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+/* (C) 2017 by sysmocom s.f.m.c. GmbH
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * Author: Philipp Maier
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+
+
+/* Reset context data (callbacks, state machine etc...) */
+struct a_reset_ctx {
+
+	/* FSM instance, which handles the reset procedure */
+	struct osmo_fsm_inst *fsm;
+
+	/* Connection failure counter. When this counter
+	 * reaches a certain threshold, the reset procedure
+	 * will be triggered */
+	int conn_loss_counter;
+
+	/* A human readable name to display in the logs */
+	char name[256];
+
+	/* Callback function to be called when a connection
+	 * failure is detected and a rest must occur */
+	void (*cb)(void *priv);
+
+	/* Privated data for the callback function */
+	void *priv;
+};
+
+/* Create and start state machine which handles the reset/reset-ack procedure */
+struct a_reset_ctx *a_reset_alloc(const void *ctx, const char *name, void *cb, void *priv);
+
+/* Tear down state machine */
+void a_reset_free(struct a_reset_ctx *reset);
+
+/* Confirm that we sucessfully received a reset acknowlege message */
+void a_reset_ack_confirm(struct a_reset_ctx *reset);
+
+/* Report a failed connection */
+void a_reset_conn_fail(struct a_reset_ctx *reset);
+
+/* Report a successful connection */
+void a_reset_conn_success(struct a_reset_ctx *reset);
+
+/* Check if we have a connection to a specified msc */
+bool a_reset_conn_ready(struct a_reset_ctx *reset);