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+#ifndef BLOCK_HELPERS_H
+#define BLOCK_HELPERS_H
+
+#include "qemu/units.h"
+
+/* lower limit is sector size */
+#define MIN_BLOCK_SIZE          INT64_C(512)
+#define MIN_BLOCK_SIZE_STR      "512 B"
+/*
+ * upper limit is arbitrary, 2 MiB looks sufficient for all sensible uses, and
+ * matches qcow2 cluster size limit
+ */
+#define MAX_BLOCK_SIZE          (2 * MiB)
+#define MAX_BLOCK_SIZE_STR      "2 MiB"
+
+void check_block_size(const char *id, const char *name, int64_t value,
+                      Error **errp);
+
+#endif /* BLOCK_HELPERS_H */