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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ *   Copyright (c) 2025, Stefan Metzmacher
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This is a temporary solution in order
+ * to include the common smbdirect functions
+ * into .c files in order to make a transformation
+ * in tiny bisectable steps possible.
+ *
+ * It will be replaced by a smbdirect.ko with
+ * exported public functions at the end.
+ */
+#ifndef SMBDIRECT_USE_INLINE_C_FILES
+#error SMBDIRECT_USE_INLINE_C_FILES define needed
+#endif