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+#ifndef _MSGB_H
+#define _MSGB_H
+
+/* (C) 2008 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 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 General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+struct bts_link;
+
+struct msgb {
+	/* ptr to the incoming (RX) or outgoing (TX) BTS link */
+	struct gsm_bts_link *bts_link;
+
+	u_int8_t l2_off;
+	u_int8_t l3_off;
+
+	u_int16_t data_len;
+	u_int16_t len;
+
+	unsigned char *head;
+	unsigned char *tail;
+	unsigned char *data;
+	unsigned char _data[0];
+};
+
+extern struct msgb *msgb_alloc(u_int16_t size);
+extern void msgb_free(struct msgb *m);
+
+#define msgb_l2(m)	((void *)(m->data + m->l2_off))
+#define msgb_l3(m)	((void *)(m->data + m->l3_off))
+
+static inline unsigned int msgb_headlen(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return msgb->len - msgb->data_len;
+}
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_put(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	unsigned char *tmp = msgb->tail;
+	msgb->tail += len;
+	msgb->len += len;
+	return tmp;
+}
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_push(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	msgb->data -= len;
+	msgb->len += len;
+	return msgb->data;
+}
+static inline unsigned char *msgb_pull(struct msgb *msgb, unsigned int len)
+{
+	msgb->len -= len;
+	return msgb->data += len;
+}
+static inline int msgb_tailroom(const struct msgb *msgb)
+{
+	return (msgb->data + msgb->data_len) - msgb->tail;
+}
+
+#endif /* _MSGB_H */