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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Helper functions for HEVC stateless codecs.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _MEDIA_V4L2_HEVC_H
+#define _MEDIA_V4L2_HEVC_H
+
+#include <linux/minmax.h>
+#include <media/v4l2-ctrls.h>
+
+/**
+ * v4l2_hevc_pps_num_tile_columns - number of HEVC tile columns, bounded
+ * @pps: the V4L2 HEVC PPS control
+ *
+ * Return the number of tile columns (num_tile_columns_minus1 + 1) clamped to
+ * the capacity of column_width_minus1[]. The control validation already
+ * rejects out-of-range counts; this keeps the consuming drivers bounded too.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int
+v4l2_hevc_pps_num_tile_columns(const struct v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps *pps)
+{
+	return min_t(unsigned int, pps->num_tile_columns_minus1 + 1,
+		     ARRAY_SIZE(pps->column_width_minus1));
+}
+
+/**
+ * v4l2_hevc_pps_num_tile_rows - number of HEVC tile rows, bounded
+ * @pps: the V4L2 HEVC PPS control
+ *
+ * Return the number of tile rows (num_tile_rows_minus1 + 1) clamped to the
+ * capacity of row_height_minus1[].
+ */
+static inline unsigned int
+v4l2_hevc_pps_num_tile_rows(const struct v4l2_ctrl_hevc_pps *pps)
+{
+	return min_t(unsigned int, pps->num_tile_rows_minus1 + 1,
+		     ARRAY_SIZE(pps->row_height_minus1));
+}
+
+#endif /* _MEDIA_V4L2_HEVC_H */