+always_inline void
+vlib_buffer_copy_indices_from_ring (u32 * dst, u32 * ring, u32 start,
+ u32 ring_size, u32 n_buffers)
+{
+ ASSERT (n_buffers <= ring_size);
+
+ if (PREDICT_TRUE (start + n_buffers <= ring_size))
+ {
+ vlib_buffer_copy_indices (dst, ring + start, n_buffers);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ u32 n = ring_size - start;
+ vlib_buffer_copy_indices (dst, ring + start, n);
+ vlib_buffer_copy_indices (dst + n, ring, n_buffers - n);
+ }
+}
+
+always_inline void
+vlib_buffer_copy_indices_to_ring (u32 * ring, u32 * src, u32 start,
+ u32 ring_size, u32 n_buffers)
+{
+ ASSERT (n_buffers <= ring_size);
+
+ if (PREDICT_TRUE (start + n_buffers <= ring_size))
+ {
+ vlib_buffer_copy_indices (ring + start, src, n_buffers);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ u32 n = ring_size - start;
+ vlib_buffer_copy_indices (ring + start, src, n);
+ vlib_buffer_copy_indices (ring, src + n, n_buffers - n);
+ }
+}
+