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+/*
+  Copyright (c) 2017 Cisco and/or its affiliates.
+
+  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+/*
+ * Note: to instantiate the template multiple times in a single file,
+ * #undef __included_cuckoo_template_h__...
+ */
+#ifndef __included_cuckoo_common_h__
+#define __included_cuckoo_common_h__
+
+#include <vppinfra/types.h>
+
+#define CLIB_CUCKOO_OPTIMIZE_PREFETCH 1
+#define CLIB_CUCKOO_OPTIMIZE_CMP_REDUCED_HASH 1
+#define CLIB_CUCKOO_OPTIMIZE_UNROLL 1
+#define CLIB_CUCKOO_OPTIMIZE_USE_COUNT_LIMITS_SEARCH 1
+
+#define foreach_clib_cuckoo_error(F)                \
+  F (CLIB_CUCKOO_ERROR_SUCCESS, 0, "success")             \
+  F (CLIB_CUCKOO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND, -1, "object not found") \
+  F (CLIB_CUCKOO_ERROR_AGAIN, -2, "object busy")
+
+typedef enum
+{
+#define F(n, v, s) n = v,
+  foreach_clib_cuckoo_error (F)
+#undef F
+} clib_cuckoo_error_e;
+
+typedef struct
+{
+  uword bucket1;
+  uword bucket2;
+  u8 reduced_hash;
+} clib_cuckoo_lookup_info_t;
+
+#endif /* __included_cuckoo_common_h__ */
+
+/** @endcond */
+
+/*
+ * fd.io coding-style-patch-verification: ON
+ *
+ * Local Variables:
+ * eval: (c-set-style "gnu")
+ * End:
+ */