+#define pByteArea(smb_var) (BCC(smb_var) + 2)
+
+/* get the converted ByteCount for a SMB packet and return it */
+static inline __u16
+get_bcc(struct smb_hdr *hdr)
+{
+ __u16 *bc_ptr = (__u16 *)BCC(hdr);
+
+ return get_unaligned(bc_ptr);
+}
+
+/* get the unconverted ByteCount for a SMB packet and return it */
+static inline __u16
+get_bcc_le(struct smb_hdr *hdr)
+{
+ __le16 *bc_ptr = (__le16 *)BCC(hdr);
+
+ return get_unaligned_le16(bc_ptr);
+}
+
+/* set the ByteCount for a SMB packet in host-byte order */
+static inline void
+put_bcc(__u16 count, struct smb_hdr *hdr)
+{
+ __u16 *bc_ptr = (__u16 *)BCC(hdr);
+
+ put_unaligned(count, bc_ptr);
+}
+
+/* set the ByteCount for a SMB packet in little-endian */
+static inline void
+put_bcc_le(__u16 count, struct smb_hdr *hdr)
+{
+ __le16 *bc_ptr = (__le16 *)BCC(hdr);
+
+ put_unaligned_le16(count, bc_ptr);
+}