+static inline int ROUND_UP(int a, int base)
+{
+ return ((a+base-1)/base)*base;
+}
+
+static inline int is_subarray(char *vers)
+{
+ /* The version string for a 'subarray' (an array in a container)
+ * is
+ * /containername/componentname for normal read-write arrays
+ * -containername/componentname for read-only arrays.
+ * containername is e.g. md0, md_d1
+ * componentname is dependant on the metadata. e.g. '1' 'S1' ...
+ */
+ return (*vers == '/' || *vers == '-');
+}
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define dprintf(fmt, arg...) \
+ fprintf(stderr, fmt, ##arg)
+#else
+#define dprintf(fmt, arg...) \
+ ({ if (0) fprintf(stderr, fmt, ##arg); 0; })
+#endif
+