diff --git a/libosmocore/src/Makefile.am b/libosmocore/src/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b82b6fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# This is _NOT_ the library release version, it's an API version.
+# Please read Chapter 6 "Library interface versions" of the libtool documentation before making any modification
+LIBVERSION=0:0:0
+
+INCLUDES = $(all_includes) -I$(top_srcdir)/include
+AM_CFLAGS = -fPIC -Wall
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libosmocore.la
+
+libosmocore_la_SOURCES = msgb.c timer.c talloc.c select.c signal.c \
+			 tlv_parser.c bitvec.c comp128.c gsm_utils.c statistics.c
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/bitvec.c b/libosmocore/src/bitvec.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..322f499
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/bitvec.c
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/* bit vector utility routines */
+
+/* (C) 2009 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/bitvec.h>
+
+#define BITNUM_FROM_COMP(byte, bit)	((byte*8)+bit)
+
+static inline unsigned int bytenum_from_bitnum(unsigned int bitnum)
+{
+	unsigned int bytenum = bitnum / 8;
+
+	return bytenum;
+}
+
+/* convert ZERO/ONE/L/H to a bitmask at given pos in a byte */
+static u_int8_t bitval2mask(enum bit_value bit, u_int8_t bitnum)
+{
+	int bitval;
+
+	switch (bit) {
+	case ZERO:
+		bitval = (0 << bitnum);
+		break;
+	case ONE:
+		bitval = (1 << bitnum);
+		break;
+	case L:
+		bitval = ((0x2b ^ (0 << bitnum)) & (1 << bitnum));
+		break;
+	case H:
+		bitval = ((0x2b ^ (1 << bitnum)) & (1 << bitnum));
+		break;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+	return bitval;
+}
+
+/* check if the bit is 0 or 1 for a given position inside a bitvec */
+enum bit_value bitvec_get_bit_pos(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int bitnr)
+{
+	unsigned int bytenum = bytenum_from_bitnum(bitnr);
+	unsigned int bitnum = 7 - (bitnr % 8);
+	u_int8_t bitval;
+
+	if (bytenum >= bv->data_len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	bitval = bitval2mask(ONE, bitnum);
+
+	if (bv->data[bytenum] & bitval)
+		return ONE;
+
+	return ZERO;
+}
+
+/* get the Nth set bit inside the bit vector */
+unsigned int bitvec_get_nth_set_bit(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int n)
+{
+	unsigned int i, k = 0;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < bv->data_len*8; i++) {
+		if (bitvec_get_bit_pos(bv, i) == ONE) {
+			k++;
+			if (k == n)
+				return i;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* set the bit at a given position inside a bitvec */
+int bitvec_set_bit_pos(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int bitnr,
+			enum bit_value bit)
+{
+	unsigned int bytenum = bytenum_from_bitnum(bitnr);
+	unsigned int bitnum = 7 - (bitnr % 8);
+	u_int8_t bitval;
+
+	if (bytenum >= bv->data_len)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* first clear the bit */
+	bitval = bitval2mask(ONE, bitnum);
+	bv->data[bytenum] &= ~bitval;
+
+	/* then set it to desired value */
+	bitval = bitval2mask(bit, bitnum);
+	bv->data[bytenum] |= bitval;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* set the next bit inside a bitvec */
+int bitvec_set_bit(struct bitvec *bv, enum bit_value bit)
+{
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = bitvec_set_bit_pos(bv, bv->cur_bit, bit);
+	if (!rc)
+		bv->cur_bit++;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+/* set multiple bits (based on array of bitvals) at current pos */
+int bitvec_set_bits(struct bitvec *bv, enum bit_value *bits, int count)
+{
+	int i, rc;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+		rc = bitvec_set_bit(bv, bits[i]);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* set multiple bits (based on numeric value) at current pos */
+int bitvec_set_uint(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int ui, int num_bits)
+{
+	int i, rc;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < num_bits; i++) {
+		int bit = 0;
+		if (ui & (1 << (num_bits - i - 1)))
+			bit = 1;
+		rc = bitvec_set_bit(bv, bit);
+		if (rc)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* pad all remaining bits up to num_bits */
+int bitvec_spare_padding(struct bitvec *bv, unsigned int up_to_bit)
+{
+	unsigned int i;
+
+	for (i = bv->cur_bit; i <= up_to_bit; i++)
+		bitvec_set_bit(bv, L);
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/comp128.c b/libosmocore/src/comp128.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9df5452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/comp128.c
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+/*
+ * COMP128 implementation
+ *
+ *
+ * This code is inspired by original code from :
+ *  Marc Briceno <marc@scard.org>, Ian Goldberg <iang@cs.berkeley.edu>,
+ *  and David Wagner <daw@cs.berkeley.edu>
+ *
+ * But it has been fully rewritten from various PDFs found online describing
+ * the algorithm because the licence of the code referenced above was unclear.
+ * A comment snippet from the original code is included below, it describes
+ * where the doc came from and how the algorithm was reverse engineered.
+ *
+ *
+ * (C) 2009 by Sylvain Munaut <tnt@246tNt.com>
+ *
+ * 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * --- SNIP ---
+ *
+ * This code derived from a leaked document from the GSM standards.
+ * Some missing pieces were filled in by reverse-engineering a working SIM.
+ * We have verified that this is the correct COMP128 algorithm.
+ *
+ * The first page of the document identifies it as
+ * 	_Technical Information: GSM System Security Study_.
+ * 	10-1617-01, 10th June 1988.
+ * The bottom of the title page is marked
+ * 	Racal Research Ltd.
+ * 	Worton Drive, Worton Grange Industrial Estate,
+ * 	Reading, Berks. RG2 0SB, England.
+ * 	Telephone: Reading (0734) 868601   Telex: 847152
+ * The relevant bits are in Part I, Section 20 (pages 66--67).  Enjoy!
+ *
+ * Note: There are three typos in the spec (discovered by
+ * reverse-engineering).
+ * First, "z = (2 * x[n] + x[n]) mod 2^(9-j)" should clearly read
+ * "z = (2 * x[m] + x[n]) mod 2^(9-j)".
+ * Second, the "k" loop in the "Form bits from bytes" section is severely
+ * botched: the k index should run only from 0 to 3, and clearly the range
+ * on "the (8-k)th bit of byte j" is also off (should be 0..7, not 1..8,
+ * to be consistent with the subsequent section).
+ * Third, SRES is taken from the first 8 nibbles of x[], not the last 8 as
+ * claimed in the document.  (And the document doesn't specify how Kc is
+ * derived, but that was also easily discovered with reverse engineering.)
+ * All of these typos have been corrected in the following code.
+ *
+ * --- /SNIP ---
+ */
+
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+/* The compression tables (just copied ...) */
+static const u_int8_t table_0[512] = {
+ 102, 177, 186, 162,   2, 156, 112,  75,  55,  25,   8,  12, 251, 193, 246, 188,
+ 109, 213, 151,  53,  42,  79, 191, 115, 233, 242, 164, 223, 209, 148, 108, 161,
+ 252,  37, 244,  47,  64, 211,   6, 237, 185, 160, 139, 113,  76, 138,  59,  70,
+  67,  26,  13, 157,  63, 179, 221,  30, 214,  36, 166,  69, 152, 124, 207, 116,
+ 247, 194,  41,  84,  71,   1,  49,  14,  95,  35, 169,  21,  96,  78, 215, 225,
+ 182, 243,  28,  92, 201, 118,   4,  74, 248, 128,  17,  11, 146, 132, 245,  48,
+ 149,  90, 120,  39,  87, 230, 106, 232, 175,  19, 126, 190, 202, 141, 137, 176,
+ 250,  27, 101,  40, 219, 227,  58,  20,  51, 178,  98, 216, 140,  22,  32, 121,
+  61, 103, 203,  72,  29, 110,  85, 212, 180, 204, 150, 183,  15,  66, 172, 196,
+  56, 197, 158,   0, 100,  45, 153,   7, 144, 222, 163, 167,  60, 135, 210, 231,
+ 174, 165,  38, 249, 224,  34, 220, 229, 217, 208, 241,  68, 206, 189, 125, 255,
+ 239,  54, 168,  89, 123, 122,  73, 145, 117, 234, 143,  99, 129, 200, 192,  82,
+ 104, 170, 136, 235,  93,  81, 205, 173, 236,  94, 105,  52,  46, 228, 198,   5,
+  57, 254,  97, 155, 142, 133, 199, 171, 187,  50,  65, 181, 127, 107, 147, 226,
+ 184, 218, 131,  33,  77,  86,  31,  44,  88,  62, 238,  18,  24,  43, 154,  23,
+  80, 159, 134, 111,   9, 114,   3,  91,  16, 130,  83,  10, 195, 240, 253, 119,
+ 177, 102, 162, 186, 156,   2,  75, 112,  25,  55,  12,   8, 193, 251, 188, 246,
+ 213, 109,  53, 151,  79,  42, 115, 191, 242, 233, 223, 164, 148, 209, 161, 108,
+  37, 252,  47, 244, 211,  64, 237,   6, 160, 185, 113, 139, 138,  76,  70,  59,
+  26,  67, 157,  13, 179,  63,  30, 221,  36, 214,  69, 166, 124, 152, 116, 207,
+ 194, 247,  84,  41,   1,  71,  14,  49,  35,  95,  21, 169,  78,  96, 225, 215,
+ 243, 182,  92,  28, 118, 201,  74,   4, 128, 248,  11,  17, 132, 146,  48, 245,
+  90, 149,  39, 120, 230,  87, 232, 106,  19, 175, 190, 126, 141, 202, 176, 137,
+  27, 250,  40, 101, 227, 219,  20,  58, 178,  51, 216,  98,  22, 140, 121,  32,
+ 103,  61,  72, 203, 110,  29, 212,  85, 204, 180, 183, 150,  66,  15, 196, 172,
+ 197,  56,   0, 158,  45, 100,   7, 153, 222, 144, 167, 163, 135,  60, 231, 210,
+ 165, 174, 249,  38,  34, 224, 229, 220, 208, 217,  68, 241, 189, 206, 255, 125,
+  54, 239,  89, 168, 122, 123, 145,  73, 234, 117,  99, 143, 200, 129,  82, 192,
+ 170, 104, 235, 136,  81,  93, 173, 205,  94, 236,  52, 105, 228,  46,   5, 198,
+ 254,  57, 155,  97, 133, 142, 171, 199,  50, 187, 181,  65, 107, 127, 226, 147,
+ 218, 184,  33, 131,  86,  77,  44,  31,  62,  88,  18, 238,  43,  24,  23, 154,
+ 159,  80, 111, 134, 114,   9,  91,   3, 130,  16,  10,  83, 240, 195, 119, 253,
+}, table_1[256] = {
+  19,  11,  80, 114,  43,   1,  69,  94,  39,  18, 127, 117,  97,   3,  85,  43,
+  27, 124,  70,  83,  47,  71,  63,  10,  47,  89,  79,   4,  14,  59,  11,   5,
+  35, 107, 103,  68,  21,  86,  36,  91,  85, 126,  32,  50, 109,  94, 120,   6,
+  53,  79,  28,  45,  99,  95,  41,  34,  88,  68,  93,  55, 110, 125, 105,  20,
+  90,  80,  76,  96,  23,  60,  89,  64, 121,  56,  14,  74, 101,   8,  19,  78,
+  76,  66, 104,  46, 111,  50,  32,   3,  39,   0,  58,  25,  92,  22,  18,  51,
+  57,  65, 119, 116,  22, 109,   7,  86,  59,  93,  62, 110,  78,  99,  77,  67,
+  12, 113,  87,  98, 102,   5,  88,  33,  38,  56,  23,   8,  75,  45,  13,  75,
+  95,  63,  28,  49, 123, 120,  20, 112,  44,  30,  15,  98, 106,   2, 103,  29,
+  82, 107,  42, 124,  24,  30,  41,  16, 108, 100, 117,  40,  73,  40,   7, 114,
+  82, 115,  36, 112,  12, 102, 100,  84,  92,  48,  72,  97,   9,  54,  55,  74,
+ 113, 123,  17,  26,  53,  58,   4,   9,  69, 122,  21, 118,  42,  60,  27,  73,
+ 118, 125,  34,  15,  65, 115,  84,  64,  62,  81,  70,   1,  24, 111, 121,  83,
+ 104,  81,  49, 127,  48, 105,  31,  10,   6,  91,  87,  37,  16,  54, 116, 126,
+  31,  38,  13,   0,  72, 106,  77,  61,  26,  67,  46,  29,  96,  37,  61,  52,
+ 101,  17,  44, 108,  71,  52,  66,  57,  33,  51,  25,  90,   2, 119, 122,  35,
+}, table_2[128] = {
+ 52,  50,  44,   6,  21,  49,  41,  59,  39,  51,  25,  32,  51,  47,  52,  43,
+ 37,   4,  40,  34,  61,  12,  28,   4,  58,  23,   8,  15,  12,  22,   9,  18,
+ 55,  10,  33,  35,  50,   1,  43,   3,  57,  13,  62,  14,   7,  42,  44,  59,
+ 62,  57,  27,   6,   8,  31,  26,  54,  41,  22,  45,  20,  39,   3,  16,  56,
+ 48,   2,  21,  28,  36,  42,  60,  33,  34,  18,   0,  11,  24,  10,  17,  61,
+ 29,  14,  45,  26,  55,  46,  11,  17,  54,  46,   9,  24,  30,  60,  32,   0,
+ 20,  38,   2,  30,  58,  35,   1,  16,  56,  40,  23,  48,  13,  19,  19,  27,
+ 31,  53,  47,  38,  63,  15,  49,   5,  37,  53,  25,  36,  63,  29,   5,   7,
+}, table_3[64] = {
+  1,   5,  29,   6,  25,   1,  18,  23,  17,  19,   0,   9,  24,  25,   6,  31,
+ 28,  20,  24,  30,   4,  27,   3,  13,  15,  16,  14,  18,   4,   3,   8,   9,
+ 20,   0,  12,  26,  21,   8,  28,   2,  29,   2,  15,   7,  11,  22,  14,  10,
+ 17,  21,  12,  30,  26,  27,  16,  31,  11,   7,  13,  23,  10,   5,  22,  19,
+}, table_4[32] = {
+ 15,  12,  10,   4,   1,  14,  11,   7,   5,   0,  14,   7,   1,   2,  13,   8,
+ 10,   3,   4,   9,   6,   0,   3,   2,   5,   6,   8,   9,  11,  13,  15,  12,
+};
+
+static const u_int8_t *_comp128_table[5] = { table_0, table_1, table_2, table_3, table_4 };
+
+
+static inline void
+_comp128_compression_round(u_int8_t *x, int n, const u_int8_t *tbl)
+{
+	int i, j, m, a, b, y, z;
+	m = 4 - n;
+	for (i=0; i<(1<<n); i++)
+		for (j=0; j<(1<<m); j++) {
+			a = j + i * (2<<m);
+			b = a + (1<<m);
+			y = (x[a] + (x[b]<<1)) & ((32<<m)-1);
+			z = ((x[a]<<1) + x[b]) & ((32<<m)-1);
+			x[a] = tbl[y];
+			x[b] = tbl[z];
+		}
+}
+
+static inline void
+_comp128_compression(u_int8_t *x)
+{
+	int n;
+	for (n=0; n<5; n++)
+		_comp128_compression_round(x, n, _comp128_table[n]);
+}
+
+static inline void
+_comp128_bitsfrombytes(u_int8_t *x, u_int8_t *bits)
+{
+	int i;
+	memset(bits, 0x00, 128);
+	for (i=0; i<128; i++)
+		if (x[i>>2] & (1<<(3-(i&3))))
+			bits[i] = 1;
+}
+
+static inline void
+_comp128_permutation(u_int8_t *x, u_int8_t *bits)
+{
+	int i;
+	memset(&x[16], 0x00, 16);
+	for (i=0; i<128; i++)
+		x[(i>>3)+16] |= bits[(i*17) & 127] << (7-(i&7));
+}
+
+void
+comp128(u_int8_t *ki, u_int8_t *rand, u_int8_t *sres, u_int8_t *kc)
+{
+	int i;
+	u_int8_t x[32], bits[128];
+
+	/* x[16-31] = RAND */
+	memcpy(&x[16], rand, 16);
+
+	/* Round 1-7 */
+	for (i=0; i<7; i++) {
+		/* x[0-15] = Ki */
+		memcpy(x, ki, 16);
+
+		/* Compression */
+		_comp128_compression(x);
+
+		/* FormBitFromBytes */
+		_comp128_bitsfrombytes(x, bits);
+
+		/* Permutation */
+		_comp128_permutation(x, bits);
+	}
+
+	/* Round 8 (final) */
+		/* x[0-15] = Ki */
+	memcpy(x, ki, 16);
+
+		/* Compression */
+	_comp128_compression(x);
+
+	/* Output stage */
+	for (i=0; i<8; i+=2)
+		sres[i>>1] = x[i]<<4 | x[i+1];
+
+	for (i=0; i<12; i+=2)
+		kc[i>>1] = (x[i + 18] << 6) |
+		           (x[i + 19] << 2) |
+		           (x[i + 20] >> 2);
+
+	kc[6] = (x[30]<<6) | (x[31]<<2);
+	kc[7] = 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/gsm_utils.c b/libosmocore/src/gsm_utils.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aabd7b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/gsm_utils.c
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2008 by Daniel Willmann <daniel@totalueberwachung.de>
+ * (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.org>
+ * (C) 2009 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+//#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <osmocore/utils.h>
+#include <osmocore/gsm_utils.h>
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* GSM 03.38 6.2.1 Charachter packing */
+int gsm_7bit_decode(char *text, const u_int8_t *user_data, u_int8_t length)
+{
+	int i = 0;
+	int l = 0;
+
+        /* FIXME: We need to account for user data headers here */
+	i += l;
+	for (; i < length; i ++)
+		*(text ++) =
+			((user_data[(i * 7 + 7) >> 3] <<
+			  (7 - ((i * 7 + 7) & 7))) |
+			 (user_data[(i * 7) >> 3] >>
+			  ((i * 7) & 7))) & 0x7f;
+	*text = '\0';
+
+	return i - l;
+}
+
+
+/* GSM 03.38 6.2.1 Charachter packing */
+int gsm_7bit_encode(u_int8_t *result, const char *data)
+{
+	int i,j = 0;
+	unsigned char ch1, ch2;
+	int shift = 0;
+
+	for ( i=0; i<strlen(data); i++ ) {
+
+		ch1 = data[i] & 0x7F;
+		ch1 = ch1 >> shift;
+		ch2 = data[(i+1)] & 0x7F;
+		ch2 = ch2 << (7-shift);
+
+		ch1 = ch1 | ch2;
+
+		result[j++] = ch1;
+
+		shift++;
+
+		if ((shift == 7) && (i+1<strlen(data))) {
+			shift = 0;
+			i++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return i;
+}
+
+/* determine power control level for given dBm value, as indicated
+ * by the tables in chapter 4.1.1 of GSM TS 05.05 */
+int ms_pwr_ctl_lvl(enum gsm_band band, unsigned int dbm)
+{
+	switch (band) {
+	case GSM_BAND_450:
+	case GSM_BAND_480:
+	case GSM_BAND_750:
+	case GSM_BAND_900:
+	case GSM_BAND_810:
+	case GSM_BAND_850:
+		if (dbm >= 39)
+			return 0;
+		else if (dbm < 5)
+			return 19;
+		else {
+			/* we are guaranteed to have (5 <= dbm < 39) */
+			return 2 + ((39 - dbm) / 2);
+		}
+		break;
+	case GSM_BAND_1800:
+		if (dbm >= 36)
+			return 29;
+		else if (dbm >= 34)	
+			return 30;
+		else if (dbm >= 32)
+			return 31;
+		else if (dbm == 31)
+			return 0;
+		else {
+			/* we are guaranteed to have (0 <= dbm < 31) */
+			return (30 - dbm) / 2;
+		}
+		break;
+	case GSM_BAND_1900:
+		if (dbm >= 33)
+			return 30;
+		else if (dbm >= 32)
+			return 31;
+		else if (dbm == 31)
+			return 0;
+		else {
+			/* we are guaranteed to have (0 <= dbm < 31) */
+			return (30 - dbm) / 2;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+int ms_pwr_dbm(enum gsm_band band, u_int8_t lvl)
+{
+	lvl &= 0x1f;
+
+	switch (band) {
+	case GSM_BAND_450:
+	case GSM_BAND_480:
+	case GSM_BAND_750:
+	case GSM_BAND_900:
+	case GSM_BAND_810:
+	case GSM_BAND_850:
+		if (lvl < 2)
+			return 39;
+		else if (lvl < 20)
+			return 39 - ((lvl - 2) * 2) ;
+		else
+			return 5;
+		break;
+	case GSM_BAND_1800:
+		if (lvl < 16)
+			return 30 - (lvl * 2);
+		else if (lvl < 29)
+			return 0;
+		else
+			return 36 - ((lvl - 29) * 2);
+		break;
+	case GSM_BAND_1900:
+		if (lvl < 16)
+			return 30 - (lvl * 2);
+		else if (lvl < 30)
+			return -EINVAL;
+		else
+			return 33 - (lvl - 30);
+		break;
+	}
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/* According to TS 08.05 Chapter 8.1.4 */
+int rxlev2dbm(u_int8_t rxlev)
+{
+	if (rxlev > 63)
+		rxlev = 63;
+
+	return -110 + rxlev;
+}
+
+/* According to TS 08.05 Chapter 8.1.4 */
+u_int8_t dbm2rxlev(int dbm)
+{
+	int rxlev = dbm + 110;
+
+	if (rxlev > 63)
+		rxlev = 63;
+	else if (rxlev < 0)
+		rxlev = 0;
+
+	return rxlev;
+}
+
+#include <execinfo.h>
+void generate_backtrace()
+{
+	int i, nptrs;
+	void *buffer[100];
+	char **strings;
+
+	nptrs = backtrace(buffer, ARRAY_SIZE(buffer));
+	printf("backtrace() returned %d addresses\n", nptrs);
+
+	strings = backtrace_symbols(buffer, nptrs);
+	if (!strings)
+		return;
+
+	for (i = 1; i < nptrs; i++)
+		printf("%s\n", strings[i]);
+
+	free(strings);
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/msgb.c b/libosmocore/src/msgb.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab9b413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/msgb.c
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/* (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.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/msgb.h>
+//#include <openbsc/gsm_data.h>
+#include <osmocore/talloc.h>
+//#include <openbsc/debug.h>
+
+void *tall_msgb_ctx;
+
+struct msgb *msgb_alloc(u_int16_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	struct msgb *msg;
+
+	msg = _talloc_zero(tall_msgb_ctx, sizeof(*msg) + size, name);
+
+	if (!msg) {
+		//LOGP(DRSL, LOGL_FATAL, "unable to allocate msgb\n");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	msg->data_len = size;
+	msg->len = 0;
+	msg->data = msg->_data;
+
+	msg->head = msg->data;
+	msg->data = msg->data;
+	/* reset tail pointer */
+	msg->tail = msg->data;
+	//msg->end = msg->tail + size;
+
+	return msg;
+}
+
+void msgb_free(struct msgb *m)
+{
+	talloc_free(m);
+}
+
+void msgb_enqueue(struct llist_head *queue, struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	llist_add_tail(&msg->list, queue);
+}
+
+struct msgb *msgb_dequeue(struct llist_head *queue)
+{
+	struct llist_head *lh;
+
+	if (llist_empty(queue))
+		return NULL;
+
+	lh = queue->next;
+	llist_del(lh);
+	
+	return llist_entry(lh, struct msgb, list);
+}
+
+void msgb_reset(struct msgb *msg)
+{
+	msg->len = 0;
+	msg->len = 0;
+	msg->data = msg->_data;
+
+	msg->head = msg->data;
+	msg->data = msg->data;
+	/* reset tail pointer */
+	msg->tail = msg->data;
+
+	/* reset pointers */
+	msg->bts_link = NULL;
+	msg->trx = NULL;
+	msg->lchan = NULL;
+	msg->l2h = NULL;
+	msg->l3h = NULL;
+	msg->smsh = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/select.c b/libosmocore/src/select.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46a0b96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/select.c
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/* select filedescriptor handling, taken from:
+ * userspace logging daemon for the iptables ULOG target
+ * of the linux 2.4 netfilter subsystem.
+ *
+ * (C) 2000-2009 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation
+ *
+ *  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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <osmocore/select.h>
+#include <osmocore/linuxlist.h>
+#include <osmocore/timer.h>
+
+static int maxfd = 0;
+static LLIST_HEAD(bsc_fds);
+static int unregistered_count;
+
+int bsc_register_fd(struct bsc_fd *fd)
+{
+	int flags;
+
+	/* make FD nonblocking */
+	flags = fcntl(fd->fd, F_GETFL);
+	if (flags < 0)
+		return flags;
+	flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
+	flags = fcntl(fd->fd, F_SETFL, flags);
+	if (flags < 0)
+		return flags;
+
+	/* Register FD */
+	if (fd->fd > maxfd)
+		maxfd = fd->fd;
+
+	llist_add_tail(&fd->list, &bsc_fds);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void bsc_unregister_fd(struct bsc_fd *fd)
+{
+	unregistered_count++;
+	llist_del(&fd->list);
+}
+
+int bsc_select_main(int polling)
+{
+	struct bsc_fd *ufd, *tmp;
+	fd_set readset, writeset, exceptset;
+	int work = 0, rc;
+	struct timeval no_time = {0, 0};
+
+	FD_ZERO(&readset);
+	FD_ZERO(&writeset);
+	FD_ZERO(&exceptset);
+
+	/* prepare read and write fdsets */
+	llist_for_each_entry(ufd, &bsc_fds, list) {
+		if (ufd->when & BSC_FD_READ)
+			FD_SET(ufd->fd, &readset);
+
+		if (ufd->when & BSC_FD_WRITE)
+			FD_SET(ufd->fd, &writeset);
+
+		if (ufd->when & BSC_FD_EXCEPT)
+			FD_SET(ufd->fd, &exceptset);
+	}
+
+	bsc_timer_check();
+
+	if (!polling)
+		bsc_prepare_timers();
+	rc = select(maxfd+1, &readset, &writeset, &exceptset, polling ? &no_time : bsc_nearest_timer());
+	if (rc < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* fire timers */
+	bsc_update_timers();
+
+	/* call registered callback functions */
+restart:
+	unregistered_count = 0;
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(ufd, tmp, &bsc_fds, list) {
+		int flags = 0;
+
+		if (FD_ISSET(ufd->fd, &readset)) {
+			flags |= BSC_FD_READ;
+			FD_CLR(ufd->fd, &readset);
+		}
+
+		if (FD_ISSET(ufd->fd, &writeset)) {
+			flags |= BSC_FD_WRITE;
+			FD_CLR(ufd->fd, &writeset);
+		}
+
+		if (FD_ISSET(ufd->fd, &exceptset)) {
+			flags |= BSC_FD_EXCEPT;
+			FD_CLR(ufd->fd, &exceptset);
+		}
+
+		if (flags) {
+			work = 1;
+			ufd->cb(ufd, flags);
+		}
+		/* ugly, ugly hack. If more than one filedescriptors were
+		 * unregistered, they might have been consecutive and
+		 * llist_for_each_entry_safe() is no longer safe */
+		if (unregistered_count > 1)
+			goto restart;
+	}
+	return work;
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/signal.c b/libosmocore/src/signal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ca86c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/signal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/* Generic signalling/notification infrastructure */
+/* (C) 2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <osmocore/signal.h>
+#include <osmocore/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocore/linuxlist.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+void *tall_sigh_ctx;
+static LLIST_HEAD(signal_handler_list);
+
+struct signal_handler {
+	struct llist_head entry;
+	unsigned int subsys;
+	signal_cbfn *cbfn;
+	void *data;
+};
+
+
+int register_signal_handler(unsigned int subsys, signal_cbfn *cbfn, void *data)
+{
+	struct signal_handler *sig_data;
+
+	sig_data = talloc(tall_sigh_ctx, struct signal_handler);
+	if (!sig_data)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	memset(sig_data, 0, sizeof(*sig_data));
+
+	sig_data->subsys = subsys;
+	sig_data->data = data;
+	sig_data->cbfn = cbfn;
+
+	/* FIXME: check if we already have a handler for this subsys/cbfn/data */
+
+	llist_add_tail(&sig_data->entry, &signal_handler_list);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void unregister_signal_handler(unsigned int subsys, signal_cbfn *cbfn, void *data)
+{
+	struct signal_handler *handler;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(handler, &signal_handler_list, entry) {
+		if (handler->cbfn == cbfn && handler->data == data 
+		    && subsys == handler->subsys) {
+			llist_del(&handler->entry);
+			talloc_free(handler);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
+void dispatch_signal(unsigned int subsys, unsigned int signal, void *signal_data)
+{
+	struct signal_handler *handler;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(handler, &signal_handler_list, entry) {
+		if (handler->subsys != subsys)
+			continue;
+		(*handler->cbfn)(subsys, signal, handler->data, signal_data);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/statistics.c b/libosmocore/src/statistics.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34e6a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/statistics.c
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/* utility routines for keeping some statistics */
+
+/* (C) 2009 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.
+ *
+ */
+
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+
+#include <osmocore/linuxlist.h>
+#include <osmocore/talloc.h>
+#include <osmocore/statistics.h>
+
+static LLIST_HEAD(counters);
+
+void *tall_ctr_ctx;
+
+struct counter *counter_alloc(const char *name)
+{
+	struct counter *ctr = talloc_zero(tall_ctr_ctx, struct counter);
+
+	if (!ctr)
+		return NULL;
+
+	ctr->name = name;
+	llist_add_tail(&ctr->list, &counters);
+
+	return ctr;
+}
+
+void counter_free(struct counter *ctr)
+{
+	llist_del(&ctr->list);
+	talloc_free(ctr);
+}
+
+int counters_for_each(int (*handle_counter)(struct counter *, void *), void *data)
+{
+	struct counter *ctr;
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(ctr, &counters, list) {
+		rc = handle_counter(ctr, data);
+		if (rc < 0)
+			return rc;
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/talloc.c b/libosmocore/src/talloc.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98c2ee0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/talloc.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1805 @@
+/* 
+   Samba Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+
+   Samba trivial allocation library - new interface
+
+   NOTE: Please read talloc_guide.txt for full documentation
+
+   Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell 2004
+   Copyright (C) Stefan Metzmacher 2006
+   
+     ** NOTE! The following LGPL license applies to the talloc
+     ** library. This does NOT imply that all of Samba is released
+     ** under the LGPL
+   
+   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This library 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
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with this library; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+/*
+  inspired by http://swapped.cc/halloc/
+*/
+
+#ifdef _SAMBA_BUILD_
+#include "version.h"
+#if (SAMBA_VERSION_MAJOR<4)
+#include "includes.h"
+/* This is to circumvent SAMBA3's paranoid malloc checker. Here in this file
+ * we trust ourselves... */
+#ifdef malloc
+#undef malloc
+#endif
+#ifdef realloc
+#undef realloc
+#endif
+#define _TALLOC_SAMBA3
+#endif /* (SAMBA_VERSION_MAJOR<4) */
+#endif /* _SAMBA_BUILD_ */
+
+#ifndef _TALLOC_SAMBA3
+//#include "replace.h"
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#define __USE_GNU
+#include <string.h>
+#undef __USE_GNU
+#include <osmocore/talloc.h>
+#define MIN(x,y) ((x) < (y) ? (x) : (y))
+#endif /* not _TALLOC_SAMBA3 */
+
+/* use this to force every realloc to change the pointer, to stress test
+   code that might not cope */
+#define ALWAYS_REALLOC 0
+
+
+#define MAX_TALLOC_SIZE 0x10000000
+#define TALLOC_MAGIC 0xe814ec70
+#define TALLOC_FLAG_FREE 0x01
+#define TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP 0x02
+#define TALLOC_FLAG_POOL 0x04		/* This is a talloc pool */
+#define TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM 0x08	/* This is allocated in a pool */
+#define TALLOC_MAGIC_REFERENCE ((const char *)1)
+
+/* by default we abort when given a bad pointer (such as when talloc_free() is called 
+   on a pointer that came from malloc() */
+#ifndef TALLOC_ABORT
+#define TALLOC_ABORT(reason) abort()
+#endif
+
+#ifndef discard_const_p
+#if defined(__intptr_t_defined) || defined(HAVE_INTPTR_T)
+# define discard_const_p(type, ptr) ((type *)((intptr_t)(ptr)))
+#else
+# define discard_const_p(type, ptr) ((type *)(ptr))
+#endif
+#endif
+
+/* these macros gain us a few percent of speed on gcc */
+#if (__GNUC__ >= 3)
+/* the strange !! is to ensure that __builtin_expect() takes either 0 or 1
+   as its first argument */
+#ifndef likely
+#define likely(x)   __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
+#endif
+#ifndef unlikely
+#define unlikely(x) __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
+#endif
+#else
+#ifndef likely
+#define likely(x) (x)
+#endif
+#ifndef unlikely
+#define unlikely(x) (x)
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+/* taken from http://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2007/03/methods-for-safe-string-handling.html */
+size_t strnlen(const char *s, size_t n)
+{
+  const char *p = (const char *)memchr(s, 0, n);
+  return(p ? p-s : n);
+}
+#endif
+
+/* this null_context is only used if talloc_enable_leak_report() or
+   talloc_enable_leak_report_full() is called, otherwise it remains
+   NULL
+*/
+static void *null_context;
+static void *autofree_context;
+
+struct talloc_reference_handle {
+	struct talloc_reference_handle *next, *prev;
+	void *ptr;
+};
+
+typedef int (*talloc_destructor_t)(void *);
+
+struct talloc_chunk {
+	struct talloc_chunk *next, *prev;
+	struct talloc_chunk *parent, *child;
+	struct talloc_reference_handle *refs;
+	talloc_destructor_t destructor;
+	const char *name;
+	size_t size;
+	unsigned flags;
+
+	/*
+	 * "pool" has dual use:
+	 *
+	 * For the talloc pool itself (i.e. TALLOC_FLAG_POOL is set), "pool"
+	 * marks the end of the currently allocated area.
+	 *
+	 * For members of the pool (i.e. TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM is set), "pool"
+	 * is a pointer to the struct talloc_chunk of the pool that it was
+	 * allocated from. This way children can quickly find the pool to chew
+	 * from.
+	 */
+	void *pool;
+};
+
+/* 16 byte alignment seems to keep everyone happy */
+#define TC_HDR_SIZE ((sizeof(struct talloc_chunk)+15)&~15)
+#define TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc) ((void *)(TC_HDR_SIZE + (char*)tc))
+
+static void (*talloc_abort_fn)(const char *reason);
+
+void talloc_set_abort_fn(void (*abort_fn)(const char *reason))
+{
+	talloc_abort_fn = abort_fn;
+}
+
+static void talloc_abort(const char *reason)
+{
+	if (!talloc_abort_fn) {
+		TALLOC_ABORT(reason);
+	}
+
+	talloc_abort_fn(reason);
+}
+
+static void talloc_abort_double_free(void)
+{
+	talloc_abort("Bad talloc magic value - double free");
+}
+
+static void talloc_abort_unknown_value(void)
+{
+	talloc_abort("Bad talloc magic value - unknown value");
+}
+
+/* panic if we get a bad magic value */
+static inline struct talloc_chunk *talloc_chunk_from_ptr(const void *ptr)
+{
+	const char *pp = (const char *)ptr;
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = discard_const_p(struct talloc_chunk, pp - TC_HDR_SIZE);
+	if (unlikely((tc->flags & (TALLOC_FLAG_FREE | ~0xF)) != TALLOC_MAGIC)) { 
+		if (tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_FREE) {
+			talloc_abort_double_free();
+		} else {
+			talloc_abort_unknown_value();
+		}
+	}
+	return tc;
+}
+
+/* hook into the front of the list */
+#define _TLIST_ADD(list, p) \
+do { \
+        if (!(list)) { \
+		(list) = (p); \
+		(p)->next = (p)->prev = NULL; \
+	} else { \
+		(list)->prev = (p); \
+		(p)->next = (list); \
+		(p)->prev = NULL; \
+		(list) = (p); \
+	}\
+} while (0)
+
+/* remove an element from a list - element doesn't have to be in list. */
+#define _TLIST_REMOVE(list, p) \
+do { \
+	if ((p) == (list)) { \
+		(list) = (p)->next; \
+		if (list) (list)->prev = NULL; \
+	} else { \
+		if ((p)->prev) (p)->prev->next = (p)->next; \
+		if ((p)->next) (p)->next->prev = (p)->prev; \
+	} \
+	if ((p) && ((p) != (list))) (p)->next = (p)->prev = NULL; \
+} while (0)
+
+
+/*
+  return the parent chunk of a pointer
+*/
+static inline struct talloc_chunk *talloc_parent_chunk(const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	while (tc->prev) tc=tc->prev;
+
+	return tc->parent;
+}
+
+void *talloc_parent(const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_parent_chunk(ptr);
+	return tc? TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc) : NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+  find parents name
+*/
+const char *talloc_parent_name(const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_parent_chunk(ptr);
+	return tc? tc->name : NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+  A pool carries an in-pool object count count in the first 16 bytes.
+  bytes. This is done to support talloc_steal() to a parent outside of the
+  pool. The count includes the pool itself, so a talloc_free() on a pool will
+  only destroy the pool if the count has dropped to zero. A talloc_free() of a
+  pool member will reduce the count, and eventually also call free(3) on the
+  pool memory.
+
+  The object count is not put into "struct talloc_chunk" because it is only
+  relevant for talloc pools and the alignment to 16 bytes would increase the
+  memory footprint of each talloc chunk by those 16 bytes.
+*/
+
+#define TALLOC_POOL_HDR_SIZE 16
+
+static unsigned int *talloc_pool_objectcount(struct talloc_chunk *tc)
+{
+	return (unsigned int *)((char *)tc + sizeof(struct talloc_chunk));
+}
+
+/*
+  Allocate from a pool
+*/
+
+static struct talloc_chunk *talloc_alloc_pool(struct talloc_chunk *parent,
+					      size_t size)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *pool_ctx = NULL;
+	size_t space_left;
+	struct talloc_chunk *result;
+	size_t chunk_size;
+
+	if (parent == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (parent->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_POOL) {
+		pool_ctx = parent;
+	}
+	else if (parent->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM) {
+		pool_ctx = (struct talloc_chunk *)parent->pool;
+	}
+
+	if (pool_ctx == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	space_left = ((char *)pool_ctx + TC_HDR_SIZE + pool_ctx->size)
+		- ((char *)pool_ctx->pool);
+
+	/*
+	 * Align size to 16 bytes
+	 */
+	chunk_size = ((size + 15) & ~15);
+
+	if (space_left < chunk_size) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	result = (struct talloc_chunk *)pool_ctx->pool;
+
+#if defined(DEVELOPER) && defined(VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_UNDEFINED)
+	VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_UNDEFINED(result, size);
+#endif
+
+	pool_ctx->pool = (void *)((char *)result + chunk_size);
+
+	result->flags = TALLOC_MAGIC | TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM;
+	result->pool = pool_ctx;
+
+	*talloc_pool_objectcount(pool_ctx) += 1;
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+/* 
+   Allocate a bit of memory as a child of an existing pointer
+*/
+static inline void *__talloc(const void *context, size_t size)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = NULL;
+
+	if (unlikely(context == NULL)) {
+		context = null_context;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(size >= MAX_TALLOC_SIZE)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (context != NULL) {
+		tc = talloc_alloc_pool(talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context),
+				       TC_HDR_SIZE+size);
+	}
+
+	if (tc == NULL) {
+		tc = (struct talloc_chunk *)malloc(TC_HDR_SIZE+size);
+		if (unlikely(tc == NULL)) return NULL;
+		tc->flags = TALLOC_MAGIC;
+		tc->pool  = NULL;
+	}
+
+	tc->size = size;
+	tc->destructor = NULL;
+	tc->child = NULL;
+	tc->name = NULL;
+	tc->refs = NULL;
+
+	if (likely(context)) {
+		struct talloc_chunk *parent = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context);
+
+		if (parent->child) {
+			parent->child->parent = NULL;
+			tc->next = parent->child;
+			tc->next->prev = tc;
+		} else {
+			tc->next = NULL;
+		}
+		tc->parent = parent;
+		tc->prev = NULL;
+		parent->child = tc;
+	} else {
+		tc->next = tc->prev = tc->parent = NULL;
+	}
+
+	return TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Create a talloc pool
+ */
+
+void *talloc_pool(const void *context, size_t size)
+{
+	void *result = __talloc(context, size + TALLOC_POOL_HDR_SIZE);
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (unlikely(result == NULL)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(result);
+
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_POOL;
+	tc->pool = (char *)result + TALLOC_POOL_HDR_SIZE;
+
+	*talloc_pool_objectcount(tc) = 1;
+
+#if defined(DEVELOPER) && defined(VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_NOACCESS)
+	VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_NOACCESS(tc->pool, size);
+#endif
+
+	return result;
+}
+
+/*
+  setup a destructor to be called on free of a pointer
+  the destructor should return 0 on success, or -1 on failure.
+  if the destructor fails then the free is failed, and the memory can
+  be continued to be used
+*/
+void _talloc_set_destructor(const void *ptr, int (*destructor)(void *))
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	tc->destructor = destructor;
+}
+
+/*
+  increase the reference count on a piece of memory. 
+*/
+int talloc_increase_ref_count(const void *ptr)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!talloc_reference(null_context, ptr))) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+  helper for talloc_reference()
+
+  this is referenced by a function pointer and should not be inline
+*/
+static int talloc_reference_destructor(struct talloc_reference_handle *handle)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *ptr_tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(handle->ptr);
+	_TLIST_REMOVE(ptr_tc->refs, handle);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+   more efficient way to add a name to a pointer - the name must point to a 
+   true string constant
+*/
+static inline void _talloc_set_name_const(const void *ptr, const char *name)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	tc->name = name;
+}
+
+/*
+  internal talloc_named_const()
+*/
+static inline void *_talloc_named_const(const void *context, size_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	void *ptr;
+
+	ptr = __talloc(context, size);
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	_talloc_set_name_const(ptr, name);
+
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+/*
+  make a secondary reference to a pointer, hanging off the given context.
+  the pointer remains valid until both the original caller and this given
+  context are freed.
+  
+  the major use for this is when two different structures need to reference the 
+  same underlying data, and you want to be able to free the two instances separately,
+  and in either order
+*/
+void *_talloc_reference(const void *context, const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+	struct talloc_reference_handle *handle;
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) return NULL;
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	handle = (struct talloc_reference_handle *)_talloc_named_const(context,
+						   sizeof(struct talloc_reference_handle),
+						   TALLOC_MAGIC_REFERENCE);
+	if (unlikely(handle == NULL)) return NULL;
+
+	/* note that we hang the destructor off the handle, not the
+	   main context as that allows the caller to still setup their
+	   own destructor on the context if they want to */
+	talloc_set_destructor(handle, talloc_reference_destructor);
+	handle->ptr = discard_const_p(void, ptr);
+	_TLIST_ADD(tc->refs, handle);
+	return handle->ptr;
+}
+
+
+/* 
+   internal talloc_free call
+*/
+static inline int _talloc_free(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	if (unlikely(tc->refs)) {
+		int is_child;
+		/* check this is a reference from a child or grantchild
+		 * back to it's parent or grantparent
+		 *
+		 * in that case we need to remove the reference and
+		 * call another instance of talloc_free() on the current
+		 * pointer.
+		 */
+		is_child = talloc_is_parent(tc->refs, ptr);
+		_talloc_free(tc->refs);
+		if (is_child) {
+			return _talloc_free(ptr);
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP)) {
+		/* we have a free loop - stop looping */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(tc->destructor)) {
+		talloc_destructor_t d = tc->destructor;
+		if (d == (talloc_destructor_t)-1) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+		tc->destructor = (talloc_destructor_t)-1;
+		if (d(ptr) == -1) {
+			tc->destructor = d;
+			return -1;
+		}
+		tc->destructor = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (tc->parent) {
+		_TLIST_REMOVE(tc->parent->child, tc);
+		if (tc->parent->child) {
+			tc->parent->child->parent = tc->parent;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (tc->prev) tc->prev->next = tc->next;
+		if (tc->next) tc->next->prev = tc->prev;
+	}
+
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+
+	while (tc->child) {
+		/* we need to work out who will own an abandoned child
+		   if it cannot be freed. In priority order, the first
+		   choice is owner of any remaining reference to this
+		   pointer, the second choice is our parent, and the
+		   final choice is the null context. */
+		void *child = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc->child);
+		const void *new_parent = null_context;
+		if (unlikely(tc->child->refs)) {
+			struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(tc->child->refs);
+			if (p) new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p);
+		}
+		if (unlikely(_talloc_free(child) == -1)) {
+			if (new_parent == null_context) {
+				struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(ptr);
+				if (p) new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p);
+			}
+			talloc_steal(new_parent, child);
+		}
+	}
+
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_FREE;
+
+	if (tc->flags & (TALLOC_FLAG_POOL|TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM)) {
+		struct talloc_chunk *pool;
+		unsigned int *pool_object_count;
+
+		pool = (tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_POOL)
+			? tc : (struct talloc_chunk *)tc->pool;
+
+		pool_object_count = talloc_pool_objectcount(pool);
+
+		if (*pool_object_count == 0) {
+			talloc_abort("Pool object count zero!");
+		}
+
+		*pool_object_count -= 1;
+
+		if (*pool_object_count == 0) {
+			free(pool);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		free(tc);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* 
+   move a lump of memory from one talloc context to another return the
+   ptr on success, or NULL if it could not be transferred.
+   passing NULL as ptr will always return NULL with no side effects.
+*/
+void *_talloc_steal(const void *new_ctx, const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc, *new_tc;
+
+	if (unlikely(!ptr)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(new_ctx == NULL)) {
+		new_ctx = null_context;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	if (unlikely(new_ctx == NULL)) {
+		if (tc->parent) {
+			_TLIST_REMOVE(tc->parent->child, tc);
+			if (tc->parent->child) {
+				tc->parent->child->parent = tc->parent;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (tc->prev) tc->prev->next = tc->next;
+			if (tc->next) tc->next->prev = tc->prev;
+		}
+		
+		tc->parent = tc->next = tc->prev = NULL;
+		return discard_const_p(void, ptr);
+	}
+
+	new_tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(new_ctx);
+
+	if (unlikely(tc == new_tc || tc->parent == new_tc)) {
+		return discard_const_p(void, ptr);
+	}
+
+	if (tc->parent) {
+		_TLIST_REMOVE(tc->parent->child, tc);
+		if (tc->parent->child) {
+			tc->parent->child->parent = tc->parent;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (tc->prev) tc->prev->next = tc->next;
+		if (tc->next) tc->next->prev = tc->prev;
+	}
+
+	tc->parent = new_tc;
+	if (new_tc->child) new_tc->child->parent = NULL;
+	_TLIST_ADD(new_tc->child, tc);
+
+	return discard_const_p(void, ptr);
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+  remove a secondary reference to a pointer. This undo's what
+  talloc_reference() has done. The context and pointer arguments
+  must match those given to a talloc_reference()
+*/
+static inline int talloc_unreference(const void *context, const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	struct talloc_reference_handle *h;
+
+	if (unlikely(context == NULL)) {
+		context = null_context;
+	}
+
+	for (h=tc->refs;h;h=h->next) {
+		struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(h);
+		if (p == NULL) {
+			if (context == NULL) break;
+		} else if (TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p) == context) {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	if (h == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	return _talloc_free(h);
+}
+
+/*
+  remove a specific parent context from a pointer. This is a more
+  controlled varient of talloc_free()
+*/
+int talloc_unlink(const void *context, void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc_p, *new_p;
+	void *new_parent;
+
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (context == NULL) {
+		context = null_context;
+	}
+
+	if (talloc_unreference(context, ptr) == 0) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (context == NULL) {
+		if (talloc_parent_chunk(ptr) != NULL) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context) != talloc_parent_chunk(ptr)) {
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	tc_p = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	if (tc_p->refs == NULL) {
+		return _talloc_free(ptr);
+	}
+
+	new_p = talloc_parent_chunk(tc_p->refs);
+	if (new_p) {
+		new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(new_p);
+	} else {
+		new_parent = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (talloc_unreference(new_parent, ptr) != 0) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	talloc_steal(new_parent, ptr);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+  add a name to an existing pointer - va_list version
+*/
+static inline const char *talloc_set_name_v(const void *ptr, const char *fmt, va_list ap) PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(2,0);
+
+static inline const char *talloc_set_name_v(const void *ptr, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	tc->name = talloc_vasprintf(ptr, fmt, ap);
+	if (likely(tc->name)) {
+		_talloc_set_name_const(tc->name, ".name");
+	}
+	return tc->name;
+}
+
+/*
+  add a name to an existing pointer
+*/
+const char *talloc_set_name(const void *ptr, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	const char *name;
+	va_list ap;
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	name = talloc_set_name_v(ptr, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	return name;
+}
+
+
+/*
+  create a named talloc pointer. Any talloc pointer can be named, and
+  talloc_named() operates just like talloc() except that it allows you
+  to name the pointer.
+*/
+void *talloc_named(const void *context, size_t size, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	void *ptr;
+	const char *name;
+
+	ptr = __talloc(context, size);
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) return NULL;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	name = talloc_set_name_v(ptr, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	if (unlikely(name == NULL)) {
+		_talloc_free(ptr);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+/*
+  return the name of a talloc ptr, or "UNNAMED"
+*/
+const char *talloc_get_name(const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	if (unlikely(tc->name == TALLOC_MAGIC_REFERENCE)) {
+		return ".reference";
+	}
+	if (likely(tc->name)) {
+		return tc->name;
+	}
+	return "UNNAMED";
+}
+
+
+/*
+  check if a pointer has the given name. If it does, return the pointer,
+  otherwise return NULL
+*/
+void *talloc_check_name(const void *ptr, const char *name)
+{
+	const char *pname;
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) return NULL;
+	pname = talloc_get_name(ptr);
+	if (likely(pname == name || strcmp(pname, name) == 0)) {
+		return discard_const_p(void, ptr);
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void talloc_abort_type_missmatch(const char *location,
+					const char *name,
+					const char *expected)
+{
+	const char *reason;
+
+	reason = talloc_asprintf(NULL,
+				 "%s: Type mismatch: name[%s] expected[%s]",
+				 location,
+				 name?name:"NULL",
+				 expected);
+	if (!reason) {
+		reason = "Type mismatch";
+	}
+
+	talloc_abort(reason);
+}
+
+void *_talloc_get_type_abort(const void *ptr, const char *name, const char *location)
+{
+	const char *pname;
+
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) {
+		talloc_abort_type_missmatch(location, NULL, name);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	pname = talloc_get_name(ptr);
+	if (likely(pname == name || strcmp(pname, name) == 0)) {
+		return discard_const_p(void, ptr);
+	}
+
+	talloc_abort_type_missmatch(location, pname, name);
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+  this is for compatibility with older versions of talloc
+*/
+void *talloc_init(const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	void *ptr;
+	const char *name;
+
+	/*
+	 * samba3 expects talloc_report_depth_cb(NULL, ...)
+	 * reports all talloc'ed memory, so we need to enable
+	 * null_tracking
+	 */
+	talloc_enable_null_tracking();
+
+	ptr = __talloc(NULL, 0);
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) return NULL;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	name = talloc_set_name_v(ptr, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+
+	if (unlikely(name == NULL)) {
+		_talloc_free(ptr);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	return ptr;
+}
+
+/*
+  this is a replacement for the Samba3 talloc_destroy_pool functionality. It
+  should probably not be used in new code. It's in here to keep the talloc
+  code consistent across Samba 3 and 4.
+*/
+void talloc_free_children(void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (unlikely(ptr == NULL)) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	while (tc->child) {
+		/* we need to work out who will own an abandoned child
+		   if it cannot be freed. In priority order, the first
+		   choice is owner of any remaining reference to this
+		   pointer, the second choice is our parent, and the
+		   final choice is the null context. */
+		void *child = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc->child);
+		const void *new_parent = null_context;
+		if (unlikely(tc->child->refs)) {
+			struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(tc->child->refs);
+			if (p) new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p);
+		}
+		if (unlikely(_talloc_free(child) == -1)) {
+			if (new_parent == null_context) {
+				struct talloc_chunk *p = talloc_parent_chunk(ptr);
+				if (p) new_parent = TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(p);
+			}
+			talloc_steal(new_parent, child);
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ((tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_POOL)
+	    && (*talloc_pool_objectcount(tc) == 1)) {
+		tc->pool = ((char *)tc + TC_HDR_SIZE + TALLOC_POOL_HDR_SIZE);
+#if defined(DEVELOPER) && defined(VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_NOACCESS)
+		VALGRIND_MAKE_MEM_NOACCESS(
+			tc->pool, tc->size - TALLOC_POOL_HDR_SIZE);
+#endif
+	}
+}
+
+/* 
+   Allocate a bit of memory as a child of an existing pointer
+*/
+void *_talloc(const void *context, size_t size)
+{
+	return __talloc(context, size);
+}
+
+/*
+  externally callable talloc_set_name_const()
+*/
+void talloc_set_name_const(const void *ptr, const char *name)
+{
+	_talloc_set_name_const(ptr, name);
+}
+
+/*
+  create a named talloc pointer. Any talloc pointer can be named, and
+  talloc_named() operates just like talloc() except that it allows you
+  to name the pointer.
+*/
+void *talloc_named_const(const void *context, size_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	return _talloc_named_const(context, size, name);
+}
+
+/* 
+   free a talloc pointer. This also frees all child pointers of this 
+   pointer recursively
+
+   return 0 if the memory is actually freed, otherwise -1. The memory
+   will not be freed if the ref_count is > 1 or the destructor (if
+   any) returns non-zero
+*/
+int talloc_free(void *ptr)
+{
+	return _talloc_free(ptr);
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+  A talloc version of realloc. The context argument is only used if
+  ptr is NULL
+*/
+void *_talloc_realloc(const void *context, void *ptr, size_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+	void *new_ptr;
+	bool malloced = false;
+
+	/* size zero is equivalent to free() */
+	if (unlikely(size == 0)) {
+		_talloc_free(ptr);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(size >= MAX_TALLOC_SIZE)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* realloc(NULL) is equivalent to malloc() */
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+		return _talloc_named_const(context, size, name);
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	/* don't allow realloc on referenced pointers */
+	if (unlikely(tc->refs)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* don't let anybody try to realloc a talloc_pool */
+	if (unlikely(tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_POOL)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* don't shrink if we have less than 1k to gain */
+	if ((size < tc->size) && ((tc->size - size) < 1024)) {
+		tc->size = size;
+		return ptr;
+	}
+
+	/* by resetting magic we catch users of the old memory */
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_FREE;
+
+#if ALWAYS_REALLOC
+	new_ptr = malloc(size + TC_HDR_SIZE);
+	if (new_ptr) {
+		memcpy(new_ptr, tc, tc->size + TC_HDR_SIZE);
+		free(tc);
+	}
+#else
+	if (tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM) {
+
+		new_ptr = talloc_alloc_pool(tc, size + TC_HDR_SIZE);
+		*talloc_pool_objectcount((struct talloc_chunk *)
+					 (tc->pool)) -= 1;
+
+		if (new_ptr == NULL) {
+			new_ptr = malloc(TC_HDR_SIZE+size);
+			malloced = true;
+		}
+
+		if (new_ptr) {
+			memcpy(new_ptr, tc, MIN(tc->size,size) + TC_HDR_SIZE);
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		new_ptr = realloc(tc, size + TC_HDR_SIZE);
+	}
+#endif
+	if (unlikely(!new_ptr)) {	
+		tc->flags &= ~TALLOC_FLAG_FREE; 
+		return NULL; 
+	}
+
+	tc = (struct talloc_chunk *)new_ptr;
+	tc->flags &= ~TALLOC_FLAG_FREE;
+	if (malloced) {
+		tc->flags &= ~TALLOC_FLAG_POOLMEM;
+	}
+	if (tc->parent) {
+		tc->parent->child = tc;
+	}
+	if (tc->child) {
+		tc->child->parent = tc;
+	}
+
+	if (tc->prev) {
+		tc->prev->next = tc;
+	}
+	if (tc->next) {
+		tc->next->prev = tc;
+	}
+
+	tc->size = size;
+	_talloc_set_name_const(TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc), name);
+
+	return TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc);
+}
+
+/*
+  a wrapper around talloc_steal() for situations where you are moving a pointer
+  between two structures, and want the old pointer to be set to NULL
+*/
+void *_talloc_move(const void *new_ctx, const void *_pptr)
+{
+	const void **pptr = discard_const_p(const void *,_pptr);
+	void *ret = _talloc_steal(new_ctx, *pptr);
+	(*pptr) = NULL;
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+  return the total size of a talloc pool (subtree)
+*/
+size_t talloc_total_size(const void *ptr)
+{
+	size_t total = 0;
+	struct talloc_chunk *c, *tc;
+
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+		ptr = null_context;
+	}
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	if (tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+
+	total = tc->size;
+	for (c=tc->child;c;c=c->next) {
+		total += talloc_total_size(TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(c));
+	}
+
+	tc->flags &= ~TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+
+	return total;
+}
+
+/*
+  return the total number of blocks in a talloc pool (subtree)
+*/
+size_t talloc_total_blocks(const void *ptr)
+{
+	size_t total = 0;
+	struct talloc_chunk *c, *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	if (tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+
+	total++;
+	for (c=tc->child;c;c=c->next) {
+		total += talloc_total_blocks(TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(c));
+	}
+
+	tc->flags &= ~TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+
+	return total;
+}
+
+/*
+  return the number of external references to a pointer
+*/
+size_t talloc_reference_count(const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+	struct talloc_reference_handle *h;
+	size_t ret = 0;
+
+	for (h=tc->refs;h;h=h->next) {
+		ret++;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+  report on memory usage by all children of a pointer, giving a full tree view
+*/
+void talloc_report_depth_cb(const void *ptr, int depth, int max_depth,
+			    void (*callback)(const void *ptr,
+			  		     int depth, int max_depth,
+					     int is_ref,
+					     void *private_data),
+			    void *private_data)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *c, *tc;
+
+	if (ptr == NULL) {
+		ptr = null_context;
+	}
+	if (ptr == NULL) return;
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(ptr);
+
+	if (tc->flags & TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	callback(ptr, depth, max_depth, 0, private_data);
+
+	if (max_depth >= 0 && depth >= max_depth) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tc->flags |= TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+	for (c=tc->child;c;c=c->next) {
+		if (c->name == TALLOC_MAGIC_REFERENCE) {
+			struct talloc_reference_handle *h = (struct talloc_reference_handle *)TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(c);
+			callback(h->ptr, depth + 1, max_depth, 1, private_data);
+		} else {
+			talloc_report_depth_cb(TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(c), depth + 1, max_depth, callback, private_data);
+		}
+	}
+	tc->flags &= ~TALLOC_FLAG_LOOP;
+}
+
+static void talloc_report_depth_FILE_helper(const void *ptr, int depth, int max_depth, int is_ref, void *_f)
+{
+	const char *name = talloc_get_name(ptr);
+	FILE *f = (FILE *)_f;
+
+	if (is_ref) {
+		fprintf(f, "%*sreference to: %s\n", depth*4, "", name);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (depth == 0) {
+		fprintf(f,"%stalloc report on '%s' (total %6lu bytes in %3lu blocks)\n", 
+			(max_depth < 0 ? "full " :""), name,
+			(unsigned long)talloc_total_size(ptr),
+			(unsigned long)talloc_total_blocks(ptr));
+		return;
+	}
+
+	fprintf(f, "%*s%-30s contains %6lu bytes in %3lu blocks (ref %d) %p\n", 
+		depth*4, "",
+		name,
+		(unsigned long)talloc_total_size(ptr),
+		(unsigned long)talloc_total_blocks(ptr),
+		(int)talloc_reference_count(ptr), ptr);
+
+#if 0
+	fprintf(f, "content: ");
+	if (talloc_total_size(ptr)) {
+		int tot = talloc_total_size(ptr);
+		int i;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < tot; i++) {
+			if ((((char *)ptr)[i] > 31) && (((char *)ptr)[i] < 126)) {
+				fprintf(f, "%c", ((char *)ptr)[i]);
+			} else {
+				fprintf(f, "~%02x", ((char *)ptr)[i]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	fprintf(f, "\n");
+#endif
+}
+
+/*
+  report on memory usage by all children of a pointer, giving a full tree view
+*/
+void talloc_report_depth_file(const void *ptr, int depth, int max_depth, FILE *f)
+{
+	talloc_report_depth_cb(ptr, depth, max_depth, talloc_report_depth_FILE_helper, f);
+	fflush(f);
+}
+
+/*
+  report on memory usage by all children of a pointer, giving a full tree view
+*/
+void talloc_report_full(const void *ptr, FILE *f)
+{
+	talloc_report_depth_file(ptr, 0, -1, f);
+}
+
+/*
+  report on memory usage by all children of a pointer
+*/
+void talloc_report(const void *ptr, FILE *f)
+{
+	talloc_report_depth_file(ptr, 0, 1, f);
+}
+
+/*
+  report on any memory hanging off the null context
+*/
+static void talloc_report_null(void)
+{
+	if (talloc_total_size(null_context) != 0) {
+		talloc_report(null_context, stderr);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+  report on any memory hanging off the null context
+*/
+static void talloc_report_null_full(void)
+{
+	if (talloc_total_size(null_context) != 0) {
+		talloc_report_full(null_context, stderr);
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+  enable tracking of the NULL context
+*/
+void talloc_enable_null_tracking(void)
+{
+	if (null_context == NULL) {
+		null_context = _talloc_named_const(NULL, 0, "null_context");
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+  disable tracking of the NULL context
+*/
+void talloc_disable_null_tracking(void)
+{
+	_talloc_free(null_context);
+	null_context = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+  enable leak reporting on exit
+*/
+void talloc_enable_leak_report(void)
+{
+	talloc_enable_null_tracking();
+	atexit(talloc_report_null);
+}
+
+/*
+  enable full leak reporting on exit
+*/
+void talloc_enable_leak_report_full(void)
+{
+	talloc_enable_null_tracking();
+	atexit(talloc_report_null_full);
+}
+
+/* 
+   talloc and zero memory. 
+*/
+void *_talloc_zero(const void *ctx, size_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	void *p = _talloc_named_const(ctx, size, name);
+
+	if (p) {
+		memset(p, '\0', size);
+	}
+
+	return p;
+}
+
+/*
+  memdup with a talloc. 
+*/
+void *_talloc_memdup(const void *t, const void *p, size_t size, const char *name)
+{
+	void *newp = _talloc_named_const(t, size, name);
+
+	if (likely(newp)) {
+		memcpy(newp, p, size);
+	}
+
+	return newp;
+}
+
+static inline char *__talloc_strlendup(const void *t, const char *p, size_t len)
+{
+	char *ret;
+
+	ret = (char *)__talloc(t, len + 1);
+	if (unlikely(!ret)) return NULL;
+
+	memcpy(ret, p, len);
+	ret[len] = 0;
+
+	_talloc_set_name_const(ret, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+  strdup with a talloc
+*/
+char *talloc_strdup(const void *t, const char *p)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!p)) return NULL;
+	return __talloc_strlendup(t, p, strlen(p));
+}
+
+/*
+  strndup with a talloc
+*/
+char *talloc_strndup(const void *t, const char *p, size_t n)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!p)) return NULL;
+	return __talloc_strlendup(t, p, strnlen(p, n));
+}
+
+static inline char *__talloc_strlendup_append(char *s, size_t slen,
+					      const char *a, size_t alen)
+{
+	char *ret;
+
+	ret = talloc_realloc(NULL, s, char, slen + alen + 1);
+	if (unlikely(!ret)) return NULL;
+
+	/* append the string and the trailing \0 */
+	memcpy(&ret[slen], a, alen);
+	ret[slen+alen] = 0;
+
+	_talloc_set_name_const(ret, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Appends at the end of the string.
+ */
+char *talloc_strdup_append(char *s, const char *a)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!s)) {
+		return talloc_strdup(NULL, a);
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(!a)) {
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	return __talloc_strlendup_append(s, strlen(s), a, strlen(a));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Appends at the end of the talloc'ed buffer,
+ * not the end of the string.
+ */
+char *talloc_strdup_append_buffer(char *s, const char *a)
+{
+	size_t slen;
+
+	if (unlikely(!s)) {
+		return talloc_strdup(NULL, a);
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(!a)) {
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	slen = talloc_get_size(s);
+	if (likely(slen > 0)) {
+		slen--;
+	}
+
+	return __talloc_strlendup_append(s, slen, a, strlen(a));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Appends at the end of the string.
+ */
+char *talloc_strndup_append(char *s, const char *a, size_t n)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!s)) {
+		return talloc_strdup(NULL, a);
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(!a)) {
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	return __talloc_strlendup_append(s, strlen(s), a, strnlen(a, n));
+}
+
+/*
+ * Appends at the end of the talloc'ed buffer,
+ * not the end of the string.
+ */
+char *talloc_strndup_append_buffer(char *s, const char *a, size_t n)
+{
+	size_t slen;
+
+	if (unlikely(!s)) {
+		return talloc_strdup(NULL, a);
+	}
+
+	if (unlikely(!a)) {
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	slen = talloc_get_size(s);
+	if (likely(slen > 0)) {
+		slen--;
+	}
+
+	return __talloc_strlendup_append(s, slen, a, strnlen(a, n));
+}
+
+#ifndef HAVE_VA_COPY
+#ifdef HAVE___VA_COPY
+#define va_copy(dest, src) __va_copy(dest, src)
+#else
+#define va_copy(dest, src) (dest) = (src)
+#endif
+#endif
+
+char *talloc_vasprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	int len;
+	char *ret;
+	va_list ap2;
+	char c;
+
+	/* this call looks strange, but it makes it work on older solaris boxes */
+	va_copy(ap2, ap);
+	len = vsnprintf(&c, 1, fmt, ap2);
+	va_end(ap2);
+	if (unlikely(len < 0)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	ret = (char *)__talloc(t, len+1);
+	if (unlikely(!ret)) return NULL;
+
+	va_copy(ap2, ap);
+	vsnprintf(ret, len+1, fmt, ap2);
+	va_end(ap2);
+
+	_talloc_set_name_const(ret, ret);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
+/*
+  Perform string formatting, and return a pointer to newly allocated
+  memory holding the result, inside a memory pool.
+ */
+char *talloc_asprintf(const void *t, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+	char *ret;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	ret = talloc_vasprintf(t, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline char *__talloc_vaslenprintf_append(char *s, size_t slen,
+						 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+						 PRINTF_ATTRIBUTE(3,0);
+
+static inline char *__talloc_vaslenprintf_append(char *s, size_t slen,
+						 const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	ssize_t alen;
+	va_list ap2;
+	char c;
+
+	va_copy(ap2, ap);
+	alen = vsnprintf(&c, 1, fmt, ap2);
+	va_end(ap2);
+
+	if (alen <= 0) {
+		/* Either the vsnprintf failed or the format resulted in
+		 * no characters being formatted. In the former case, we
+		 * ought to return NULL, in the latter we ought to return
+		 * the original string. Most current callers of this
+		 * function expect it to never return NULL.
+		 */
+		return s;
+	}
+
+	s = talloc_realloc(NULL, s, char, slen + alen + 1);
+	if (!s) return NULL;
+
+	va_copy(ap2, ap);
+	vsnprintf(s + slen, alen + 1, fmt, ap2);
+	va_end(ap2);
+
+	_talloc_set_name_const(s, s);
+	return s;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Realloc @p s to append the formatted result of @p fmt and @p ap,
+ * and return @p s, which may have moved.  Good for gradually
+ * accumulating output into a string buffer. Appends at the end
+ * of the string.
+ **/
+char *talloc_vasprintf_append(char *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	if (unlikely(!s)) {
+		return talloc_vasprintf(NULL, fmt, ap);
+	}
+
+	return __talloc_vaslenprintf_append(s, strlen(s), fmt, ap);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Realloc @p s to append the formatted result of @p fmt and @p ap,
+ * and return @p s, which may have moved. Always appends at the
+ * end of the talloc'ed buffer, not the end of the string.
+ **/
+char *talloc_vasprintf_append_buffer(char *s, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
+{
+	size_t slen;
+
+	if (unlikely(!s)) {
+		return talloc_vasprintf(NULL, fmt, ap);
+	}
+
+	slen = talloc_get_size(s);
+	if (likely(slen > 0)) {
+		slen--;
+	}
+
+	return __talloc_vaslenprintf_append(s, slen, fmt, ap);
+}
+
+/*
+  Realloc @p s to append the formatted result of @p fmt and return @p
+  s, which may have moved.  Good for gradually accumulating output
+  into a string buffer.
+ */
+char *talloc_asprintf_append(char *s, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	s = talloc_vasprintf_append(s, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	return s;
+}
+
+/*
+  Realloc @p s to append the formatted result of @p fmt and return @p
+  s, which may have moved.  Good for gradually accumulating output
+  into a buffer.
+ */
+char *talloc_asprintf_append_buffer(char *s, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	s = talloc_vasprintf_append_buffer(s, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+	return s;
+}
+
+/*
+  alloc an array, checking for integer overflow in the array size
+*/
+void *_talloc_array(const void *ctx, size_t el_size, unsigned count, const char *name)
+{
+	if (count >= MAX_TALLOC_SIZE/el_size) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return _talloc_named_const(ctx, el_size * count, name);
+}
+
+/*
+  alloc an zero array, checking for integer overflow in the array size
+*/
+void *_talloc_zero_array(const void *ctx, size_t el_size, unsigned count, const char *name)
+{
+	if (count >= MAX_TALLOC_SIZE/el_size) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return _talloc_zero(ctx, el_size * count, name);
+}
+
+/*
+  realloc an array, checking for integer overflow in the array size
+*/
+void *_talloc_realloc_array(const void *ctx, void *ptr, size_t el_size, unsigned count, const char *name)
+{
+	if (count >= MAX_TALLOC_SIZE/el_size) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return _talloc_realloc(ctx, ptr, el_size * count, name);
+}
+
+/*
+  a function version of talloc_realloc(), so it can be passed as a function pointer
+  to libraries that want a realloc function (a realloc function encapsulates
+  all the basic capabilities of an allocation library, which is why this is useful)
+*/
+void *talloc_realloc_fn(const void *context, void *ptr, size_t size)
+{
+	return _talloc_realloc(context, ptr, size, NULL);
+}
+
+
+static int talloc_autofree_destructor(void *ptr)
+{
+	autofree_context = NULL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void talloc_autofree(void)
+{
+	_talloc_free(autofree_context);
+}
+
+/*
+  return a context which will be auto-freed on exit
+  this is useful for reducing the noise in leak reports
+*/
+void *talloc_autofree_context(void)
+{
+	if (autofree_context == NULL) {
+		autofree_context = _talloc_named_const(NULL, 0, "autofree_context");
+		talloc_set_destructor(autofree_context, talloc_autofree_destructor);
+		atexit(talloc_autofree);
+	}
+	return autofree_context;
+}
+
+size_t talloc_get_size(const void *context)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (context == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context);
+
+	return tc->size;
+}
+
+/*
+  find a parent of this context that has the given name, if any
+*/
+void *talloc_find_parent_byname(const void *context, const char *name)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (context == NULL) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context);
+	while (tc) {
+		if (tc->name && strcmp(tc->name, name) == 0) {
+			return TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc);
+		}
+		while (tc && tc->prev) tc = tc->prev;
+		if (tc) {
+			tc = tc->parent;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+  show the parentage of a context
+*/
+void talloc_show_parents(const void *context, FILE *file)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (context == NULL) {
+		fprintf(file, "talloc no parents for NULL\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context);
+	fprintf(file, "talloc parents of '%s'\n", talloc_get_name(context));
+	while (tc) {
+		fprintf(file, "\t'%s'\n", talloc_get_name(TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc)));
+		while (tc && tc->prev) tc = tc->prev;
+		if (tc) {
+			tc = tc->parent;
+		}
+	}
+	fflush(file);
+}
+
+/*
+  return 1 if ptr is a parent of context
+*/
+int talloc_is_parent(const void *context, const void *ptr)
+{
+	struct talloc_chunk *tc;
+
+	if (context == NULL) {
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	tc = talloc_chunk_from_ptr(context);
+	while (tc) {
+		if (TC_PTR_FROM_CHUNK(tc) == ptr) return 1;
+		while (tc && tc->prev) tc = tc->prev;
+		if (tc) {
+			tc = tc->parent;
+		}
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/timer.c b/libosmocore/src/timer.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37d7d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/timer.c
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/*
+ * (C) 2008,2009 by Holger Hans Peter Freyther <zecke@selfish.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.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <osmocore/timer.h>
+
+static LLIST_HEAD(timer_list);
+static struct timeval s_nearest_time;
+static struct timeval s_select_time;
+
+#define MICRO_SECONDS  1000000LL
+
+#define TIME_SMALLER(left, right) \
+        (left.tv_sec*MICRO_SECONDS+left.tv_usec) <= (right.tv_sec*MICRO_SECONDS+right.tv_usec)
+
+void bsc_add_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	struct timer_list *list_timer;
+
+	/* TODO: Optimize and remember the closest item... */
+	timer->active = 1;
+
+	/* this might be called from within update_timers */
+	llist_for_each_entry(list_timer, &timer_list, entry)
+		if (timer == list_timer)
+			return;
+
+	timer->in_list = 1;
+	llist_add(&timer->entry, &timer_list);
+}
+
+void bsc_schedule_timer(struct timer_list *timer, int seconds, int microseconds)
+{
+	struct timeval current_time;
+
+	gettimeofday(&current_time, NULL);
+	unsigned long long currentTime = current_time.tv_sec * MICRO_SECONDS + current_time.tv_usec;
+	currentTime += seconds * MICRO_SECONDS + microseconds;
+	timer->timeout.tv_sec = currentTime / MICRO_SECONDS;
+	timer->timeout.tv_usec = currentTime % MICRO_SECONDS;
+	bsc_add_timer(timer);
+}
+
+void bsc_del_timer(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	if (timer->in_list) {
+		timer->active = 0;
+		timer->in_list = 0;
+		llist_del(&timer->entry);
+	}
+}
+
+int bsc_timer_pending(struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	return timer->active;
+}
+
+/*
+ * if we have a nearest time return the delta between the current
+ * time and the time of the nearest timer.
+ * If the nearest timer timed out return NULL and then we will
+ * dispatch everything after the select
+ */
+struct timeval *bsc_nearest_timer()
+{
+	struct timeval current_time;
+
+	if (s_nearest_time.tv_sec == 0 && s_nearest_time.tv_usec == 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (gettimeofday(&current_time, NULL) == -1)
+		return NULL;
+
+	unsigned long long nearestTime = s_nearest_time.tv_sec * MICRO_SECONDS + s_nearest_time.tv_usec;
+	unsigned long long currentTime = current_time.tv_sec * MICRO_SECONDS + current_time.tv_usec;
+
+	if (nearestTime < currentTime) {
+		s_select_time.tv_sec = 0;
+		s_select_time.tv_usec = 0;
+	} else {
+		s_select_time.tv_sec = (nearestTime - currentTime) / MICRO_SECONDS;
+		s_select_time.tv_usec = (nearestTime - currentTime) % MICRO_SECONDS;
+	}
+
+	return &s_select_time;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Find the nearest time and update s_nearest_time
+ */
+void bsc_prepare_timers()
+{
+	struct timer_list *timer, *nearest_timer = NULL;
+	llist_for_each_entry(timer, &timer_list, entry) {
+		if (!nearest_timer || TIME_SMALLER(timer->timeout, nearest_timer->timeout)) {
+			nearest_timer = timer;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (nearest_timer) {
+		s_nearest_time = nearest_timer->timeout;
+	} else {
+		memset(&s_nearest_time, 0, sizeof(struct timeval));
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * fire all timers... and remove them
+ */
+int bsc_update_timers()
+{
+	struct timeval current_time;
+	struct timer_list *timer, *tmp;
+	int work = 0;
+
+	gettimeofday(&current_time, NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * The callbacks might mess with our list and in this case
+	 * even llist_for_each_entry_safe is not safe to use. To allow
+	 * del_timer, add_timer, schedule_timer to be called from within
+	 * the callback we jump through some loops.
+	 *
+	 * First we set the handled flag of each active timer to zero,
+	 * then we iterate over the list and execute the callbacks. As the
+	 * list might have been changed (specially the next) from within
+	 * the callback we have to start over again. Once every callback
+	 * is dispatched we will remove the non-active from the list.
+	 *
+	 * TODO: If this is a performance issue we can poison a global
+	 * variable in add_timer and del_timer and only then restart.
+	 */
+	llist_for_each_entry(timer, &timer_list, entry) {
+		timer->handled = 0;
+	}
+
+restart:
+	llist_for_each_entry(timer, &timer_list, entry) {
+		if (!timer->handled && TIME_SMALLER(timer->timeout, current_time)) {
+			timer->handled = 1;
+			timer->active = 0;
+			(*timer->cb)(timer->data);
+			work = 1;
+			goto restart;
+		}
+	}
+
+	llist_for_each_entry_safe(timer, tmp, &timer_list, entry) {
+		timer->handled = 0;
+		if (!timer->active) {
+			bsc_del_timer(timer);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return work;
+}
+
+int bsc_timer_check(void)
+{
+	struct timer_list *timer;
+	int i = 0;
+
+	llist_for_each_entry(timer, &timer_list, entry) {
+		i++;
+	}
+	return i;
+}
diff --git a/libosmocore/src/tlv_parser.c b/libosmocore/src/tlv_parser.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9b1512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libosmocore/src/tlv_parser.c
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <osmocore/utils.h>
+#include <osmocore/tlv.h>
+
+struct tlv_definition tvlv_att_def;
+
+int tlv_dump(struct tlv_parsed *dec)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i <= 0xff; i++) {
+		if (!dec->lv[i].val)
+			continue;
+		printf("T=%02x L=%d\n", i, dec->lv[i].len);
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* o_tag:  output: tag found
+ * o_len:  output: length of the data
+ * o_val:  output: pointer to the data
+ * def:     input: a structure defining the valid TLV tags / configurations
+ * buf:     input: the input data buffer to be parsed
+ * buf_len: input: the length of the input data buffer
+ *
+ * Also, returns the number of bytes consumed by the TLV entry
+ */
+int tlv_parse_one(u_int8_t *o_tag, u_int16_t *o_len, const u_int8_t **o_val,
+		  const struct tlv_definition *def,
+		  const u_int8_t *buf, int buf_len)
+{
+	u_int8_t tag;
+	int len;
+
+	tag = *buf;
+	*o_tag = tag;
+
+	/* FIXME: use tables for knwon IEI */
+	switch (def->def[tag].type) {
+	case TLV_TYPE_T:
+		/* GSM TS 04.07 11.2.4: Type 1 TV or Type 2 T */
+		*o_val = buf;
+		*o_len = 0;
+		len = 1;
+		break;
+	case TLV_TYPE_TV:
+		*o_val = buf+1;
+		*o_len = 1;
+		len = 2;
+		break;
+	case TLV_TYPE_FIXED:
+		*o_val = buf+1;
+		*o_len = def->def[tag].fixed_len;
+		len = def->def[tag].fixed_len + 1;
+		break;
+	case TLV_TYPE_TLV:
+		/* GSM TS 04.07 11.2.4: Type 4 TLV */
+		if (buf + 1 > buf + buf_len)
+			return -1;
+		*o_val = buf+2;
+		*o_len = *(buf+1);
+		len = *o_len + 2;
+		if (len > buf_len)
+			return -2;
+		break;
+	case TLV_TYPE_TvLV:
+		if (*(buf+1) & 0x80) {
+			/* like TLV, but without highest bit of len */
+			if (buf + 1 > buf + buf_len)
+				return -1;
+			*o_val = buf+2;
+			*o_len = *(buf+1) & 0x7f;
+			len = *o_len + 2;
+			if (len > buf_len)
+				return -2;
+			break;
+		}
+		/* like TL16V, fallthrough */
+	case TLV_TYPE_TL16V:
+		if (2 > buf_len)
+			return -1;
+		*o_val = buf+3;
+		*o_len = *(buf+1) << 8 | *(buf+2);
+		len = *o_len + 3;
+		if (len > buf_len)
+			return -2;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -3;
+	}
+
+	return len;
+}
+
+/* dec:    output: a caller-allocated pointer to a struct tlv_parsed,
+ * def:     input: a structure defining the valid TLV tags / configurations
+ * buf:     input: the input data buffer to be parsed
+ * buf_len: input: the length of the input data buffer
+ * lv_tag:  input: an initial LV tag at the start of the buffer
+ * lv_tag2: input: a second initial LV tag following lv_tag 
+ */
+int tlv_parse(struct tlv_parsed *dec, const struct tlv_definition *def,
+	      const u_int8_t *buf, int buf_len, u_int8_t lv_tag,
+	      u_int8_t lv_tag2)
+{
+	int ofs = 0, num_parsed = 0;
+	u_int16_t len;
+
+	memset(dec, 0, sizeof(*dec));
+
+	if (lv_tag) {
+		if (ofs > buf_len)
+			return -1;
+		dec->lv[lv_tag].val = &buf[ofs+1];
+		dec->lv[lv_tag].len = buf[ofs];
+		len = dec->lv[lv_tag].len + 1;
+		if (ofs + len > buf_len)
+			return -2;
+		num_parsed++;
+		ofs += len;
+	}
+	if (lv_tag2) {
+		if (ofs > buf_len)
+			return -1;
+		dec->lv[lv_tag2].val = &buf[ofs+1];
+		dec->lv[lv_tag2].len = buf[ofs];
+		len = dec->lv[lv_tag2].len + 1;
+		if (ofs + len > buf_len)
+			return -2;
+		num_parsed++;
+		ofs += len;
+	}
+
+	while (ofs < buf_len) {
+		int rv;
+		u_int8_t tag;
+		const u_int8_t *val;
+
+		rv = tlv_parse_one(&tag, &len, &val, def,
+		                   &buf[ofs], buf_len-ofs);
+		if (rv < 0)
+			return rv;
+		dec->lv[tag].val = val;
+		dec->lv[tag].len = len;
+		ofs += rv;
+		num_parsed++;
+	}
+	//tlv_dump(dec);
+	return num_parsed;
+}
+
+/* take a master (src) tlvdev and fill up all empty slots in 'dst' */
+void tlv_def_patch(struct tlv_definition *dst, const struct tlv_definition *src)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(dst->def); i++) {
+		if (src->def[i].type == TLV_TYPE_NONE)
+			continue;
+		if (dst->def[i].type == TLV_TYPE_NONE)
+			dst->def[i] = src->def[i];
+	}
+}
+
+static __attribute__((constructor)) void on_dso_load_tlv(void)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tvlv_att_def.def); i++)
+		tvlv_att_def.def[i].type = TLV_TYPE_TvLV;
+}