diff --git a/test/ringbuffer-test-utils.c b/test/ringbuffer-test-utils.c
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+++ b/test/ringbuffer-test-utils.c
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+
+struct rb_test_ctx {
+	struct ringbuffer_consumer	*rbc;
+	bool	ignore_poll;
+	bool	force_only;
+	int	count;
+	uint8_t	*data;
+	int	len;
+};
+
+void ringbuffer_test_context_init(struct rb_test_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	ctx->count = 0;
+	ctx->data = NULL;
+	ctx->len = 0;
+	ctx->ignore_poll = false;
+	ctx->force_only = false;
+}
+
+void ringbuffer_test_context_fini(struct rb_test_ctx *ctx)
+{
+	free(ctx->data);
+}
+
+enum ringbuffer_poll_ret ringbuffer_poll_nop(
+		void *data __attribute__((unused)),
+		size_t force_len __attribute__((unused)))
+{
+	return RINGBUFFER_POLL_OK;
+}
+
+enum ringbuffer_poll_ret ringbuffer_poll_append_all(void *data,
+		size_t force_len)
+{
+	struct rb_test_ctx *ctx = data;
+	size_t len, total_len;
+	uint8_t *buf;
+
+	if (ctx->ignore_poll)
+		return RINGBUFFER_POLL_OK;
+
+	if (ctx->force_only && !force_len)
+		return RINGBUFFER_POLL_OK;
+
+	ctx->count++;
+
+	total_len = 0;
+	for (;;) {
+		len = ringbuffer_dequeue_peek(ctx->rbc, total_len, &buf);
+		if (!len)
+			break;
+
+		if (ctx->force_only && total_len + len > force_len)
+			len = force_len - total_len;
+
+		ctx->data = realloc(ctx->data, ctx->len + len);
+		memcpy(ctx->data + ctx->len, buf, len);
+		ctx->len += len;
+		total_len += len;
+
+		if (ctx->force_only && total_len >= force_len)
+			break;
+	}
+	ringbuffer_dequeue_commit(ctx->rbc, total_len);
+
+	return RINGBUFFER_POLL_OK;
+}
+
+void ringbuffer_dump(struct ringbuffer *rb)
+{
+	struct ringbuffer_consumer *rbc;
+	int i, j;
+
+	printf("---- ringbuffer (%d consumer%s)\n", rb->n_consumers,
+			rb->n_consumers == 1 ? "" : "s");
+
+	for (i = 0; i < rb->size; i++) {
+		bool has_consumer = false;
+		const char *prefix = "";
+
+		if (rb->tail == i)
+			prefix = "tail=>";
+
+		printf("%6s %02x", prefix, rb->buf[i]);
+		for (j = 0; j < rb->n_consumers; j++) {
+			rbc = rb->consumers[j];
+			if (rbc->pos != i)
+				continue;
+			if (!has_consumer)
+				printf(" <=");
+			printf("c[%d],len=%zd ", j, ringbuffer_len(rbc));
+			has_consumer = true;
+		}
+		printf("\n");
+	}
+}
+