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+/*
+ * Balloon
+ *
+ * Copyright IBM, Corp. 2008
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *  Anthony Liguori   <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
+ *
+ * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2.  See
+ * the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _QEMU_BALLOON_H
+#define _QEMU_BALLOON_H
+
+#include "cpu-defs.h"
+
+typedef ram_addr_t (QEMUBalloonEvent)(void *opaque, ram_addr_t target);
+
+void qemu_add_balloon_handler(QEMUBalloonEvent *func, void *opaque);
+
+void qemu_balloon(ram_addr_t target);
+
+ram_addr_t qemu_balloon_status(void);
+
+#endif