#ifndef DM_CACHE_POLICY_INTERNAL_H
 #define DM_CACHE_POLICY_INTERNAL_H
 
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include "dm-cache-policy.h"
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+/*
+ * Some utility functions commonly used by policies and the core target.
+ */
+static inline size_t bitset_size_in_bytes(unsigned nr_entries)
+{
+       return sizeof(unsigned long) * dm_div_up(nr_entries, BITS_PER_LONG);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long *alloc_bitset(unsigned nr_entries)
+{
+       size_t s = bitset_size_in_bytes(nr_entries);
+       return vzalloc(s);
+}
+
+static inline void clear_bitset(void *bitset, unsigned nr_entries)
+{
+       size_t s = bitset_size_in_bytes(nr_entries);
+       memset(bitset, 0, s);
+}
+
+static inline void free_bitset(unsigned long *bits)
+{
+       vfree(bits);
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 /*
  * Creates a new cache policy given a policy name, a cache size, an origin size and the block size.
  */
 
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static size_t bitset_size_in_bytes(unsigned nr_entries)
-{
-       return sizeof(unsigned long) * dm_div_up(nr_entries, BITS_PER_LONG);
-}
-
-static unsigned long *alloc_bitset(unsigned nr_entries)
-{
-       size_t s = bitset_size_in_bytes(nr_entries);
-       return vzalloc(s);
-}
-
-static void clear_bitset(void *bitset, unsigned nr_entries)
-{
-       size_t s = bitset_size_in_bytes(nr_entries);
-       memset(bitset, 0, s);
-}
-
-static void free_bitset(unsigned long *bits)
-{
-       vfree(bits);
-}
-
-/*----------------------------------------------------------------*/
-
 /*
  * There are a couple of places where we let a bio run, but want to do some
  * work before calling its endio function.  We do this by temporarily