+int notification_init (notification_t *n, int severity, const char *message,
+ const char *host,
+ const char *plugin, const char *plugin_instance,
+ const char *type, const char *type_instance);
+#define NOTIFICATION_INIT_VL(n, vl, ds) \
+ notification_init (n, NOTIF_FAILURE, NULL, \
+ (vl)->host, (vl)->plugin, (vl)->plugin_instance, \
+ (ds)->type, (vl)->type_instance)
+
+typedef int (*dirwalk_callback_f)(const char *dirname, const char *filename,
+ void *user_data);
+int walk_directory (const char *dir, dirwalk_callback_f callback,
+ void *user_data);
+int read_file_contents (const char *filename, char *buf, int bufsize);
+
+counter_t counter_diff (counter_t old_value, counter_t new_value);
+