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authorMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2021-10-01 23:05:04 +0200
committerMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2021-10-01 23:05:04 +0200
commite74c568b07b50b97873fb4ee1d776dedefbd54d6 (patch)
tree3469f17ea9af91f7ff169b890633bda68b0cf76e /src/libnm-glib-aux/nm-shared-utils.h
parentbfe522304da217296e2a61040f58e35ec5d6f3f2 (diff)
New upstream version 1.32.12 upstream/1.32.12
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __NM_SHARED_UTILS_H__
+#define __NM_SHARED_UTILS_H__
+
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/* An optional boolean (like NMTernary, with identical numerical
+ * enum values). Note that this enum type is _nm_packed! */
+typedef enum _nm_packed {
+    NM_OPTION_BOOL_DEFAULT = -1,
+    NM_OPTION_BOOL_FALSE   = 0,
+    NM_OPTION_BOOL_TRUE    = 1,
+} NMOptionBool;
+
+#define nm_assert_is_ternary(value) nm_assert(NM_IN_SET((value), -1, 0, 1))
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_is_ascii(char ch)
+{
+    return ((uint8_t) ch) < 128;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+pid_t nm_utils_gettid(void);
+
+gboolean _nm_assert_on_main_thread(void);
+
+#if NM_MORE_ASSERTS > 5
+    #define NM_ASSERT_ON_MAIN_THREAD()              \
+        G_STMT_START                                \
+        {                                           \
+            nm_assert(_nm_assert_on_main_thread()); \
+        }                                           \
+        G_STMT_END
+#else
+    #define NM_ASSERT_ON_MAIN_THREAD() \
+        G_STMT_START                   \
+        {                              \
+            ;                          \
+        }                              \
+        G_STMT_END
+#endif
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline gboolean
+_NM_INT_NOT_NEGATIVE(gssize val)
+{
+    /* whether an enum (without negative values) is a signed int, depends on compiler options
+     * and compiler implementation.
+     *
+     * When using such an enum for accessing an array, one naturally wants to check
+     * that the enum is not negative. However, the compiler doesn't like a plain
+     * comparison "enum_val >= 0", because (if the enum is unsigned), it will warn
+     * that the expression is always true *duh*. Not even a cast to a signed
+     * type helps to avoid the compiler warning in any case.
+     *
+     * The sole purpose of this function is to avoid a compiler warning, when checking
+     * that an enum is not negative. */
+    return val >= 0;
+}
+
+/* check whether the integer value is smaller than G_MAXINT32. This macro exists
+ * for the sole purpose, that a plain "((int) value <= G_MAXINT32)" comparison
+ * may cause the compiler or coverity that this check is always TRUE. But the
+ * check depends on compile time and the size of C type "int".  Of course, most
+ * of the time in is gint32 and an int value is always <= G_MAXINT32.  The check
+ * exists to catch cases where that is not true.
+ *
+ * Together with the G_STATIC_ASSERT(), we make sure that this is always satisfied. */
+G_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(int) == sizeof(gint32));
+#if _NM_CC_SUPPORT_GENERIC
+    #define _NM_INT_LE_MAXINT32(value)                 \
+        ({                                             \
+            _nm_unused typeof(value) _value = (value); \
+                                                       \
+            _Generic((value), int : TRUE);             \
+        })
+#else
+    #define _NM_INT_LE_MAXINT32(value)                   \
+        ({                                               \
+            _nm_unused typeof(value) _value   = (value); \
+            _nm_unused const int *   _p_value = &_value; \
+                                                         \
+            TRUE;                                        \
+        })
+#endif
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef enum {
+
+    /* No type, used as error value */
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_NONE,
+
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_UNKNOWN,
+
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_ANY,
+
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_REAL_FIRST NM_LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET
+
+/* Hardware types */
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_HW_FIRST NM_LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_ETHERNET,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_INFINIBAND,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_OLPC_MESH,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_WIFI,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_WWAN_NET, /* WWAN kernel netdevice */
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_WIMAX,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_WPAN,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_6LOWPAN,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_WIFI_P2P,
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_HW_LAST NM_LINK_TYPE_WIFI_P2P
+
+/* Software types */
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_FIRST NM_LINK_TYPE_BNEP
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_BNEP, /* Bluetooth Ethernet emulation */
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_DUMMY,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_GRE,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_GRETAP,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_IFB,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_IP6TNL,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_IP6GRE,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_IP6GRETAP,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_IPIP,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_LOOPBACK,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_MACSEC,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_MACVLAN,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_MACVTAP,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_OPENVSWITCH,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_PPP,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_SIT,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_TUN,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_VETH,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_VLAN,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_VRF,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_VXLAN,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_WIREGUARD,
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_LAST NM_LINK_TYPE_WIREGUARD
+
+/* Software types with slaves */
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_MASTER_FIRST NM_LINK_TYPE_BRIDGE
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_BRIDGE,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_BOND,
+    NM_LINK_TYPE_TEAM,
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_MASTER_LAST NM_LINK_TYPE_TEAM
+
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_REAL_LAST NM_LINK_TYPE_TEAM
+
+#define _NM_LINK_TYPE_REAL_NUM ((int) (_NM_LINK_TYPE_REAL_LAST - _NM_LINK_TYPE_REAL_FIRST + 1))
+
+} NMLinkType;
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_link_type_is_software(NMLinkType link_type)
+{
+    G_STATIC_ASSERT(_NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_LAST + 1 == _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_MASTER_FIRST);
+
+    return link_type >= _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_FIRST && link_type <= _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_MASTER_LAST;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_link_type_supports_slaves(NMLinkType link_type)
+{
+    return link_type >= _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_MASTER_FIRST && link_type <= _NM_LINK_TYPE_SW_MASTER_LAST;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean _nm_utils_inet6_is_token(const struct in6_addr *in6addr);
+
+typedef struct {
+    guint8 ether_addr_octet[6 /*ETH_ALEN*/];
+} NMEtherAddr;
+
+#define NM_ETHER_ADDR_FORMAT_STR "%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X"
+
+#define NM_ETHER_ADDR_FORMAT_VAL(x)                                               \
+    (x)->ether_addr_octet[0], (x)->ether_addr_octet[1], (x)->ether_addr_octet[2], \
+        (x)->ether_addr_octet[3], (x)->ether_addr_octet[4], (x)->ether_addr_octet[5]
+
+#define _NM_ETHER_ADDR_INIT(a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5) \
+    {                                               \
+        .ether_addr_octet = {                       \
+            (a0),                                   \
+            (a1),                                   \
+            (a2),                                   \
+            (a3),                                   \
+            (a4),                                   \
+            (a5),                                   \
+        },                                          \
+    }
+
+#define NM_ETHER_ADDR_INIT(...) ((NMEtherAddr) _NM_ETHER_ADDR_INIT(__VA_ARGS__))
+
+static inline int
+nm_ether_addr_cmp(const NMEtherAddr *a, const NMEtherAddr *b)
+{
+    NM_CMP_SELF(a, b);
+    NM_CMP_DIRECT_MEMCMP(a, b, sizeof(NMEtherAddr));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ether_addr_equal(const NMEtherAddr *a, const NMEtherAddr *b)
+{
+    return nm_ether_addr_cmp(a, b) == 0;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    union {
+        guint8          addr_ptr[1];
+        in_addr_t       addr4;
+        struct in_addr  addr4_struct;
+        struct in6_addr addr6;
+
+        /* NMIPAddr is really a union for IP addresses.
+         * However, as ethernet addresses fit in here nicely, use
+         * it also for an ethernet MAC address. */
+        guint8      ether_addr_octet[6 /*ETH_ALEN*/];
+        NMEtherAddr ether_addr;
+
+        guint8 array[sizeof(struct in6_addr)];
+    };
+} NMIPAddr;
+
+#define NM_IP_ADDR_INIT \
+    {                   \
+        .array = { 0 }  \
+    }
+
+extern const NMIPAddr nm_ip_addr_zero;
+
+#define nm_ether_addr_zero (nm_ip_addr_zero.ether_addr)
+
+static inline int
+nm_ip_addr_cmp(int addr_family, gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+    nm_assert_addr_family(addr_family);
+    nm_assert(a);
+    nm_assert(b);
+
+    return memcmp(a, b, nm_utils_addr_family_to_size(addr_family));
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ip_addr_equal(int addr_family, gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b)
+{
+    return nm_ip_addr_cmp(addr_family, a, b) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ip_addr_is_null(int addr_family, gconstpointer addr)
+{
+    nm_assert(addr);
+    if (addr_family == AF_INET6)
+        return IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED((const struct in6_addr *) addr);
+    nm_assert(addr_family == AF_INET);
+    return ((const struct in_addr *) addr)->s_addr == 0;
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_ip_addr_set(int addr_family, gpointer dst, gconstpointer src)
+{
+    nm_assert_addr_family(addr_family);
+    nm_assert(dst);
+    nm_assert(src);
+
+    memcpy(dst, src, NM_IS_IPv4(addr_family) ? sizeof(in_addr_t) : sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+}
+
+static inline NMIPAddr
+nm_ip_addr_init(int addr_family, gconstpointer src)
+{
+    NMIPAddr a;
+
+    nm_assert_addr_family(addr_family);
+    nm_assert(src);
+
+    G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR(sizeof(NMIPAddr) == sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+
+    if (NM_IS_IPv4(addr_family)) {
+        memcpy(&a, src, sizeof(in_addr_t));
+
+        /* ensure all bytes of the union are initialized. If only to make
+         * valgrind happy. */
+        memset(&a.array[sizeof(in_addr_t)], 0, sizeof(a) - sizeof(in_addr_t));
+    } else
+        memcpy(&a, src, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
+
+    return a;
+}
+
+gboolean nm_ip_addr_set_from_untrusted(int           addr_family,
+                                       gpointer      dst,
+                                       gconstpointer src,
+                                       gsize         src_len,
+                                       int *         out_addr_family);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ip4_addr_is_localhost(in_addr_t addr4)
+{
+    return (addr4 & htonl(0xFF000000u)) == htonl(0x7F000000u);
+}
+
+static inline gconstpointer
+nm_ip_addr_from_packed_array(int addr_family, gconstpointer ipaddr_arr, gsize idx)
+{
+    return NM_IS_IPv4(addr_family)
+               ? ((gconstpointer) & (((const struct in_addr *) ipaddr_arr)[idx]))
+               : ((gconstpointer) & (((const struct in6_addr *) ipaddr_arr)[idx]));
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+struct ether_addr;
+
+static inline int
+nm_utils_ether_addr_cmp(const struct ether_addr *a1, const struct ether_addr *a2)
+{
+    nm_assert(a1);
+    nm_assert(a2);
+    return memcmp(a1, a2, 6 /*ETH_ALEN*/);
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_ether_addr_equal(const struct ether_addr *a1, const struct ether_addr *a2)
+{
+    return nm_utils_ether_addr_cmp(a1, a2) == 0;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/**
+ * NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId:
+ * @id: convenience member for validity checking; never use directly
+ * @id_u8: the 64-bit Interface Identifier
+ *
+ * Holds a 64-bit IPv6 Interface Identifier.  The IID is a sequence of bytes
+ * and should not normally be treated as a %guint64, but this is done for
+ * convenience of validity checking and initialization.
+ */
+typedef struct _NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId {
+    union {
+        guint64 id;
+        guint8  id_u8[8];
+    };
+} NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId;
+
+#define NM_UTILS_IPV6_IFACE_ID_INIT \
+    {                               \
+        {                           \
+            .id = 0                 \
+        }                           \
+    }
+
+void nm_utils_ipv6_addr_set_interface_identifier(struct in6_addr *        addr,
+                                                 const NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId iid);
+
+void nm_utils_ipv6_interface_identifier_get_from_addr(NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *   iid,
+                                                      const struct in6_addr *addr);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ipv6_interface_identifier_get_from_token(NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *iid,
+                                                           const char *        token);
+
+const char *nm_utils_inet6_interface_identifier_to_token(NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId iid,
+                                                         char buf[static INET6_ADDRSTRLEN]);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_get_ipv6_interface_identifier(NMLinkType          link_type,
+                                                const guint8 *      hwaddr,
+                                                guint               len,
+                                                guint               dev_id,
+                                                NMUtilsIPv6IfaceId *out_iid);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gconstpointer
+nm_utils_ipx_address_clear_host_address(int family, gpointer dst, gconstpointer src, guint8 plen);
+in_addr_t              nm_utils_ip4_address_clear_host_address(in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen);
+const struct in6_addr *nm_utils_ip6_address_clear_host_address(struct in6_addr *      dst,
+                                                               const struct in6_addr *src,
+                                                               guint8                 plen);
+
+static inline int
+nm_utils_ip4_address_same_prefix_cmp(in_addr_t addr_a, in_addr_t addr_b, guint8 plen)
+{
+    NM_CMP_DIRECT(htonl(nm_utils_ip4_address_clear_host_address(addr_a, plen)),
+                  htonl(nm_utils_ip4_address_clear_host_address(addr_b, plen)));
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int nm_utils_ip6_address_same_prefix_cmp(const struct in6_addr *addr_a,
+                                         const struct in6_addr *addr_b,
+                                         guint8                 plen);
+
+static inline int
+nm_utils_ip_address_same_prefix_cmp(int           addr_family,
+                                    gconstpointer addr_a,
+                                    gconstpointer addr_b,
+                                    guint8        plen)
+{
+    nm_assert_addr_family(addr_family);
+
+    NM_CMP_SELF(addr_a, addr_b);
+
+    if (NM_IS_IPv4(addr_family)) {
+        return nm_utils_ip4_address_same_prefix_cmp(*((const in_addr_t *) addr_a),
+                                                    *((const in_addr_t *) addr_b),
+                                                    plen);
+    }
+
+    return nm_utils_ip6_address_same_prefix_cmp(addr_a, addr_b, plen);
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_ip4_address_same_prefix(in_addr_t addr_a, in_addr_t addr_b, guint8 plen)
+{
+    return nm_utils_ip4_address_same_prefix_cmp(addr_a, addr_b, plen) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_ip6_address_same_prefix(const struct in6_addr *addr_a,
+                                 const struct in6_addr *addr_b,
+                                 guint8                 plen)
+{
+    return nm_utils_ip6_address_same_prefix_cmp(addr_a, addr_b, plen) == 0;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_ip_address_same_prefix(int           addr_family,
+                                gconstpointer addr_a,
+                                gconstpointer addr_b,
+                                guint8        plen)
+{
+    return nm_utils_ip_address_same_prefix_cmp(addr_family, addr_a, addr_b, plen) == 0;
+}
+
+#define NM_CMP_DIRECT_IN4ADDR_SAME_PREFIX(a, b, plen) \
+    NM_CMP_RETURN(nm_utils_ip4_address_same_prefix_cmp((a), (b), (plen)))
+
+#define NM_CMP_DIRECT_IN6ADDR_SAME_PREFIX(a, b, plen) \
+    NM_CMP_RETURN(nm_utils_ip6_address_same_prefix_cmp((a), (b), (plen)))
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_IPV4LL_NETWORK ((in_addr_t) (htonl(0xA9FE0000lu)))
+#define NM_IPV4LL_NETMASK ((in_addr_t) (htonl(0xFFFF0000lu)))
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_ip4_address_is_link_local(in_addr_t addr)
+{
+    return (addr & NM_IPV4LL_NETMASK) == NM_IPV4LL_NETWORK;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_ip4_address_is_zeronet(in_addr_t network)
+{
+    /* Same as ipv4_is_zeronet() from kernel's include/linux/in.h. */
+    return (network & htonl(0xFF000000u)) == htonl(0x00000000u);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_UTILS_INET_ADDRSTRLEN INET6_ADDRSTRLEN
+
+/* Forward declare function so we don't have to drag in <arpa/inet.h>. */
+const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *src, char *dst, socklen_t size);
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_utils_inet_ntop(int addr_family, gconstpointer addr, char *dst)
+{
+    const char *s;
+
+    nm_assert_addr_family(addr_family);
+    nm_assert(addr);
+    nm_assert(dst);
+
+    s = inet_ntop(addr_family,
+                  addr,
+                  dst,
+                  addr_family == AF_INET6 ? INET6_ADDRSTRLEN : INET_ADDRSTRLEN);
+    nm_assert(s);
+    return s;
+}
+
+static inline const char *
+_nm_utils_inet4_ntop(in_addr_t addr, char dst[static INET_ADDRSTRLEN])
+{
+    return nm_utils_inet_ntop(AF_INET, &addr, dst);
+}
+
+static inline const char *
+_nm_utils_inet6_ntop(const struct in6_addr *addr, char dst[static INET6_ADDRSTRLEN])
+{
+    return nm_utils_inet_ntop(AF_INET6, addr, dst);
+}
+
+static inline char *
+nm_utils_inet_ntop_dup(int addr_family, gconstpointer addr)
+{
+    char buf[NM_UTILS_INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+
+    return g_strdup(nm_utils_inet_ntop(addr_family, addr, buf));
+}
+
+static inline char *
+nm_utils_inet4_ntop_dup(in_addr_t addr)
+{
+    return nm_utils_inet_ntop_dup(AF_INET, &addr);
+}
+
+static inline char *
+nm_utils_inet6_ntop_dup(const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+    return nm_utils_inet_ntop_dup(AF_INET6, addr);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ipaddr_is_valid(int addr_family, const char *str_addr);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ipaddr_is_normalized(int addr_family, const char *str_addr);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/* this enum is compatible with ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_* (from <linux/icmpv6.h>,
+ * the values for netlink attribute RTA_PREF) and "enum ndp_route_preference"
+ * from <ndp.h>. */
+typedef enum _nm_packed {
+    NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM  = 0x0, /* ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_MEDIUM */
+    NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_LOW     = 0x3, /* ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_LOW */
+    NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_HIGH    = 0x1, /* ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_HIGH */
+    NM_ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_INVALID = 0x2, /* ICMPV6_ROUTER_PREF_INVALID */
+} NMIcmpv6RouterPref;
+
+const char *nm_icmpv6_router_pref_to_string(NMIcmpv6RouterPref pref, char *buf, gsize len);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean nm_utils_memeqzero(gconstpointer data, gsize length);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+extern const void *const _NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY[1];
+
+#define NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY(type) ((type const *) _NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY)
+#define NM_STRV_EMPTY()         ((char **) _NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY)
+#define NM_STRV_EMPTY_CC()      NM_PTRARRAY_EMPTY(const char *)
+
+static inline void
+_nm_utils_strbuf_init(char *buf, gsize len, char **p_buf_ptr, gsize *p_buf_len)
+{
+    NM_SET_OUT(p_buf_len, len);
+    NM_SET_OUT(p_buf_ptr, buf);
+    buf[0] = '\0';
+}
+
+#define nm_utils_strbuf_init(buf, p_buf_ptr, p_buf_len)                                    \
+    G_STMT_START                                                                           \
+    {                                                                                      \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_N_ELEMENTS(buf) == sizeof(buf) && sizeof(buf) > sizeof(char *)); \
+        _nm_utils_strbuf_init((buf), sizeof(buf), (p_buf_ptr), (p_buf_len));               \
+    }                                                                                      \
+    G_STMT_END
+void nm_utils_strbuf_append(char **buf, gsize *len, const char *format, ...) _nm_printf(3, 4);
+void nm_utils_strbuf_append_c(char **buf, gsize *len, char c);
+void nm_utils_strbuf_append_str(char **buf, gsize *len, const char *str);
+void nm_utils_strbuf_append_bin(char **buf, gsize *len, gconstpointer str, gsize str_len);
+void nm_utils_strbuf_seek_end(char **buf, gsize *len);
+
+const char *nm_strquote(char *buf, gsize buf_len, const char *str);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_is_separator(const char c)
+{
+    return NM_IN_SET(c, ' ', '\t');
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+GBytes *nm_gbytes_get_empty(void);
+
+GBytes *nm_g_bytes_new_from_str(const char *str);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_gbytes_equal0(GBytes *a, GBytes *b)
+{
+    return a == b || (a && b && g_bytes_equal(a, b));
+}
+
+gboolean nm_utils_gbytes_equal_mem(GBytes *bytes, gconstpointer mem_data, gsize mem_len);
+
+GVariant *nm_utils_gbytes_to_variant_ay(GBytes *bytes);
+
+GHashTable *nm_utils_strdict_clone(GHashTable *src);
+
+GVariant *nm_utils_strdict_to_variant_ass(GHashTable *strdict);
+GVariant *nm_utils_strdict_to_variant_asv(GHashTable *strdict);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+GVariant *nm_utils_gvariant_vardict_filter(GVariant *src,
+                                           gboolean (*filter_fcn)(const char *key,
+                                                                  GVariant *  val,
+                                                                  char **     out_key,
+                                                                  GVariant ** out_val,
+                                                                  gpointer    user_data),
+                                           gpointer user_data);
+
+GVariant *nm_utils_gvariant_vardict_filter_drop_one(GVariant *src, const char *key);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline int
+nm_utils_hexchar_to_int(char ch)
+{
+    G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR('0' < 'A');
+    G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR('A' < 'a');
+
+    if (ch >= '0') {
+        if (ch <= '9')
+            return ch - '0';
+        if (ch >= 'A') {
+            if (ch <= 'F')
+                return ((int) ch) + (10 - (int) 'A');
+            if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'f')
+                return ((int) ch) + (10 - (int) 'a');
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+const char *nm_utils_dbus_path_get_last_component(const char *dbus_path);
+
+int nm_utils_dbus_path_cmp(const char *dbus_path_a, const char *dbus_path_b);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef enum {
+    NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_NONE = 0,
+
+    /* by default, strsplit will coalesce consecutive delimiters and remove
+     * them from the result. If this flag is present, empty values are preserved
+     * and returned.
+     *
+     * When combined with %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP, if a value gets
+     * empty after strstrip(), it also gets removed. */
+    NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_PRESERVE_EMPTY = (1u << 0),
+
+    /* %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ALLOW_ESCAPING means that delimiters prefixed
+     * by a backslash are not treated as a separator. Such delimiters and their escape
+     * character are copied to the current word without unescaping them. In general,
+     * nm_utils_strsplit_set_full() does not remove any backslash escape characters
+     * and does no unescaping. It only considers them for skipping to split at
+     * an escaped delimiter.
+     *
+     * If this is combined with (or implied by %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ESCAPED), then
+     * the backslash escapes are removed from the result.
+     */
+    NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ALLOW_ESCAPING = (1u << 1),
+
+    /* If flag is set, does the same as g_strstrip() on the returned tokens.
+     * This will remove leading and trailing ascii whitespaces (g_ascii_isspace()
+     * and NM_ASCII_SPACES).
+     *
+     * - when combined with !%NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_PRESERVE_EMPTY,
+     *   empty tokens will be removed (and %NULL will be returned if that
+     *   results in an empty string array).
+     * - when combined with %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ALLOW_ESCAPING,
+     *   trailing whitespace escaped by backslash are not stripped. */
+    NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP = (1u << 2),
+
+    /* This implies %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ALLOW_ESCAPING.
+     *
+     * This will do a final run over all tokens and remove all backslash
+     * escape characters that
+     *   - precede a delimiter.
+     *   - precede a backslash.
+     *   - precede a whitespace (only with %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP).
+     *
+     *  Note that with %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP, it is only
+     *  necessary to escape the very last whitespace (if the delimiters
+     *  are not whitespace themself). So, technically, it would be sufficient
+     *  to only unescape a backslash before the last whitespace and the user
+     *  still could express everything. However, such a rule would be complicated
+     *  to understand, so when using backslash escaping with nm_utils_strsplit_set_full(),
+     *  then all characters (including backslash) are treated verbatim, except:
+     *
+     *    - "\\$DELIMITER" (escaped delimiter)
+     *    - "\\\\" (escaped backslash)
+     *    - "\\$SPACE" (escaped space) (only with %NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP).
+     *
+     * Note that all other escapes like "\\n" or "\\001" are left alone.
+     * That makes the escaping/unescaping rules simple. Also, for the most part
+     * a text is just taken as-is, with little additional rules. Only backslashes
+     * need extra care, and then only if they proceed one of the relevant characters.
+     */
+    NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ESCAPED = (1u << 3),
+
+} NMUtilsStrsplitSetFlags;
+
+const char **
+nm_utils_strsplit_set_full(const char *str, const char *delimiter, NMUtilsStrsplitSetFlags flags);
+
+static inline const char **
+nm_utils_strsplit_set_with_empty(const char *str, const char *delimiters)
+{
+    /* this returns the same result as g_strsplit_set(str, delimiters, -1), except
+     * it does not deep-clone the strv array.
+     * Also, for @str == "", this returns %NULL while g_strsplit_set() would return
+     * an empty strv array. */
+    return nm_utils_strsplit_set_full(str, delimiters, NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_PRESERVE_EMPTY);
+}
+
+static inline const char **
+nm_utils_strsplit_set(const char *str, const char *delimiters)
+{
+    return nm_utils_strsplit_set_full(str, delimiters, NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_NONE);
+}
+
+gssize nm_utils_strv_find_first(char **list, gssize len, const char *needle);
+
+gboolean nm_strv_has_duplicate(const char *const *list, gssize len, gboolean is_sorted);
+
+char **_nm_utils_strv_cleanup(char **  strv,
+                              gboolean strip_whitespace,
+                              gboolean skip_empty,
+                              gboolean skip_repeated);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline gpointer
+nm_copy_func_g_strdup(gconstpointer arg, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    return g_strdup(arg);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline const char **
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_split(const char *str, const char *delimiters)
+{
+    return nm_utils_strsplit_set_full(str,
+                                      delimiters,
+                                      NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ESCAPED
+                                          | NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP);
+}
+
+typedef enum {
+    NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_NONE                  = 0,
+    NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_SPACES         = (1ull << 0),
+    NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_LEADING_SPACE  = (1ull << 1),
+    NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE = (1ull << 2),
+
+    /* Backslash characters will be escaped as "\\\\" if they precede another
+     * character that makes it necessary. Such characters are:
+     *
+     *  1) before another '\\' backslash.
+     *  2) before any delimiter in @delimiters.
+     *  3) before any delimiter in @delimiters_as_needed.
+     *  4) before a white space, if ESCAPE_LEADING_SPACE or ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE is set.
+     *  5) before the end of the word
+     *
+     * Rule 4) is an extension. It's not immediately clear why with ESCAPE_LEADING_SPACE
+     * and ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE we want *all* backslashes before a white space escaped.
+     * The reason is, that we obviously want to use ESCAPE_LEADING_SPACE and ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE
+     * in cases, where we later parse the backslash escaped strings back, but allowing to strip
+     * unescaped white spaces. That means, we want that " a " gets escaped as "\\ a\\ ".
+     * On the other hand, we also want that " a\\ b " gets escaped as "\\ a\\\\ b\\ ",
+     * and not "\\ a\\ b\\ ". Because otherwise, the parser would need to treat "\\ "
+     * differently depending on whether the sequence is at the beginning, end or middle
+     * of the word.
+     *
+     * Rule 5) is also not immediately obvious. When used with ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE,
+     * we clearly want to allow that an escaped word can have arbitrary
+     * whitespace suffixes. That's why this mode exists. So we must escape "a\\" as
+     * "a\\\\", so that appending " " does not change the meaning.
+     * Also without ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE, we want in general that we can concatenate
+     * two escaped words without changing their meaning. If the words would be "a\\"
+     * and "," (with ',' being a delimiter), then the result must be "a\\\\" and "\\,"
+     * so that the concatenated word ("a\\\\\\,") is still the same. If we would escape
+     * them instead as "a\\" + "\\,", then the concatenated word would be "a\\\\," and
+     * different.
+     * */
+    NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_BACKSLASH_AS_NEEDED = (1ull << 3),
+
+    NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_BACKSLASH_ALWAYS = (1ull << 4),
+} NMUtilsEscapedTokensEscapeFlags;
+
+const char *nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_full(const char *str,
+                                                const char *delimiters,
+                                                const char *delimiters_as_needed,
+                                                NMUtilsEscapedTokensEscapeFlags flags,
+                                                char **                         out_to_free);
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape(const char *str, const char *delimiters, char **out_to_free)
+{
+    return nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_full(
+        str,
+        delimiters,
+        NULL,
+        NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_BACKSLASH_ALWAYS
+            | NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE,
+        out_to_free);
+}
+
+/**
+ * nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_unnecessary:
+ * @str: the string to check for "escape"
+ * @delimiters: the delimiters
+ *
+ * This asserts that calling nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape()
+ * on @str has no effect and returns @str directly. This is only
+ * for asserting that @str is safe to not require any escaping.
+ *
+ * Returns: @str
+ */
+static inline const char *
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_unnecessary(const char *str, const char *delimiters)
+{
+#if NM_MORE_ASSERTS > 0
+
+    nm_assert(str);
+    nm_assert(delimiters);
+
+    {
+        gs_free char *str_to_free = NULL;
+        const char *  str0;
+
+        str0 = nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape(str, delimiters, &str_to_free);
+        nm_assert(str0 == str);
+        nm_assert(!str_to_free);
+    }
+#endif
+
+    return str;
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_gstr_assert(const char *str,
+                                           const char *delimiters,
+                                           GString *   gstring)
+{
+    g_string_append(gstring, nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_unnecessary(str, delimiters));
+}
+
+static inline GString *
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_gstr(const char *str, const char *delimiters, GString *gstring)
+{
+    gs_free char *str_to_free = NULL;
+
+    nm_assert(str);
+    nm_assert(gstring);
+
+    g_string_append(gstring, nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape(str, delimiters, &str_to_free));
+    return gstring;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+char **nm_utils_strsplit_quoted(const char *str);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline const char **
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_options_split_list(const char *str)
+{
+    return nm_utils_strsplit_set_full(str,
+                                      ",",
+                                      NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_STRSTRIP
+                                          | NM_UTILS_STRSPLIT_SET_FLAGS_ALLOW_ESCAPING);
+}
+
+void nm_utils_escaped_tokens_options_split(char *str, const char **out_key, const char **out_val);
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_options_escape_key(const char *key, char **out_to_free)
+{
+    return nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_full(
+        key,
+        ",=",
+        NULL,
+        NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_BACKSLASH_AS_NEEDED
+            | NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_LEADING_SPACE
+            | NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE,
+        out_to_free);
+}
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_utils_escaped_tokens_options_escape_val(const char *val, char **out_to_free)
+{
+    return nm_utils_escaped_tokens_escape_full(
+        val,
+        ",",
+        "=",
+        NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_BACKSLASH_AS_NEEDED
+            | NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_LEADING_SPACE
+            | NM_UTILS_ESCAPED_TOKENS_ESCAPE_FLAGS_ESCAPE_TRAILING_SPACE,
+        out_to_free);
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_MD5    16
+#define NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_SHA1   20
+#define NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_SHA256 32
+
+#define nm_utils_checksum_get_digest(sum, arr)                                   \
+    G_STMT_START                                                                 \
+    {                                                                            \
+        GChecksum *const _sum = (sum);                                           \
+        gsize            _len;                                                   \
+                                                                                 \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR(sizeof(arr) == NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_MD5         \
+                             || sizeof(arr) == NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_SHA1     \
+                             || sizeof(arr) == NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_SHA256); \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR(sizeof(arr) == G_N_ELEMENTS(arr));                  \
+                                                                                 \
+        nm_assert(_sum);                                                         \
+                                                                                 \
+        _len = G_N_ELEMENTS(arr);                                                \
+                                                                                 \
+        g_checksum_get_digest(_sum, (arr), &_len);                               \
+        nm_assert(_len == G_N_ELEMENTS(arr));                                    \
+    }                                                                            \
+    G_STMT_END
+
+#define nm_utils_checksum_get_digest_len(sum, buf, len)        \
+    G_STMT_START                                               \
+    {                                                          \
+        GChecksum *const _sum  = (sum);                        \
+        const gsize      _len0 = (len);                        \
+        gsize            _len;                                 \
+                                                               \
+        nm_assert(NM_IN_SET(_len0,                             \
+                            NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_MD5,      \
+                            NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_SHA1,     \
+                            NM_UTILS_CHECKSUM_LENGTH_SHA256)); \
+        nm_assert(_sum);                                       \
+                                                               \
+        _len = _len0;                                          \
+        g_checksum_get_digest(_sum, (buf), &_len);             \
+        nm_assert(_len == _len0);                              \
+    }                                                          \
+    G_STMT_END
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+guint32 _nm_utils_ip4_prefix_to_netmask(guint32 prefix);
+guint32 _nm_utils_ip4_get_default_prefix0(in_addr_t ip);
+guint32 _nm_utils_ip4_get_default_prefix(in_addr_t ip);
+
+gconstpointer
+nm_utils_ipx_address_clear_host_address(int family, gpointer dst, gconstpointer src, guint8 plen);
+in_addr_t              nm_utils_ip4_address_clear_host_address(in_addr_t addr, guint8 plen);
+const struct in6_addr *nm_utils_ip6_address_clear_host_address(struct in6_addr *      dst,
+                                                               const struct in6_addr *src,
+                                                               guint8                 plen);
+int                    nm_utils_ip6_address_same_prefix_cmp(const struct in6_addr *addr_a,
+                                                            const struct in6_addr *addr_b,
+                                                            guint8                 plen);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ip_is_site_local(int addr_family, const void *address);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean nm_utils_parse_inaddr_bin_full(int         addr_family,
+                                        gboolean    accept_legacy,
+                                        const char *text,
+                                        int *       out_addr_family,
+                                        gpointer    out_addr);
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_parse_inaddr_bin(int         addr_family,
+                          const char *text,
+                          int *       out_addr_family,
+                          gpointer    out_addr)
+{
+    return nm_utils_parse_inaddr_bin_full(addr_family, FALSE, text, out_addr_family, out_addr);
+}
+
+gboolean nm_utils_parse_inaddr(int addr_family, const char *text, char **out_addr);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_parse_inaddr_prefix_bin(int         addr_family,
+                                          const char *text,
+                                          int *       out_addr_family,
+                                          gpointer    out_addr,
+                                          int *       out_prefix);
+
+gboolean
+nm_utils_parse_inaddr_prefix(int addr_family, const char *text, char **out_addr, int *out_prefix);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_parse_next_line(const char **inout_ptr,
+                                  gsize *      inout_len,
+                                  const char **out_line,
+                                  gsize *      out_line_len);
+
+gint64 nm_g_ascii_strtoll(const char *nptr, char **endptr, guint base);
+
+guint64 nm_g_ascii_strtoull(const char *nptr, char **endptr, guint base);
+
+double nm_g_ascii_strtod(const char *nptr, char **endptr);
+
+gint64
+_nm_utils_ascii_str_to_int64(const char *str, guint base, gint64 min, gint64 max, gint64 fallback);
+guint64 _nm_utils_ascii_str_to_uint64(const char *str,
+                                      guint       base,
+                                      guint64     min,
+                                      guint64     max,
+                                      guint64     fallback);
+
+gint64 _nm_utils_ascii_str_to_int64_bin(const char *str,
+                                        gssize      len,
+                                        guint       base,
+                                        gint64      min,
+                                        gint64      max,
+                                        gint64      fallback);
+
+int _nm_utils_ascii_str_to_bool(const char *str, int default_value);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+extern char _nm_utils_to_string_buffer[2096];
+
+void     nm_utils_to_string_buffer_init(char **buf, gsize *len);
+gboolean nm_utils_to_string_buffer_init_null(gconstpointer obj, char **buf, gsize *len);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    unsigned    flag;
+    const char *name;
+} NMUtilsFlags2StrDesc;
+
+#define NM_UTILS_FLAGS2STR(f, n) \
+    {                            \
+        .flag = f, .name = "" n, \
+    }
+
+#define NM_UTILS_FLAGS2STR_DEFINE(fcn_name, flags_type, ...)                    \
+    const char *fcn_name(flags_type flags, char *buf, gsize len)                \
+    {                                                                           \
+        static const NMUtilsFlags2StrDesc descs[] = {__VA_ARGS__};              \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(flags_type) <= sizeof(unsigned));                \
+                                                                                \
+        return nm_utils_flags2str(descs, G_N_ELEMENTS(descs), flags, buf, len); \
+    }                                                                           \
+    _NM_DUMMY_STRUCT_FOR_TRAILING_SEMICOLON
+
+const char *nm_utils_flags2str(const NMUtilsFlags2StrDesc *descs,
+                               gsize                       n_descs,
+                               unsigned                    flags,
+                               char *                      buf,
+                               gsize                       len);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR(v, n) \
+    (void) 0;                   \
+case v:                         \
+    s = "" n "";                \
+    break;                      \
+    (void) 0
+#define NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR_IGNORE(v) \
+    (void) 0;                       \
+case v:                             \
+    break;                          \
+    (void) 0
+
+#define NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR_DEFINE_FULL(fcn_name, lookup_type, int_fmt, ...) \
+    const char *fcn_name(lookup_type val, char *buf, gsize len)            \
+    {                                                                      \
+        nm_utils_to_string_buffer_init(&buf, &len);                        \
+        if (len) {                                                         \
+            const char *s = NULL;                                          \
+            switch (val) {                                                 \
+                (void) 0, __VA_ARGS__(void) 0;                             \
+            };                                                             \
+            if (s)                                                         \
+                g_strlcpy(buf, s, len);                                    \
+            else                                                           \
+                g_snprintf(buf, len, "(%" int_fmt ")", val);               \
+        }                                                                  \
+        return buf;                                                        \
+    }                                                                      \
+    _NM_DUMMY_STRUCT_FOR_TRAILING_SEMICOLON
+
+#define NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR_DEFINE(fcn_name, lookup_type, ...) \
+    NM_UTILS_ENUM2STR_DEFINE_FULL(fcn_name, lookup_type, "d", __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(mem_size)                              \
+    static inline void _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_##mem_size(gpointer mem_block) \
+    {                                                                      \
+        g_slice_free1(mem_size, mem_block);                                \
+    }
+
+_nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(1) _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(2) _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(4)
+    _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(8) _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(10) _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(12)
+        _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(16) _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_define(32)
+
+#define nm_g_slice_free_fcn1(mem_size)                                                        \
+    ({                                                                                        \
+        void (*_fcn)(gpointer);                                                               \
+                                                                                              \
+        /* If mem_size is a compile time constant, the compiler
+         * will be able to optimize this. Hence, you don't want
+         * to call this with a non-constant size argument. */                               \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR(((mem_size) == 1) || ((mem_size) == 2) || ((mem_size) == 4)      \
+                             || ((mem_size) == 8) || ((mem_size) == 10) || ((mem_size) == 12) \
+                             || ((mem_size) == 16) || ((mem_size) == 32));                    \
+        switch ((mem_size)) {                                                                 \
+        case 1:                                                                               \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_1;                                                    \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 2:                                                                               \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_2;                                                    \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 4:                                                                               \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_4;                                                    \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 8:                                                                               \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_8;                                                    \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 10:                                                                              \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_10;                                                   \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 12:                                                                              \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_12;                                                   \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 16:                                                                              \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_16;                                                   \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        case 32:                                                                              \
+            _fcn = _nm_g_slice_free_fcn_32;                                                   \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        default:                                                                              \
+            g_assert_not_reached();                                                           \
+            _fcn = NULL;                                                                      \
+            break;                                                                            \
+        }                                                                                     \
+        _fcn;                                                                                 \
+    })
+
+/**
+ * nm_g_slice_free_fcn:
+ * @type: type argument for sizeof() operator that you would
+ *   pass to g_slice_new().
+ *
+ * Returns: a function pointer with GDestroyNotify signature
+ *   for g_slice_free(type,*).
+ *
+ * Only certain types are implemented. You'll get a compile time
+ * error for the wrong types. */
+#define nm_g_slice_free_fcn(type) (nm_g_slice_free_fcn1(sizeof(type)))
+
+#define nm_g_slice_free_fcn_gint64 (nm_g_slice_free_fcn(gint64))
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+/* Like g_error_matches() however:
+ * - as macro it is always inlined.
+ * - the @domain is usually a error quark getter function that cannot
+ *   be inlined. This macro calls the getter only if there is an error (lazy).
+ * - accept a list of allowed codes, instead of only one.
+ */
+#define nm_g_error_matches(error, err_domain, ...)                                        \
+    ({                                                                                    \
+        const GError *const _error = (error);                                             \
+                                                                                          \
+        _error && _error->domain == (err_domain) && NM_IN_SET(_error->code, __VA_ARGS__); \
+    })
+
+            static inline void nm_g_set_error_take(GError **error, GError *error_take)
+{
+    if (!error_take)
+        g_return_if_reached();
+    if (!error) {
+        g_error_free(error_take);
+        return;
+    }
+    if (*error) {
+        g_error_free(error_take);
+        g_return_if_reached();
+    }
+    *error = error_take;
+}
+
+#define nm_g_set_error_take_lazy(error, error_take_lazy)    \
+    G_STMT_START                                            \
+    {                                                       \
+        GError **_error = (error);                          \
+                                                            \
+        if (_error)                                         \
+            nm_g_set_error_take(_error, (error_take_lazy)); \
+    }                                                       \
+    G_STMT_END
+
+/**
+ * NMUtilsError:
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_UNKNOWN: unknown or unclassified error
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_CANCELLED_DISPOSING: when disposing an object that has
+ *   pending asynchronous operations, the operation is cancelled with this
+ *   error reason. Depending on the usage, this might indicate a bug because
+ *   usually the target object should stay alive as long as there are pending
+ *   operations.
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_NOT_READY: the failure is related to being currently
+ *   not ready to perform the operation.
+ *
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_INCOMPATIBLE: used for a very particular
+ *   purpose during nm_device_check_connection_compatible() to indicate that
+ *   the profile does not match the device already because their type differs.
+ *   That is, there is a fundamental reason of trying to check a profile that
+ *   cannot possibly match on this device.
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_UNMANAGED_DEVICE: used for a very particular
+ *   purpose during nm_device_check_connection_available(), to indicate that the
+ *   device is not available because it is unmanaged.
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_TEMPORARY: the profile is currently not
+ *   available/compatible with the device, but this may be only temporary.
+ *
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_SETTING_MISSING: the setting is missing
+ *
+ * @NM_UTILS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT: invalid argument.
+ */
+typedef enum {
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_UNKNOWN = 0,         /*< nick=Unknown >*/
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_CANCELLED_DISPOSING, /*< nick=CancelledDisposing >*/
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENT,    /*< nick=InvalidArgument >*/
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_NOT_READY,           /*< nick=NotReady >*/
+
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_AMBIGUOUS, /*< nick=Ambiguous >*/
+
+    /* the following codes have a special meaning and are exactly used for
+     * nm_device_check_connection_compatible() and nm_device_check_connection_available().
+     *
+     * Actually, their meaning is not very important (so, don't think too
+     * hard about the name of these error codes). What is important, is their
+     * relative order (i.e. the integer value of the codes). When manager
+     * searches for a suitable device, it will check all devices whether
+     * a profile can be activated. If they all fail, it will pick the error
+     * message from the device that returned the *highest* error code,
+     * in the hope that this message makes the most sense for the caller.
+     * */
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_INCOMPATIBLE,
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_UNMANAGED_DEVICE,
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_TEMPORARY,
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_CONNECTION_AVAILABLE_DISALLOWED,
+
+    NM_UTILS_ERROR_SETTING_MISSING,
+
+} NMUtilsError;
+
+#define NM_UTILS_ERROR (nm_utils_error_quark())
+GQuark nm_utils_error_quark(void);
+
+GQuark nm_manager_error_quark(void);
+#define _NM_MANAGER_ERROR (nm_manager_error_quark())
+
+#define _NM_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN_LOG_LEVEL  10
+#define _NM_MANAGER_ERROR_UNKNOWN_LOG_DOMAIN 11
+
+void nm_utils_error_set_cancelled(GError **error, gboolean is_disposing, const char *instance_name);
+
+static inline GError *
+nm_utils_error_new_cancelled(gboolean is_disposing, const char *instance_name)
+{
+    GError *error = NULL;
+
+    nm_utils_error_set_cancelled(&error, is_disposing, instance_name);
+    return error;
+}
+
+gboolean nm_utils_error_is_cancelled_or_disposing(GError *error);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_error_is_cancelled(GError *error)
+{
+    return error && error->code == G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED && error->domain == G_IO_ERROR;
+}
+
+gboolean nm_utils_error_is_notfound(GError *error);
+
+static inline void
+nm_utils_error_set_literal(GError **error, int error_code, const char *literal)
+{
+    g_set_error_literal(error, NM_UTILS_ERROR, error_code, literal);
+}
+
+#define nm_utils_error_set(error, error_code, ...)                           \
+    G_STMT_START                                                             \
+    {                                                                        \
+        if (NM_NARG(__VA_ARGS__) == 1) {                                     \
+            g_set_error_literal((error),                                     \
+                                NM_UTILS_ERROR,                              \
+                                (error_code),                                \
+                                _NM_UTILS_MACRO_FIRST(__VA_ARGS__));         \
+        } else {                                                             \
+            g_set_error((error), NM_UTILS_ERROR, (error_code), __VA_ARGS__); \
+        }                                                                    \
+    }                                                                        \
+    G_STMT_END
+
+#define nm_utils_error_set_errno(error, errsv, fmt, ...)                                          \
+    G_STMT_START                                                                                  \
+    {                                                                                             \
+        char _bstrerr[NM_STRERROR_BUFSIZE];                                                       \
+                                                                                                  \
+        g_set_error((error),                                                                      \
+                    NM_UTILS_ERROR,                                                               \
+                    NM_UTILS_ERROR_UNKNOWN,                                                       \
+                    fmt,                                                                          \
+                    ##__VA_ARGS__,                                                                \
+                    nm_strerror_native_r(                                                         \
+                        ({                                                                        \
+                            const int _errsv = (errsv);                                           \
+                                                                                                  \
+                            (_errsv >= 0 ? _errsv                                                 \
+                                         : (G_UNLIKELY(_errsv == G_MININT) ? G_MAXINT : -errsv)); \
+                        }),                                                                       \
+                        _bstrerr,                                                                 \
+                        sizeof(_bstrerr)));                                                       \
+    }                                                                                             \
+    G_STMT_END
+
+#define nm_utils_error_new(error_code, ...)                                                      \
+    ((NM_NARG(__VA_ARGS__) == 1)                                                                 \
+         ? g_error_new_literal(NM_UTILS_ERROR, (error_code), _NM_UTILS_MACRO_FIRST(__VA_ARGS__)) \
+         : g_error_new(NM_UTILS_ERROR, (error_code), __VA_ARGS__))
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property(GObject *     object,
+                                  const char *  property_name,
+                                  const GValue *value,
+                                  GError **     error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_string(GObject *   object,
+                                         const char *property_name,
+                                         const char *value,
+                                         GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_string_static(GObject *   object,
+                                                const char *property_name,
+                                                const char *value,
+                                                GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_string_take(GObject *   object,
+                                              const char *property_name,
+                                              char *      value,
+                                              GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_boolean(GObject *   object,
+                                          const char *property_name,
+                                          gboolean    value,
+                                          GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_char(GObject *   object,
+                                       const char *property_name,
+                                       gint8       value,
+                                       GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_uchar(GObject *   object,
+                                        const char *property_name,
+                                        guint8      value,
+                                        GError **   error);
+
+gboolean
+nm_g_object_set_property_int(GObject *object, const char *property_name, int value, GError **error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_int64(GObject *   object,
+                                        const char *property_name,
+                                        gint64      value,
+                                        GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_uint(GObject *   object,
+                                       const char *property_name,
+                                       guint       value,
+                                       GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_uint64(GObject *   object,
+                                         const char *property_name,
+                                         guint64     value,
+                                         GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_flags(GObject *   object,
+                                        const char *property_name,
+                                        GType       gtype,
+                                        guint       value,
+                                        GError **   error);
+
+gboolean nm_g_object_set_property_enum(GObject *   object,
+                                       const char *property_name,
+                                       GType       gtype,
+                                       int         value,
+                                       GError **   error);
+
+GParamSpec *nm_g_object_class_find_property_from_gtype(GType gtype, const char *property_name);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define _NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST(param_spec, _value_type, _c_type)              \
+    ({                                                                       \
+        const GParamSpec *const _param_spec = (param_spec);                  \
+                                                                             \
+        nm_assert(!_param_spec || _param_spec->value_type == (_value_type)); \
+        ((const _c_type *) _param_spec);                                     \
+    })
+
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_BOOLEAN(param_spec) \
+    _NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST(param_spec, G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, GParamSpecBoolean)
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_UINT(param_spec) \
+    _NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST(param_spec, G_TYPE_UINT, GParamSpecUInt)
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_UINT64(param_spec) \
+    _NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST(param_spec, G_TYPE_UINT64, GParamSpecUInt64)
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_STRING(param_spec) \
+    _NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST(param_spec, G_TYPE_STRING, GParamSpecString)
+
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_GET_DEFAULT_BOOLEAN(param_spec) \
+    (NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_BOOLEAN(NM_ENSURE_NOT_NULL(param_spec))->default_value)
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_GET_DEFAULT_UINT(param_spec) \
+    (NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_UINT(NM_ENSURE_NOT_NULL(param_spec))->default_value)
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_GET_DEFAULT_UINT64(param_spec) \
+    (NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_UINT64(NM_ENSURE_NOT_NULL(param_spec))->default_value)
+#define NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_GET_DEFAULT_STRING(param_spec) \
+    (NM_G_PARAM_SPEC_CAST_STRING(NM_ENSURE_NOT_NULL(param_spec))->default_value)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+GType nm_g_type_find_implementing_class_for_property(GType gtype, const char *pname);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef enum {
+    NM_UTILS_STR_UTF8_SAFE_FLAG_NONE = 0,
+
+    /* This flag only has an effect during escaping.
+     *
+     * It will backslash escape ascii characters according to nm_ascii_is_ctrl_or_del(). */
+    NM_UTILS_STR_UTF8_SAFE_FLAG_ESCAPE_CTRL = 0x0001,
+
+    /* This flag only has an effect during escaping.
+     *
+     * It will backslash escape ascii characters according to nm_ascii_is_non_ascii(). */
+    NM_UTILS_STR_UTF8_SAFE_FLAG_ESCAPE_NON_ASCII = 0x0002,
+
+    /* This flag only has an effect during escaping to ensure we
+     * don't leak secrets in memory. Note that during unescape we
+     * know the maximum result size from the beginning, and no
+     * reallocation happens. Thus, unescape always avoids leaking
+     * secrets already. */
+    NM_UTILS_STR_UTF8_SAFE_FLAG_SECRET = 0x0004,
+
+    /* This flag only has an effect during unescaping. It means
+     * that non-escaped whitespaces (g_ascii_isspace()) will be
+     * stripped from the front and end of the string. Note that
+     * this flag is only useful for gracefully accepting user input
+     * with spaces. With this flag, escape and unescape may no longer
+     * yield the original input. */
+    NM_UTILS_STR_UTF8_SAFE_UNESCAPE_STRIP_SPACES = 0x0008,
+} NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags;
+
+const char *nm_utils_buf_utf8safe_escape(gconstpointer           buf,
+                                         gssize                  buflen,
+                                         NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags,
+                                         char **                 to_free);
+char *
+nm_utils_buf_utf8safe_escape_cp(gconstpointer buf, gssize buflen, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags);
+const char *
+nm_utils_buf_utf8safe_escape_bytes(GBytes *bytes, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags, char **to_free);
+gconstpointer nm_utils_buf_utf8safe_unescape(const char *            str,
+                                             NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags,
+                                             gsize *                 out_len,
+                                             gpointer *              to_free);
+
+const char *
+nm_utils_str_utf8safe_escape(const char *str, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags, char **to_free);
+const char *
+nm_utils_str_utf8safe_unescape(const char *str, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags, char **to_free);
+
+char *nm_utils_str_utf8safe_escape_cp(const char *str, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags);
+char *nm_utils_str_utf8safe_unescape_cp(const char *str, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags);
+
+char *nm_utils_str_utf8safe_escape_take(char *str, NMUtilsStrUtf8SafeFlags flags);
+
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_b(gboolean value);
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_u_0(void);
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_s_empty(void);
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_aLsvI(void);
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_aLsaLsvII(void);
+GVariant *nm_g_variant_singleton_aaLsvI(void);
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_unref_floating(GVariant *var)
+{
+    /* often a function wants to keep a reference to an input variant.
+     * It uses g_variant_ref_sink() to either increase the ref-count,
+     * or take ownership of a possibly floating reference.
+     *
+     * If the function doesn't actually want to do anything with the
+     * input variant, it still must make sure that a passed in floating
+     * reference is consumed. Hence, this helper which:
+     *
+     *   - does nothing if @var is not floating
+     *   - unrefs (consumes) @var if it is floating. */
+    if (g_variant_is_floating(var))
+        g_variant_unref(var);
+}
+
+#define nm_g_variant_lookup(dictionary, ...)                         \
+    ({                                                               \
+        GVariant *const _dictionary = (dictionary);                  \
+                                                                     \
+        (_dictionary && g_variant_lookup(_dictionary, __VA_ARGS__)); \
+    })
+
+static inline GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_lookup_value(GVariant *dictionary, const char *key, const GVariantType *expected_type)
+{
+    return dictionary ? g_variant_lookup_value(dictionary, key, expected_type) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_g_variant_is_of_type(GVariant *value, const GVariantType *type)
+{
+    return value && g_variant_is_of_type(value, type);
+}
+
+static inline GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_new_ay(const guint8 *data, gsize len)
+{
+    return g_variant_new_fixed_array(G_VARIANT_TYPE_BYTE, data, len, 1);
+}
+
+static inline GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_new_au(const guint32 *data, gsize len)
+{
+    return g_variant_new_fixed_array(G_VARIANT_TYPE_UINT32, data, len, sizeof(guint32));
+}
+
+static inline GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_new_ay_inaddr(int addr_family, gconstpointer addr)
+{
+    return nm_g_variant_new_ay(addr ?: &nm_ip_addr_zero, nm_utils_addr_family_to_size(addr_family));
+}
+
+static inline GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_new_ay_in4addr(in_addr_t addr)
+{
+    return nm_g_variant_new_ay_inaddr(AF_INET, &addr);
+}
+
+static inline GVariant *
+nm_g_variant_new_ay_in6addr(const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+    return nm_g_variant_new_ay_inaddr(AF_INET6, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv(GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, GVariant *val)
+{
+    g_variant_builder_add(builder, "{sv}", key, val);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv_bytearray(GVariantBuilder *builder,
+                                      const char *     key,
+                                      const guint8 *   arr,
+                                      gsize            len)
+{
+    g_variant_builder_add(builder, "{sv}", key, nm_g_variant_new_ay(arr, len));
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv_uint32(GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, guint32 val)
+{
+    nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv(builder, key, g_variant_new_uint32(val));
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv_str(GVariantBuilder *builder, const char *key, const char *str)
+{
+    nm_g_variant_builder_add_sv(builder, key, g_variant_new_string(str));
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_source_destroy_and_unref(GSource *source)
+{
+    g_source_destroy(source);
+    g_source_unref(source);
+}
+
+#define nm_clear_g_source_inst(ptr) (nm_clear_pointer((ptr), nm_g_source_destroy_and_unref))
+
+NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN0(GSource *, _nm_auto_destroy_and_unref_gsource, nm_g_source_destroy_and_unref);
+#define nm_auto_destroy_and_unref_gsource nm_auto(_nm_auto_destroy_and_unref_gsource)
+
+NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN0(GMainContext *, _nm_auto_pop_gmaincontext, g_main_context_pop_thread_default);
+#define nm_auto_pop_gmaincontext nm_auto(_nm_auto_pop_gmaincontext)
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_main_context_pop_and_unref(GMainContext *context)
+{
+    g_main_context_pop_thread_default(context);
+    g_main_context_unref(context);
+}
+
+NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN0(GMainContext *,
+                    _nm_auto_pop_and_unref_gmaincontext,
+                    nm_g_main_context_pop_and_unref);
+#define nm_auto_pop_and_unref_gmaincontext nm_auto(_nm_auto_pop_and_unref_gmaincontext)
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_source_func_unref_gobject(gpointer user_data)
+{
+    nm_assert(G_IS_OBJECT(user_data));
+    g_object_unref(user_data);
+    return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
+}
+
+extern GSource *_nm_g_source_sentinel[1];
+
+GSource *_nm_g_source_sentinel_get_init(GSource **p_source);
+
+/* Get a GSource sentinel (dummy instance). This instance should never be
+ * attached to a GMainContext. The only currently known purpose is to use it
+ * as dummy value instead of an infinity timeout. That is, if we configurably
+ * want to schedule a timeout that might be infinity, we might set the GSource
+ * instance to nm_g_source_sentinel_get(). On this instance, we still may
+ * call g_source_ref(), g_source_unref() and g_source_destroy(). But nothing
+ * else. */
+#define nm_g_source_sentinel_get(idx)                                         \
+    ({                                                                        \
+        GSource *_s;                                                          \
+                                                                              \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT((idx) >= 0);                                          \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT((idx) < G_N_ELEMENTS(_nm_g_source_sentinel));         \
+                                                                              \
+        _s = g_atomic_pointer_get(&_nm_g_source_sentinel[idx]);               \
+        if (G_UNLIKELY(!_s))                                                  \
+            _s = _nm_g_source_sentinel_get_init(&_nm_g_source_sentinel[idx]); \
+                                                                              \
+        _s;                                                                   \
+    })
+
+GSource *nm_g_idle_source_new(int            priority,
+                              GSourceFunc    func,
+                              gpointer       user_data,
+                              GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
+
+GSource *nm_g_timeout_source_new(guint          timeout_msec,
+                                 int            priority,
+                                 GSourceFunc    func,
+                                 gpointer       user_data,
+                                 GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
+
+GSource *nm_g_timeout_source_new_seconds(guint          timeout_sec,
+                                         int            priority,
+                                         GSourceFunc    func,
+                                         gpointer       user_data,
+                                         GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
+
+GSource *
+         nm_g_unix_fd_source_new(int          fd,
+                                 GIOCondition io_condition,
+                                 int          priority,
+                                 gboolean (*source_func)(int fd, GIOCondition condition, gpointer user_data),
+                                 gpointer       user_data,
+                                 GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
+GSource *nm_g_unix_signal_source_new(int            signum,
+                                     int            priority,
+                                     GSourceFunc    handler,
+                                     gpointer       user_data,
+                                     GDestroyNotify notify);
+
+static inline GSource *
+nm_g_source_attach(GSource *source, GMainContext *context)
+{
+    g_source_attach(source, context);
+    return source;
+}
+
+static inline GSource *
+nm_g_idle_add_source(GSourceFunc func, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    /* G convenience function to attach a new timeout source to the default GMainContext.
+     * In that sense it's very similar to g_idle_add() except that it returns a
+     * reference to the new source.  */
+    return nm_g_source_attach(nm_g_idle_source_new(G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, func, user_data, NULL),
+                              NULL);
+}
+
+static inline GSource *
+nm_g_timeout_add_source(guint timeout_msec, GSourceFunc func, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    /* G convenience function to attach a new timeout source to the default GMainContext.
+     * In that sense it's very similar to g_timeout_add() except that it returns a
+     * reference to the new source.  */
+    return nm_g_source_attach(
+        nm_g_timeout_source_new(timeout_msec, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, func, user_data, NULL),
+        NULL);
+}
+
+static inline GSource *
+nm_g_timeout_add_source_seconds(guint timeout_sec, GSourceFunc func, gpointer user_data)
+{
+    /* G convenience function to attach a new timeout source to the default GMainContext.
+     * In that sense it's very similar to g_timeout_add_seconds() except that it returns a
+     * reference to the new source.  */
+    return nm_g_source_attach(
+        nm_g_timeout_source_new_seconds(timeout_sec, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, func, user_data, NULL),
+        NULL);
+}
+
+static inline GSource *
+nm_g_timeout_add_source_approx(guint       timeout_msec,
+                               guint       timeout_sec_threshold,
+                               GSourceFunc func,
+                               gpointer    user_data)
+{
+    GSource *source;
+
+    /* If timeout_msec is larger or equal than a threshold, then we use g_timeout_source_new_seconds()
+     * instead. */
+    if (timeout_msec / 1000u >= timeout_sec_threshold)
+        source = nm_g_timeout_source_new_seconds(timeout_msec / 1000u,
+                                                 G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT,
+                                                 func,
+                                                 user_data,
+                                                 NULL);
+    else
+        source = nm_g_timeout_source_new(timeout_msec, G_PRIORITY_DEFAULT, func, user_data, NULL);
+    return nm_g_source_attach(source, NULL);
+}
+
+NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN0(GMainContext *, _nm_auto_unref_gmaincontext, g_main_context_unref);
+#define nm_auto_unref_gmaincontext nm_auto(_nm_auto_unref_gmaincontext)
+
+static inline GMainContext *
+nm_g_main_context_push_thread_default(GMainContext *context)
+{
+    /* This function is to work together with nm_auto_pop_gmaincontext. */
+    if (G_UNLIKELY(!context))
+        context = g_main_context_default();
+    g_main_context_push_thread_default(context);
+    return context;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_g_main_context_is_thread_default(GMainContext *context)
+{
+    GMainContext *cur_context;
+
+    cur_context = g_main_context_get_thread_default();
+    if (cur_context == context)
+        return TRUE;
+
+    if (G_UNLIKELY(!cur_context))
+        cur_context = g_main_context_default();
+    else if (G_UNLIKELY(!context))
+        context = g_main_context_default();
+    else
+        return FALSE;
+
+    return (cur_context == context);
+}
+
+static inline GMainContext *
+nm_g_main_context_push_thread_default_if_necessary(GMainContext *context)
+{
+    GMainContext *cur_context;
+
+    cur_context = g_main_context_get_thread_default();
+    if (cur_context == context)
+        return NULL;
+
+    if (G_UNLIKELY(!cur_context)) {
+        cur_context = g_main_context_default();
+        if (cur_context == context)
+            return NULL;
+    } else if (G_UNLIKELY(!context)) {
+        context = g_main_context_default();
+        if (cur_context == context)
+            return NULL;
+    }
+
+    g_main_context_push_thread_default(context);
+    return context;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline int
+nm_utf8_collate0(const char *a, const char *b)
+{
+    if (!a)
+        return !b ? 0 : -1;
+    if (!b)
+        return 1;
+    return g_utf8_collate(a, b);
+}
+
+int nm_strcmp_with_data(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
+int nm_strcmp_p_with_data(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
+int nm_strcmp0_p_with_data(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
+int nm_strcmp_ascii_case_with_data(gconstpointer a, gconstpointer b, gpointer user_data);
+int nm_cmp_uint32_p_with_data(gconstpointer p_a, gconstpointer p_b, gpointer user_data);
+int nm_cmp_int2ptr_p_with_data(gconstpointer p_a, gconstpointer p_b, gpointer user_data);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+    const char *name;
+} NMUtilsNamedEntry;
+
+typedef struct {
+    union {
+        NMUtilsNamedEntry named_entry;
+        const char *      name;
+        char *            name_mutable;
+    };
+    union {
+        const char *value_str;
+        char *      value_str_mutable;
+        gpointer    value_ptr;
+    };
+} NMUtilsNamedValue;
+
+#define NM_UTILS_NAMED_VALUE_INIT(n, v) \
+    {                                   \
+        .name = (n), .value_ptr = (v)   \
+    }
+
+NMUtilsNamedValue *
+nm_utils_named_values_from_strdict_full(GHashTable *        hash,
+                                        guint *             out_len,
+                                        GCompareDataFunc    compare_func,
+                                        gpointer            user_data,
+                                        NMUtilsNamedValue * provided_buffer,
+                                        guint               provided_buffer_len,
+                                        NMUtilsNamedValue **out_allocated_buffer);
+
+#define nm_utils_named_values_from_strdict(hash, out_len, array, out_allocated_buffer) \
+    nm_utils_named_values_from_strdict_full((hash),                                    \
+                                            (out_len),                                 \
+                                            nm_strcmp_p_with_data,                     \
+                                            NULL,                                      \
+                                            (array),                                   \
+                                            G_N_ELEMENTS(array),                       \
+                                            (out_allocated_buffer))
+
+gssize nm_utils_named_value_list_find(const NMUtilsNamedValue *arr,
+                                      gsize                    len,
+                                      const char *             name,
+                                      gboolean                 sorted);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_named_value_list_is_sorted(const NMUtilsNamedValue *arr,
+                                             gsize                    len,
+                                             gboolean                 accept_duplicates,
+                                             GCompareDataFunc         compare_func,
+                                             gpointer                 user_data);
+
+void nm_utils_named_value_list_sort(NMUtilsNamedValue *arr,
+                                    gsize              len,
+                                    GCompareDataFunc   compare_func,
+                                    gpointer           user_data);
+
+void nm_utils_named_value_clear_with_g_free(NMUtilsNamedValue *val);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gpointer *nm_utils_hash_keys_to_array(GHashTable *     hash,
+                                      GCompareDataFunc compare_func,
+                                      gpointer         user_data,
+                                      guint *          out_len);
+
+gpointer *nm_utils_hash_values_to_array(GHashTable *     hash,
+                                        GCompareDataFunc compare_func,
+                                        gpointer         user_data,
+                                        guint *          out_len);
+
+static inline const char **
+nm_utils_strdict_get_keys(const GHashTable *hash, gboolean sorted, guint *out_length)
+{
+    return (const char **) nm_utils_hash_keys_to_array((GHashTable *) hash,
+                                                       sorted ? nm_strcmp_p_with_data : NULL,
+                                                       NULL,
+                                                       out_length);
+}
+
+gboolean nm_utils_hashtable_equal(const GHashTable *a,
+                                  const GHashTable *b,
+                                  gboolean          treat_null_as_empty,
+                                  GEqualFunc        equal_func);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_hashtable_cmp_equal(const GHashTable *a,
+                                      const GHashTable *b,
+                                      GCompareDataFunc  cmp_values,
+                                      gpointer          user_data);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_hashtable_same_keys(const GHashTable *a, const GHashTable *b)
+{
+    return nm_utils_hashtable_cmp_equal(a, b, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+int nm_utils_hashtable_cmp(const GHashTable *a,
+                           const GHashTable *b,
+                           gboolean          do_fast_precheck,
+                           GCompareDataFunc  cmp_keys,
+                           GCompareDataFunc  cmp_values,
+                           gpointer          user_data);
+
+char **nm_utils_strv_make_deep_copied(const char **strv);
+
+char **nm_utils_strv_make_deep_copied_n(const char **strv, gsize len);
+
+static inline char **
+nm_utils_strv_make_deep_copied_nonnull(const char **strv)
+{
+    return nm_utils_strv_make_deep_copied(strv) ?: g_new0(char *, 1);
+}
+
+char **_nm_utils_strv_dup(const char *const *strv, gssize len, gboolean deep_copied);
+
+#define nm_utils_strv_dup(strv, len, deep_copied) \
+    _nm_utils_strv_dup(NM_CAST_STRV_CC(strv), (len), (deep_copied))
+
+const char **_nm_utils_strv_dup_packed(const char *const *strv, gssize len);
+
+#define nm_utils_strv_dup_packed(strv, len) _nm_utils_strv_dup_packed(NM_CAST_STRV_CC(strv), (len))
+
+#define nm_utils_strv_dup_shallow_maybe_a(alloca_maxlen, strv, len, to_free)       \
+    ({                                                                             \
+        const char *const *const _strv    = NM_CAST_STRV_CC(strv);                 \
+        const gssize             _len     = (len);                                 \
+        const char **            _result  = NULL;                                  \
+        const char ***const      _to_free = (to_free);                             \
+                                                                                   \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR((alloca_maxlen) <= 500u / sizeof(const char *));      \
+        G_STATIC_ASSERT_EXPR((alloca_maxlen) > 0u);                                \
+        nm_assert(_to_free && !*_to_free);                                         \
+                                                                                   \
+        if (_len >= 0 || _strv) {                                                  \
+            const gsize _l = (_len < 0) ? NM_PTRARRAY_LEN(_strv) : ((gsize) _len); \
+                                                                                   \
+            if (G_LIKELY(_l < (alloca_maxlen))) {                                  \
+                _result = g_newa(const char *, _l + 1);                            \
+            } else {                                                               \
+                _result   = g_new(const char *, _l + 1);                           \
+                *_to_free = _result;                                               \
+            }                                                                      \
+            if (_l > 0)                                                            \
+                memcpy(_result, _strv, _l * sizeof(const char *));                 \
+            _result[_l] = NULL;                                                    \
+        }                                                                          \
+                                                                                   \
+        _result;                                                                   \
+    })
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+GSList *nm_utils_g_slist_find_str(const GSList *list, const char *needle);
+
+int nm_utils_g_slist_strlist_cmp(const GSList *a, const GSList *b);
+
+char *nm_utils_g_slist_strlist_join(const GSList *a, const char *separator);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline guint
+nm_g_array_len(const GArray *arr)
+{
+    return arr ? arr->len : 0u;
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_array_unref(GArray *arr)
+{
+    if (arr)
+        g_array_unref(arr);
+}
+
+#define nm_g_array_append_new(arr, type)   \
+    ({                                     \
+        GArray *const _arr = (arr);        \
+        guint         _len;                \
+                                           \
+        nm_assert(_arr);                   \
+        _len = _arr->len;                  \
+        nm_assert(_len < G_MAXUINT);       \
+        g_array_set_size(_arr, _len + 1u); \
+        &g_array_index(arr, type, _len);   \
+    })
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline GPtrArray *
+nm_g_ptr_array_ref(GPtrArray *arr)
+{
+    return arr ? g_ptr_array_ref(arr) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_ptr_array_unref(GPtrArray *arr)
+{
+    if (arr)
+        g_ptr_array_unref(arr);
+}
+
+#define nm_g_ptr_array_set(pdst, val)                              \
+    ({                                                             \
+        GPtrArray **_pdst    = (pdst);                             \
+        GPtrArray * _val     = (val);                              \
+        gboolean    _changed = FALSE;                              \
+                                                                   \
+        nm_assert(_pdst);                                          \
+                                                                   \
+        if (*_pdst != _val) {                                      \
+            _nm_unused gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *_old = *_pdst; \
+                                                                   \
+            *_pdst   = nm_g_ptr_array_ref(_val);                   \
+            _changed = TRUE;                                       \
+        }                                                          \
+        _changed;                                                  \
+    })
+
+#define nm_g_ptr_array_set_take(pdst, val)                         \
+    ({                                                             \
+        GPtrArray **_pdst    = (pdst);                             \
+        GPtrArray * _val     = (val);                              \
+        gboolean    _changed = FALSE;                              \
+                                                                   \
+        nm_assert(_pdst);                                          \
+                                                                   \
+        if (*_pdst != _val) {                                      \
+            _nm_unused gs_unref_ptrarray GPtrArray *_old = *_pdst; \
+                                                                   \
+            *_pdst   = _val;                                       \
+            _changed = TRUE;                                       \
+        } else {                                                   \
+            nm_g_ptr_array_unref(_val);                            \
+        }                                                          \
+        _changed;                                                  \
+    })
+
+static inline guint
+nm_g_ptr_array_len(const GPtrArray *arr)
+{
+    return arr ? arr->len : 0u;
+}
+
+static inline gpointer *
+nm_g_ptr_array_pdata(const GPtrArray *arr)
+{
+    return arr ? arr->pdata : NULL;
+}
+
+GPtrArray *_nm_g_ptr_array_copy(GPtrArray *    array,
+                                GCopyFunc      func,
+                                gpointer       user_data,
+                                GDestroyNotify element_free_func);
+
+/**
+ * nm_g_ptr_array_copy:
+ * @array: the #GPtrArray to clone.
+ * @func: the copy function.
+ * @user_data: the user data for the copy function
+ * @element_free_func: the free function of the elements. @array MUST have
+ *   the same element_free_func. This argument is only used on older
+ *   glib, that doesn't support g_ptr_array_copy().
+ *
+ * This is a replacement for g_ptr_array_copy(), which is not available
+ * before glib 2.62. Since GPtrArray does not allow to access the internal
+ * element_free_func, we cannot add a compatibility implementation of g_ptr_array_copy()
+ * and the user must provide a suitable destroy function.
+ *
+ * Note that the @element_free_func MUST correspond to free function set in @array.
+ */
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 62, 0)
+    #define nm_g_ptr_array_copy(array, func, user_data, element_free_func)            \
+        ({                                                                            \
+            _nm_unused GDestroyNotify const _element_free_func = (element_free_func); \
+                                                                                      \
+            G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS;                                         \
+            g_ptr_array_copy((array), (func), (user_data));                           \
+            G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS;                                           \
+        })
+#else
+    #define nm_g_ptr_array_copy(array, func, user_data, element_free_func) \
+        _nm_g_ptr_array_copy((array), (func), (user_data), (element_free_func))
+#endif
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline GHashTable *
+nm_g_hash_table_ref(GHashTable *hash)
+{
+    return hash ? g_hash_table_ref(hash) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_g_hash_table_unref(GHashTable *hash)
+{
+    if (hash)
+        g_hash_table_unref(hash);
+}
+
+static inline guint
+nm_g_hash_table_size(GHashTable *hash)
+{
+    return hash ? g_hash_table_size(hash) : 0u;
+}
+
+static inline gpointer
+nm_g_hash_table_lookup(GHashTable *hash, gconstpointer key)
+{
+    return hash ? g_hash_table_lookup(hash, key) : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_g_hash_table_contains(GHashTable *hash, gconstpointer key)
+{
+    return hash ? g_hash_table_contains(hash, key) : FALSE;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_g_hash_table_remove(GHashTable *hash, gconstpointer key)
+{
+    return hash ? g_hash_table_remove(hash, key) : FALSE;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ptrarray_is_sorted(gconstpointer *  list,
+                                     gsize            len,
+                                     gboolean         require_strict,
+                                     GCompareDataFunc cmpfcn,
+                                     gpointer         user_data);
+
+gssize nm_utils_ptrarray_find_binary_search(gconstpointer *  list,
+                                            gsize            len,
+                                            gconstpointer    needle,
+                                            GCompareDataFunc cmpfcn,
+                                            gpointer         user_data);
+
+gssize nm_utils_ptrarray_find_binary_search_range(gconstpointer *  list,
+                                                  gsize            len,
+                                                  gconstpointer    needle,
+                                                  GCompareDataFunc cmpfcn,
+                                                  gpointer         user_data,
+                                                  gssize *         out_idx_first,
+                                                  gssize *         out_idx_last);
+
+#define nm_utils_strv_find_binary_search(strv, len, needle)           \
+    ({                                                                \
+        const char *const *const _strv   = NM_CAST_STRV_CC(strv);     \
+        const gsize              _len    = (len);                     \
+        const char *const        _needle = (needle);                  \
+                                                                      \
+        nm_assert(_len == 0 || _strv);                                \
+        nm_assert(_needle);                                           \
+                                                                      \
+        nm_utils_ptrarray_find_binary_search((gconstpointer *) _strv, \
+                                             _len,                    \
+                                             _needle,                 \
+                                             nm_strcmp_with_data,     \
+                                             NULL);                   \
+    })
+
+gssize nm_utils_array_find_binary_search(gconstpointer    list,
+                                         gsize            elem_size,
+                                         gsize            len,
+                                         gconstpointer    needle,
+                                         GCompareDataFunc cmpfcn,
+                                         gpointer         user_data);
+
+gssize nm_utils_ptrarray_find_first(gconstpointer *list, gssize len, gconstpointer needle);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+void _nm_utils_strv_sort(const char **strv, gssize len);
+#define nm_utils_strv_sort(strv, len) _nm_utils_strv_sort(NM_CAST_STRV_MC(strv), len)
+
+int
+_nm_utils_strv_cmp_n(const char *const *strv1, gssize len1, const char *const *strv2, gssize len2);
+
+#define nm_utils_strv_cmp_n(strv1, len1, strv2, len2) \
+    _nm_utils_strv_cmp_n(NM_CAST_STRV_CC(strv1), (len1), NM_CAST_STRV_CC(strv2), (len2))
+
+#define nm_utils_strv_equal(strv1, strv2) (nm_utils_strv_cmp_n((strv1), -1, (strv2), -1) == 0)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_UTILS_NSEC_PER_SEC  ((gint64) 1000000000)
+#define NM_UTILS_USEC_PER_SEC  ((gint64) 1000000)
+#define NM_UTILS_MSEC_PER_SEC  ((gint64) 1000)
+#define NM_UTILS_NSEC_PER_MSEC ((gint64) 1000000)
+
+static inline gint64
+NM_UTILS_NSEC_TO_MSEC_CEIL(gint64 nsec)
+{
+    return (nsec + (NM_UTILS_NSEC_PER_MSEC - 1)) / NM_UTILS_NSEC_PER_MSEC;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+int     nm_utils_fd_wait_for_event(int fd, int event, gint64 timeout_nsec);
+ssize_t nm_utils_fd_read_loop(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll);
+int     nm_utils_fd_read_loop_exact(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFO_FULL(name_, ...) \
+    ((GDBusArgInfo *) (&((const GDBusArgInfo){.ref_count = -1, .name = name_, __VA_ARGS__})))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFO(name_, a_signature) \
+    NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFO_FULL(name_, .signature = a_signature, )
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_ARG_INFOS(...)            \
+    ((GDBusArgInfo **) ((const GDBusArgInfo *[]){ \
+        __VA_ARGS__ NULL,                         \
+    }))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_PROPERTY_INFO(name_, ...) \
+    ((GDBusPropertyInfo *) (&(                    \
+        (const GDBusPropertyInfo){.ref_count = -1, .name = name_, __VA_ARGS__})))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_PROPERTY_INFO_READABLE(name_, m_signature) \
+    NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_PROPERTY_INFO(name_,                           \
+                                  .signature = m_signature,        \
+                                  .flags     = G_DBUS_PROPERTY_INFO_FLAGS_READABLE, )
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_PROPERTY_INFOS(...)                 \
+    ((GDBusPropertyInfo **) ((const GDBusPropertyInfo *[]){ \
+        __VA_ARGS__ NULL,                                   \
+    }))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_SIGNAL_INFO_INIT(name_, ...) \
+    {                                                \
+        .ref_count = -1, .name = name_, __VA_ARGS__  \
+    }
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_SIGNAL_INFO(name_, ...) \
+    ((GDBusSignalInfo *) (&(                    \
+        (const GDBusSignalInfo) NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_SIGNAL_INFO_INIT(name_, __VA_ARGS__))))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_SIGNAL_INFOS(...)               \
+    ((GDBusSignalInfo **) ((const GDBusSignalInfo *[]){ \
+        __VA_ARGS__ NULL,                               \
+    }))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_METHOD_INFO_INIT(name_, ...) \
+    {                                                \
+        .ref_count = -1, .name = name_, __VA_ARGS__  \
+    }
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_METHOD_INFO(name_, ...) \
+    ((GDBusMethodInfo *) (&(                    \
+        (const GDBusMethodInfo) NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_METHOD_INFO_INIT(name_, __VA_ARGS__))))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_METHOD_INFOS(...)               \
+    ((GDBusMethodInfo **) ((const GDBusMethodInfo *[]){ \
+        __VA_ARGS__ NULL,                               \
+    }))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_INTERFACE_INFO_INIT(name_, ...) \
+    {                                                   \
+        .ref_count = -1, .name = name_, __VA_ARGS__     \
+    }
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_INTERFACE_INFO(name_, ...) \
+    ((GDBusInterfaceInfo *) (&(                    \
+        (const GDBusInterfaceInfo) NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_INTERFACE_INFO_INIT(name_, __VA_ARGS__))))
+
+#define NM_DEFINE_GDBUS_INTERFACE_VTABLE(...) \
+    ((GDBusInterfaceVTable *) (&((const GDBusInterfaceVTable){__VA_ARGS__})))
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+guint64 nm_utils_get_start_time_for_pid(pid_t pid, char *out_state, pid_t *out_ppid);
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_process_state_is_dead(char pstate)
+{
+    /* "/proc/[pid]/stat" returns a state as the 3rd fields (see `man 5 proc`).
+     * Some of these states indicate the process is effectively dead (or a zombie).
+     */
+    return NM_IN_SET(pstate, 'Z', 'x', 'X');
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct _NMUtilsUserData NMUtilsUserData;
+
+NMUtilsUserData *_nm_utils_user_data_pack(int nargs, gconstpointer *args);
+
+#define nm_utils_user_data_pack(...) \
+    _nm_utils_user_data_pack(NM_NARG(__VA_ARGS__), (gconstpointer[]){__VA_ARGS__})
+
+void _nm_utils_user_data_unpack(NMUtilsUserData *user_data, int nargs, ...);
+
+#define nm_utils_user_data_unpack(user_data, ...) \
+    _nm_utils_user_data_unpack(user_data, NM_NARG(__VA_ARGS__), __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef void (*NMUtilsInvokeOnIdleCallback)(gpointer user_data, GCancellable *cancellable);
+
+void nm_utils_invoke_on_idle(GCancellable *              cancellable,
+                             NMUtilsInvokeOnIdleCallback callback,
+                             gpointer                    callback_user_data);
+
+void nm_utils_invoke_on_timeout(guint                       timeout_msec,
+                                GCancellable *              cancellable,
+                                NMUtilsInvokeOnIdleCallback callback,
+                                gpointer                    callback_user_data);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+GSource *nm_utils_g_main_context_create_integrate_source(GMainContext *internal);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline GPtrArray *
+nm_strv_ptrarray_ensure(GPtrArray **p_arr)
+{
+    nm_assert(p_arr);
+
+    if (G_UNLIKELY(!*p_arr))
+        *p_arr = g_ptr_array_new_with_free_func(g_free);
+
+    return *p_arr;
+}
+
+static inline const char *const *
+nm_strv_ptrarray_get_unsafe(GPtrArray *arr, guint *out_len)
+{
+    /* warning: the GPtrArray is not NULL terminated. So, it
+     * isn't really a strv array (sorry the misnomer). That's why
+     * the function is potentially "unsafe" and you must provide a
+     * out_len parameter. */
+    if (!arr || arr->len == 0) {
+        *out_len = 0;
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    *out_len = arr->len;
+    return (const char *const *) arr->pdata;
+}
+
+static inline GPtrArray *
+nm_strv_ptrarray_clone(const GPtrArray *src, gboolean null_if_empty)
+{
+    if (!src || (null_if_empty && src->len == 0))
+        return NULL;
+    return nm_g_ptr_array_copy((GPtrArray *) src, nm_copy_func_g_strdup, NULL, g_free);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_take(GPtrArray *cmd, char *str)
+{
+    nm_assert(cmd);
+    nm_assert(str);
+
+    g_ptr_array_add(cmd, str);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_dup(GPtrArray *cmd, const char *str)
+{
+    nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_take(cmd, g_strdup(str));
+}
+
+#define nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_concat(cmd, ...) \
+    nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_take((cmd), g_strconcat(__VA_ARGS__, NULL))
+
+#define nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_printf(cmd, ...) \
+    nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_take((cmd), g_strdup_printf(__VA_ARGS__))
+
+#define nm_strv_ptrarray_add_int(cmd, val) \
+    nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_take((cmd), nm_strdup_int(val))
+
+static inline void
+nm_strv_ptrarray_take_gstring(GPtrArray *cmd, GString **gstr)
+{
+    nm_assert(gstr && *gstr);
+
+    nm_strv_ptrarray_add_string_take(cmd, g_string_free(g_steal_pointer(gstr), FALSE));
+}
+
+static inline gssize
+nm_strv_ptrarray_find_first(const GPtrArray *strv, const char *str)
+{
+    if (!strv)
+        return -1;
+    return nm_utils_strv_find_first((char **) strv->pdata, strv->len, str);
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_strv_ptrarray_contains(const GPtrArray *strv, const char *str)
+{
+    return nm_strv_ptrarray_find_first(strv, str) >= 0;
+}
+
+static inline int
+nm_strv_ptrarray_cmp(const GPtrArray *a, const GPtrArray *b)
+{
+    /* nm_utils_strv_cmp_n() will treat NULL and empty arrays the same.
+     * That means, an empty strv array can both be represented by NULL
+     * and an array of length zero.
+     * If you need to distinguish between these case, do that yourself. */
+    return nm_utils_strv_cmp_n((const char *const *) nm_g_ptr_array_pdata(a),
+                               nm_g_ptr_array_len(a),
+                               (const char *const *) nm_g_ptr_array_pdata(b),
+                               nm_g_ptr_array_len(b));
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+int nm_utils_getpagesize(void);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+extern const char _nm_hexchar_table_lower[16];
+extern const char _nm_hexchar_table_upper[16];
+
+static inline char
+nm_hexchar(int x, gboolean upper_case)
+{
+    return upper_case ? _nm_hexchar_table_upper[x & 15] : _nm_hexchar_table_lower[x & 15];
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ascii_is_ctrl(char ch)
+{
+    /* 0 to ' '-1 is the C0 range.
+     *
+     * Other ranges may also be considered control characters, but NOT
+     * CONSIDERED by this function. For example:
+     *   - DEL (127) is also a control character.
+     *   - SP (' ', 0x20) is also considered a control character.
+     *   - DEL+1 (0x80) to 0x9F is C1 range.
+     *   - NBSP (0xA0) and SHY (0xAD) are ISO 8859 special characters
+     */
+    return ((guchar) ch) < ' ';
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ascii_is_ctrl_or_del(char ch)
+{
+    return ((guchar) ch) < ' ' || ch == 127;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ascii_is_non_ascii(char ch)
+{
+    return ((guchar) ch) > 127;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_ascii_is_regular(char ch)
+{
+    /* same as(!nm_ascii_is_ctrl_or_del(ch) && !nm_ascii_is_non_ascii(ch)) */
+    return ch >= ' ' && ch < 127;
+}
+
+char *nm_utils_bin2hexstr_full(gconstpointer addr,
+                               gsize         length,
+                               char          delimiter,
+                               gboolean      upper_case,
+                               char *        out);
+
+#define nm_utils_bin2hexstr_a(addr, length, delimiter, upper_case, str_to_free)               \
+    ({                                                                                        \
+        gconstpointer _addr        = (addr);                                                  \
+        gsize         _length      = (length);                                                \
+        char          _delimiter   = (delimiter);                                             \
+        char **       _str_to_free = (str_to_free);                                           \
+        char *        _s;                                                                     \
+        gsize         _s_len;                                                                 \
+                                                                                              \
+        nm_assert(_str_to_free);                                                              \
+                                                                                              \
+        _s_len = _length == 0 ? 1u : (_delimiter == '\0' ? _length * 2u + 1u : _length * 3u); \
+        if (_s_len < 100)                                                                     \
+            _s = g_alloca(_s_len);                                                            \
+        else {                                                                                \
+            _s            = g_malloc(_s_len);                                                 \
+            *_str_to_free = _s;                                                               \
+        }                                                                                     \
+        nm_utils_bin2hexstr_full(_addr, _length, _delimiter, (upper_case), _s);               \
+    })
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_ether_addr_to_string(const NMEtherAddr *ether_addr, char sbuf[static(sizeof(NMEtherAddr) * 3)])
+{
+    nm_assert(ether_addr);
+    nm_assert(sbuf);
+
+    return nm_utils_bin2hexstr_full(ether_addr, sizeof(NMEtherAddr), ':', TRUE, sbuf);
+}
+
+#define nm_ether_addr_to_string_a(ether_addr) \
+    nm_ether_addr_to_string((ether_addr), g_alloca(sizeof(NMEtherAddr) * 3))
+
+guint8 *nm_utils_hexstr2bin_full(const char *hexstr,
+                                 gboolean    allow_0x_prefix,
+                                 gboolean    delimiter_required,
+                                 gboolean    hexdigit_pairs_required,
+                                 const char *delimiter_candidates,
+                                 gsize       required_len,
+                                 guint8 *    buffer,
+                                 gsize       buffer_len,
+                                 gsize *     out_len);
+
+#define nm_utils_hexstr2bin_buf(hexstr,               \
+                                allow_0x_prefix,      \
+                                delimiter_required,   \
+                                delimiter_candidates, \
+                                buffer)               \
+    nm_utils_hexstr2bin_full((hexstr),                \
+                             (allow_0x_prefix),       \
+                             (delimiter_required),    \
+                             FALSE,                   \
+                             (delimiter_candidates),  \
+                             G_N_ELEMENTS(buffer),    \
+                             (buffer),                \
+                             G_N_ELEMENTS(buffer),    \
+                             NULL)
+
+guint8 *nm_utils_hexstr2bin_alloc(const char *hexstr,
+                                  gboolean    allow_0x_prefix,
+                                  gboolean    delimiter_required,
+                                  const char *delimiter_candidates,
+                                  gsize       required_len,
+                                  gsize *     out_len);
+
+/**
+ * _nm_utils_hwaddr_aton:
+ * @asc: the ASCII representation of a hardware address
+ * @buffer: buffer to store the result into. Must have
+ *   at least a size of @buffer_length.
+ * @buffer_length: the length of the input buffer @buffer.
+ *   The result must fit into that buffer, otherwise
+ *   the function fails and returns %NULL.
+ * @out_length: the output length in case of success.
+ *
+ * Parses @asc and converts it to binary form in @buffer.
+ * Bytes in @asc can be separated by colons (:), or hyphens (-), but not mixed.
+ *
+ * It is like nm_utils_hwaddr_aton(), but contrary to that it
+ * can parse addresses of any length. That is, you don't need
+ * to know the length before-hand.
+ *
+ * Return value: @buffer, or %NULL if @asc couldn't be parsed.
+ */
+static inline guint8 *
+_nm_utils_hwaddr_aton(const char *asc, gpointer buffer, gsize buffer_length, gsize *out_length)
+{
+    g_return_val_if_fail(asc, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(buffer, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(buffer_length > 0, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(out_length, NULL);
+
+    return nm_utils_hexstr2bin_full(asc,
+                                    FALSE,
+                                    TRUE,
+                                    FALSE,
+                                    ":-",
+                                    0,
+                                    buffer,
+                                    buffer_length,
+                                    out_length);
+}
+
+static inline guint8 *
+_nm_utils_hwaddr_aton_exact(const char *asc, gpointer buffer, gsize buffer_length)
+{
+    g_return_val_if_fail(asc, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(buffer, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(buffer_length > 0, NULL);
+
+    return nm_utils_hexstr2bin_full(asc,
+                                    FALSE,
+                                    TRUE,
+                                    FALSE,
+                                    ":-",
+                                    buffer_length,
+                                    buffer,
+                                    buffer_length,
+                                    NULL);
+}
+
+static inline const char *
+_nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa(gconstpointer addr,
+                      gsize         addr_len,
+                      gboolean      upper_case,
+                      char *        buf,
+                      gsize         buf_len)
+{
+    g_return_val_if_fail(addr, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(addr_len > 0, NULL);
+    g_return_val_if_fail(buf, NULL);
+    if (buf_len < addr_len * 3)
+        g_return_val_if_reached(NULL);
+
+    return nm_utils_bin2hexstr_full(addr, addr_len, ':', upper_case, buf);
+}
+
+#define _nm_utils_hwaddr_ntoa_maybe_a(addr, addr_len, buf_to_free)                       \
+    ({                                                                                   \
+        gconstpointer const _addr        = (addr);                                       \
+        const gsize         _addr_len    = (addr_len);                                   \
+        char **const        _buf_to_free = (buf_to_free);                                \
+                                                                                         \
+        nm_utils_bin2hexstr_full(                                                        \
+            _addr,                                                                       \
+            _addr_len,                                                                   \
+            ':',                                                                         \
+            TRUE,                                                                        \
+            nm_malloc_maybe_a(3 * 20, _addr_len ? (_addr_len * 3u) : 1u, _buf_to_free)); \
+    })
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+#define _NM_UTILS_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP_DEFINE(fcn_name,                                         \
+                                             value_type,                                       \
+                                             value_type_result,                                \
+                                             entry_cmd,                                        \
+                                             unknown_val_cmd,                                  \
+                                             get_operator,                                     \
+                                             ...)                                              \
+    value_type_result fcn_name(const char *name)                                               \
+    {                                                                                          \
+        static const struct {                                                                  \
+            const char *name;                                                                  \
+            value_type  value;                                                                 \
+        } LIST[] = {__VA_ARGS__};                                                              \
+                                                                                               \
+        if (NM_MORE_ASSERT_ONCE(5)) {                                                          \
+            int i;                                                                             \
+                                                                                               \
+            for (i = 0; i < G_N_ELEMENTS(LIST); i++) {                                         \
+                nm_assert(LIST[i].name);                                                       \
+                if (i > 0)                                                                     \
+                    nm_assert(strcmp(LIST[i - 1].name, LIST[i].name) < 0);                     \
+            }                                                                                  \
+        }                                                                                      \
+                                                                                               \
+        {                                                                                      \
+            entry_cmd;                                                                         \
+        }                                                                                      \
+                                                                                               \
+        if (G_LIKELY(name)) {                                                                  \
+            G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_N_ELEMENTS(LIST) > 1);                                           \
+            G_STATIC_ASSERT(G_N_ELEMENTS(LIST) < G_MAXINT / 2 - 10);                           \
+            int imin = 0;                                                                      \
+            int imax = (G_N_ELEMENTS(LIST) - 1);                                               \
+            int imid = (G_N_ELEMENTS(LIST) - 1) / 2;                                           \
+                                                                                               \
+            for (;;) {                                                                         \
+                const int cmp = strcmp(LIST[imid].name, name);                                 \
+                                                                                               \
+                if (G_UNLIKELY(cmp == 0))                                                      \
+                    return get_operator(LIST[imid].value);                                     \
+                                                                                               \
+                if (cmp < 0)                                                                   \
+                    imin = imid + 1;                                                           \
+                else                                                                           \
+                    imax = imid - 1;                                                           \
+                                                                                               \
+                if (G_UNLIKELY(imin > imax))                                                   \
+                    break;                                                                     \
+                                                                                               \
+                /* integer overflow cannot happen, because LIST is shorter than G_MAXINT/2. */ \
+                imid = (imin + imax) / 2;                                                      \
+            }                                                                                  \
+        }                                                                                      \
+                                                                                               \
+        {                                                                                      \
+            unknown_val_cmd;                                                                   \
+        }                                                                                      \
+    }                                                                                          \
+    _NM_DUMMY_STRUCT_FOR_TRAILING_SEMICOLON
+
+#define NM_UTILS_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP_STRUCT_DEFINE(fcn_name,        \
+                                                   result_type,     \
+                                                   entry_cmd,       \
+                                                   unknown_val_cmd, \
+                                                   ...)             \
+    _NM_UTILS_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP_DEFINE(fcn_name,                  \
+                                         result_type,               \
+                                         const result_type *,       \
+                                         entry_cmd,                 \
+                                         unknown_val_cmd,           \
+                                             &,                     \
+                                         __VA_ARGS__)
+
+#define NM_UTILS_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP_DEFINE(fcn_name,        \
+                                            result_type,     \
+                                            entry_cmd,       \
+                                            unknown_val_cmd, \
+                                            ...)             \
+    _NM_UTILS_STRING_TABLE_LOOKUP_DEFINE(fcn_name,           \
+                                         result_type,        \
+                                         result_type,        \
+                                         entry_cmd,          \
+                                         unknown_val_cmd,    \
+                                         ,                   \
+                                         __VA_ARGS__)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline GTask *
+nm_g_task_new(gpointer            source_object,
+              GCancellable *      cancellable,
+              gpointer            source_tag,
+              GAsyncReadyCallback callback,
+              gpointer            callback_data)
+{
+    GTask *task;
+
+    task = g_task_new(source_object, cancellable, callback, callback_data);
+    if (source_tag)
+        g_task_set_source_tag(task, source_tag);
+    return task;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_g_task_is_valid(gpointer task, gpointer source_object, gpointer source_tag)
+{
+    return g_task_is_valid(task, source_object) && g_task_get_source_tag(task) == source_tag;
+}
+
+guint nm_utils_parse_debug_string(const char *string, const GDebugKey *keys, guint nkeys);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_strdup_reset(char **dst, const char *src)
+{
+    char *old;
+
+    nm_assert(dst);
+
+    if (nm_streq0(*dst, src))
+        return FALSE;
+    old  = *dst;
+    *dst = g_strdup(src);
+    g_free(old);
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_utils_strdup_reset_take(char **dst, char *src)
+{
+    char *old;
+
+    nm_assert(dst);
+    nm_assert(src != *dst);
+
+    if (nm_streq0(*dst, src)) {
+        if (src)
+            g_free(src);
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    old  = *dst;
+    *dst = src;
+    g_free(old);
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+void nm_indirect_g_free(gpointer arg);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+void nm_utils_ifname_cpy(char *dst, const char *name);
+
+typedef enum {
+    NMU_IFACE_ANY,
+    NMU_IFACE_KERNEL,
+    NMU_IFACE_OVS,
+    NMU_IFACE_OVS_AND_KERNEL,
+} NMUtilsIfaceType;
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ifname_valid_kernel(const char *name, GError **error);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_ifname_valid(const char *name, NMUtilsIfaceType type, GError **error);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline GArray *
+nm_strvarray_ensure(GArray **p)
+{
+    if (!*p) {
+        *p = g_array_new(TRUE, FALSE, sizeof(char *));
+        g_array_set_clear_func(*p, nm_indirect_g_free);
+    }
+    return *p;
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_strvarray_add(GArray *array, const char *str)
+{
+    char *s;
+
+    s = g_strdup(str);
+    g_array_append_val(array, s);
+}
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_strvarray_get_idx(GArray *array, guint idx)
+{
+    nm_assert(array);
+    nm_assert(idx < array->len);
+
+    return g_array_index(array, const char *, idx);
+}
+
+static inline const char *const *
+nm_strvarray_get_strv_non_empty(GArray *arr, guint *length)
+{
+    if (!arr || arr->len == 0) {
+        NM_SET_OUT(length, 0);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    NM_SET_OUT(length, arr->len);
+    return &g_array_index(arr, const char *, 0);
+}
+
+static inline char **
+nm_strvarray_get_strv_non_empty_dup(GArray *arr, guint *length)
+{
+    const char *const *strv;
+
+    if (!arr || arr->len == 0) {
+        NM_SET_OUT(length, 0);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    NM_SET_OUT(length, arr->len);
+    strv = &g_array_index(arr, const char *, 0);
+    return nm_utils_strv_dup(strv, arr->len, TRUE);
+}
+
+static inline const char *const *
+nm_strvarray_get_strv(GArray **arr, guint *length)
+{
+    if (!*arr) {
+        NM_SET_OUT(length, 0);
+        return (const char *const *) arr;
+    }
+
+    NM_SET_OUT(length, (*arr)->len);
+    return &g_array_index(*arr, const char *, 0);
+}
+
+static inline void
+nm_strvarray_set_strv(GArray **array, const char *const *strv)
+{
+    gs_unref_array GArray *array_old = NULL;
+
+    array_old = g_steal_pointer(array);
+
+    if (!strv || !strv[0])
+        return;
+
+    nm_strvarray_ensure(array);
+    for (; strv[0]; strv++)
+        nm_strvarray_add(*array, strv[0]);
+}
+
+static inline gssize
+nm_strvarray_find_first(GArray *strv, const char *needle)
+{
+    guint i;
+
+    nm_assert(needle);
+
+    if (strv) {
+        for (i = 0; i < strv->len; i++) {
+            if (nm_streq(needle, g_array_index(strv, const char *, i)))
+                return i;
+        }
+    }
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static inline gboolean
+nm_strvarray_remove_first(GArray *strv, const char *needle)
+{
+    gssize idx;
+
+    nm_assert(needle);
+
+    idx = nm_strvarray_find_first(strv, needle);
+    if (idx < 0)
+        return FALSE;
+    g_array_remove_index(strv, idx);
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+struct _NMVariantAttributeSpec {
+    char *              name;
+    const GVariantType *type;
+    bool                v4 : 1;
+    bool                v6 : 1;
+    bool                no_value : 1;
+    bool                consumes_rest : 1;
+    char                str_type;
+};
+
+typedef struct _NMVariantAttributeSpec NMVariantAttributeSpec;
+
+void _nm_utils_format_variant_attributes_full(GString *                            str,
+                                              const NMUtilsNamedValue *            values,
+                                              guint                                num_values,
+                                              const NMVariantAttributeSpec *const *spec,
+                                              char                                 attr_separator,
+                                              char key_value_separator);
+
+char *_nm_utils_format_variant_attributes(GHashTable *                         attributes,
+                                          const NMVariantAttributeSpec *const *spec,
+                                          char                                 attr_separator,
+                                          char                                 key_value_separator);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean nm_utils_is_localhost(const char *name);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_is_specific_hostname(const char *name);
+
+char *   nm_utils_uid_to_name(uid_t uid);
+gboolean nm_utils_name_to_uid(const char *name, uid_t *out_uid);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+double nm_utils_exp10(gint16 e);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean _nm_utils_is_empty_ssid_arr(const guint8 *ssid, gsize len);
+gboolean _nm_utils_is_empty_ssid_gbytes(GBytes *ssid);
+char *   _nm_utils_ssid_to_string_arr(const guint8 *ssid, gsize len);
+char *   _nm_utils_ssid_to_string_gbytes(GBytes *ssid);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+gboolean    nm_utils_is_valid_path_component(const char *name);
+const char *NM_ASSERT_VALID_PATH_COMPONENT(const char *name);
+
+#define NM_UTILS_SYSCTL_IP_CONF_PATH_BUFSIZE 100
+
+const char *
+nm_utils_sysctl_ip_conf_path(int addr_family, char *buf, const char *ifname, const char *property);
+
+gboolean nm_utils_sysctl_ip_conf_is_path(int         addr_family,
+                                         const char *path,
+                                         const char *ifname,
+                                         const char *property);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+void nm_crypto_md5_hash(const guint8 *salt,
+                        gsize         salt_len,
+                        const guint8 *password,
+                        gsize         password_len,
+                        guint8 *      buffer,
+                        gsize         buflen);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+char *nm_utils_get_process_exit_status_desc(int status);
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+void nm_utils_thread_local_register_destroy(gpointer tls_data, GDestroyNotify destroy_notify);
+
+#endif /* __NM_SHARED_UTILS_H__ */