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diff --git a/fs/ceph/buffer.h b/fs/ceph/buffer.h
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+#ifndef __FS_CEPH_BUFFER_H
+#define __FS_CEPH_BUFFER_H
+
+#include <linux/kref.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
+
+/*
+ * a simple reference counted buffer.
+ *
+ * use kmalloc for small sizes (<= one page), vmalloc for larger
+ * sizes.
+ */
+struct ceph_buffer {
+	struct kref kref;
+	struct kvec vec;
+	size_t alloc_len;
+	bool is_vmalloc;
+};
+
+extern struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_new(size_t len, gfp_t gfp);
+extern void ceph_buffer_release(struct kref *kref);
+
+static inline struct ceph_buffer *ceph_buffer_get(struct ceph_buffer *b)
+{
+	kref_get(&b->kref);
+	return b;
+}
+
+static inline void ceph_buffer_put(struct ceph_buffer *b)
+{
+	kref_put(&b->kref, ceph_buffer_release);
+}
+
+extern int ceph_decode_buffer(struct ceph_buffer **b, void **p, void *end);
+
+#endif