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+/******************************************************************************
+
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+
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+******************************************************************************/
+
+/*
+ * Functions to create and manage the backchannel
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_SUNRPC_BC_XPRT_H
+#define _LINUX_SUNRPC_BC_XPRT_H
+
+#include <linux/sunrpc/svcsock.h>
+#include <linux/sunrpc/xprt.h>
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_NFS_V4_1
+struct rpc_rqst *xprt_alloc_bc_request(struct rpc_xprt *xprt);
+void xprt_free_bc_request(struct rpc_rqst *req);
+int xprt_setup_backchannel(struct rpc_xprt *, unsigned int min_reqs);
+void xprt_destroy_backchannel(struct rpc_xprt *, int max_reqs);
+#else /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
+static inline int xprt_setup_backchannel(struct rpc_xprt *xprt,
+ unsigned int min_reqs)
+{
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_NFS_V4_1 */
+#endif /* _LINUX_SUNRPC_BC_XPRT_H */
+