+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 be16_to_cpu(*(uint16_t *) blobmsg_data(attr));
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t blobmsg_get_u32(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return be32_to_cpu(*(uint32_t *) blobmsg_data(attr));
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t blobmsg_get_u64(struct blob_attr *attr)
+{
+ return be64_to_cpu(*(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 */