range *removed_range,
+			    struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges, int argc, const char **argv);
+int osmo_nri_ranges_to_str_buf(char *buf, size_t buflen, const struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges);
+char *osmo_nri_ranges_to_str_c(void *ctx, const struct osmo_nri_ranges *nri_ranges);