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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+#ifndef _NET_RPS_TYPES_H
+#define _NET_RPS_TYPES_H
+
+/* Define a rps_tag_ptr:
+ * Low order 5 bits are used to store the ilog2(size) of an RPS table.
+ */
+typedef unsigned long rps_tag_ptr;
+
+static inline u8 rps_tag_to_log(rps_tag_ptr tag_ptr)
+{
+	return tag_ptr & 31U;
+}
+
+static inline u32 rps_tag_to_mask(rps_tag_ptr tag_ptr)
+{
+	return (1U << rps_tag_to_log(tag_ptr)) - 1;
+}
+
+static inline void *rps_tag_to_table(rps_tag_ptr tag_ptr)
+{
+	return (void *)(tag_ptr & ~31UL);
+}
+#endif /* _NET_RPS_TYPES_H */