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+/*
+ *  internal.h - declarations internal to debugfs
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2016 Nicolai Stange <nicstange@gmail.com>
+ *
+ *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version
+ *	2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _DEBUGFS_INTERNAL_H_
+#define _DEBUGFS_INTERNAL_H_
+
+struct file_operations;
+struct srcu_struct;
+
+/* declared over in file.c */
+extern const struct file_operations debugfs_noop_file_operations;
+extern const struct file_operations debugfs_open_proxy_file_operations;
+
+extern struct srcu_struct debugfs_srcu;
+
+#endif /* _DEBUGFS_INTERNAL_H_ */