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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 OR GPL-2.0-or-later
+#ifndef LIBPLDM_SRC_UTILS_H
+#define LIBPLDM_SRC_UTILS_H
+
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+/**
+ * @brief Validate the CRC32 checksum of the given data.
+ *
+ * @param[in]   expected    The expected CRC32 value.
+ * @param[in]   data        Pointer to the data to validate.
+ * @param[in]   size        Size of the data in bytes.
+ * @return      0           if the checksum matches,
+ *              -EUCLEAN    if the checksum mismatches,
+ *              -EINVAL     if the arguments are invalid
+ */
+int pldm_edac_crc32_validate(uint32_t expected, const void *data, size_t size);
+#endif