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+/* common.h - Common functions
+
+   Copyright (C) 1993 Werner Almesberger <werner.almesberger@lrc.di.epfl.ch>
+
+   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 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 General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+   On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
+   can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3 file.
+*/
+
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+#ifndef _COMMON_H
+#define _COMMON_H
+
+void die(char *msg, ...) __attribute((noreturn));
+
+/* Displays a prinf-style message and terminates the program. */
+
+void pdie(char *msg, ...) __attribute((noreturn));
+
+/* Like die, but appends an error message according to the state of errno. */
+
+void *alloc(int size);
+
+/* mallocs SIZE bytes and returns a pointer to the data. Terminates the program
+   if malloc fails. */
+
+void *qalloc(void **root, int size);
+
+/* Like alloc, but registers the data area in a list described by ROOT. */
+
+void qfree(void **root);
+
+/* Deallocates all qalloc'ed data areas described by ROOT. */
+
+int min(int a, int b);
+
+/* Returns the smaller integer value of a and b. */
+
+char get_key(char *valid, char *prompt);
+
+/* Displays PROMPT and waits for user input. Only characters in VALID are
+   accepted. Terminates the program on EOF. Returns the character. */
+
+#endif