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+/*-
+ *   BSD LICENSE
+ *
+ *   Copyright 2017 NXP. All rights reserved.
+ *
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+ *   (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ *   OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __DPAA_RBTREE_H
+#define __DPAA_RBTREE_H
+
+#include <rte_common.h>
+/************/
+/* RB-trees */
+/************/
+
+/* Linux has a good RB-tree implementation, that we can't use (GPL). It also has
+ * a flat/hooked-in interface that virtually requires license-contamination in
+ * order to write a caller-compatible implementation. Instead, I've created an
+ * RB-tree encapsulation on top of linux's primitives (it does some of the work
+ * the client logic would normally do), and this gives us something we can
+ * reimplement on LWE. Unfortunately there's no good+free RB-tree
+ * implementations out there that are license-compatible and "flat" (ie. no
+ * dynamic allocation). I did find a malloc-based one that I could convert, but
+ * that will be a task for later on. For now, LWE's RB-tree is implemented using
+ * an ordered linked-list.
+ *
+ * Note, the only linux-esque type is "struct rb_node", because it's used
+ * statically in the exported header, so it can't be opaque. Our version doesn't
+ * include a "rb_parent_color" field because we're doing linked-list instead of
+ * a true rb-tree.
+ */
+
+struct rb_node {
+	struct rb_node *prev, *next;
+};
+
+struct dpa_rbtree {
+	struct rb_node *head, *tail;
+};
+
+#define DPAA_RBTREE { NULL, NULL }
+static inline void dpa_rbtree_init(struct dpa_rbtree *tree)
+{
+	tree->head = tree->tail = NULL;
+}
+
+#define QMAN_NODE2OBJ(ptr, type, node_field) \
+	(type *)((char *)ptr - offsetof(type, node_field))
+
+#define IMPLEMENT_DPAA_RBTREE(name, type, node_field, val_field) \
+static inline int name##_push(struct dpa_rbtree *tree, type *obj) \
+{ \
+	struct rb_node *node = tree->head; \
+	if (!node) { \
+		tree->head = tree->tail = &obj->node_field; \
+		obj->node_field.prev = obj->node_field.next = NULL; \
+		return 0; \
+	} \
+	while (node) { \
+		type *item = QMAN_NODE2OBJ(node, type, node_field); \
+		if (obj->val_field == item->val_field) \
+			return -EBUSY; \
+		if (obj->val_field < item->val_field) { \
+			if (tree->head == node) \
+				tree->head = &obj->node_field; \
+			else \
+				node->prev->next = &obj->node_field; \
+			obj->node_field.prev = node->prev; \
+			obj->node_field.next = node; \
+			node->prev = &obj->node_field; \
+			return 0; \
+		} \
+		node = node->next; \
+	} \
+	obj->node_field.prev = tree->tail; \
+	obj->node_field.next = NULL; \
+	tree->tail->next = &obj->node_field; \
+	tree->tail = &obj->node_field; \
+	return 0; \
+} \
+static inline void name##_del(struct dpa_rbtree *tree, type *obj) \
+{ \
+	if (tree->head == &obj->node_field) { \
+		if (tree->tail == &obj->node_field) \
+			/* Only item in the list */ \
+			tree->head = tree->tail = NULL; \
+		else { \
+			/* Is the head, next != NULL */ \
+			tree->head = tree->head->next; \
+			tree->head->prev = NULL; \
+		} \
+	} else { \
+		if (tree->tail == &obj->node_field) { \
+			/* Is the tail, prev != NULL */ \
+			tree->tail = tree->tail->prev; \
+			tree->tail->next = NULL; \
+		} else { \
+			/* Is neither the head nor the tail */ \
+			obj->node_field.prev->next = obj->node_field.next; \
+			obj->node_field.next->prev = obj->node_field.prev; \
+		} \
+	} \
+} \
+static inline type *name##_find(struct dpa_rbtree *tree, u32 val) \
+{ \
+	struct rb_node *node = tree->head; \
+	while (node) { \
+		type *item = QMAN_NODE2OBJ(node, type, node_field); \
+		if (val == item->val_field) \
+			return item; \
+		if (val < item->val_field) \
+			return NULL; \
+		node = node->next; \
+	} \
+	return NULL; \
+}
+
+#endif /* __DPAA_RBTREE_H */
