+static inline uint8_t blobmsg_get_u8(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return *(uint8_t *) blobmsg_data(attr);
+}
+
+static inline bool blobmsg_get_bool(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return *(uint8_t *) blobmsg_data(attr);
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t blobmsg_get_u16(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return *(uint16_t *) blobmsg_data(attr);
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t blobmsg_get_u32(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return *(uint32_t *) blobmsg_data(attr);
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t blobmsg_get_u64(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return *(uint64_t *) blobmsg_data(attr);
+}
+
+void *blobmsg_alloc_string_buffer(struct blob_buf *buf, const char *name, int maxlen);
+void blobmsg_add_string_buffer(struct blob_buf *buf);
+
+/* blobmsg to json formatting */
+
+#define blobmsg_for_each_attr(pos, attr, rem) \
+ for (rem = blobmsg_data_len(attr), pos = blobmsg_data(attr); \
+ (blob_pad_len(pos) <= rem) && \
+ (blob_pad_len(pos) >= sizeof(struct blob_attr)); \
+ rem -= blob_pad_len(pos), pos = blob_next(pos))
+