* from an existing dynamic buffer.
*
* @src Source dynamic buffer to reference
- * @offset Offset to apply to the payload's buffer
+ * @offset Offset to apply to the dynamic buffer
* @len Length of the buffer contents to reference. Passing -1 will
* cause the payload view to reference the whole payload from the
* offset provided.
struct lttng_payload_view lttng_payload_view_from_dynamic_buffer(
const struct lttng_dynamic_buffer *buffer, size_t offset,
ptrdiff_t len);
+/**
+ *
+ * Return a payload view referencing a subset of a dynamic buffer.
+ *
+ * Meant as an adapter for code paths that need to create a payload view
+ * from an existing buffer view.
+ *
+ * @src Source buffer view to reference
+ * @offset Offset to apply to the buffer view
+ * @len Length of the buffer contents to reference. Passing -1 will
+ * cause the payload view to reference the whole payload from the
+ * offset provided.
+ */
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+struct lttng_payload_view lttng_payload_view_from_buffer_view(
+ const struct lttng_buffer_view *view, size_t offset,
+ ptrdiff_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Get the number of file descriptors left in a payload view.
+ *
+ * @payload Payload instance
+ *
+ * Returns the number of file descriptors left on success, -1 on error.
+ */
+LTTNG_HIDDEN
+int lttng_payload_view_get_fd_count(struct lttng_payload_view *payload_view);
/**
* Pop an fd from a payload view.