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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023 Red Hat
+ */
+
+#ifndef VDO_PRIORITY_TABLE_H
+#define VDO_PRIORITY_TABLE_H
+
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+/*
+ * A priority_table is a simple implementation of a priority queue for entries with priorities that
+ * are small non-negative integer values. It implements the obvious priority queue operations of
+ * enqueuing an entry and dequeuing an entry with the maximum priority. It also supports removing
+ * an arbitrary entry. The priority of an entry already in the table can be changed by removing it
+ * and re-enqueuing it with a different priority. All operations have O(1) complexity.
+ *
+ * The links for the table entries must be embedded in the entries themselves. Lists are used to
+ * link entries in the table and no wrapper type is declared, so an existing list entry in an
+ * object can also be used to queue it in a priority_table, assuming the field is not used for
+ * anything else while so queued.
+ *
+ * The table is implemented as an array of queues (circular lists) indexed by priority, along with
+ * a hint for which queues are non-empty. Steven Skiena calls a very similar structure a "bounded
+ * height priority queue", but given the resemblance to a hash table, "priority table" seems both
+ * shorter and more apt, if somewhat novel.
+ */
+
+struct priority_table;
+
+int __must_check vdo_make_priority_table(unsigned int max_priority,
+					 struct priority_table **table_ptr);
+
+void vdo_free_priority_table(struct priority_table *table);
+
+void vdo_priority_table_enqueue(struct priority_table *table, unsigned int priority,
+				struct list_head *entry);
+
+void vdo_reset_priority_table(struct priority_table *table);
+
+struct list_head * __must_check vdo_priority_table_dequeue(struct priority_table *table);
+
+void vdo_priority_table_remove(struct priority_table *table, struct list_head *entry);
+
+bool __must_check vdo_is_priority_table_empty(struct priority_table *table);
+
+#endif /* VDO_PRIORITY_TABLE_H */