+void pa_disable_sigpipe(void);
+
+void pa_xfreev(void**a);
+
+static inline void pa_xstrfreev(char **a) {
+ pa_xfreev((void**) a);
+}
+
+char **pa_split_spaces_strv(const char *s);
+
+char* pa_maybe_prefix_path(const char *path, const char *prefix);
+
+/* Returns size of the specified pipe or 4096 on failure */
+size_t pa_pipe_buf(int fd);
+
+void pa_reset_personality(void);
+
+bool pa_run_from_build_tree(void) PA_GCC_CONST;
+
+const char *pa_get_temp_dir(void);
+
+int pa_open_cloexec(const char *fn, int flags, mode_t mode);
+int pa_socket_cloexec(int domain, int type, int protocol);
+int pa_pipe_cloexec(int pipefd[2]);
+int pa_accept_cloexec(int sockfd, struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t *addrlen);
+FILE* pa_fopen_cloexec(const char *path, const char *mode);
+
+void pa_nullify_stdfds(void);
+
+char *pa_read_line_from_file(const char *fn);
+bool pa_running_in_vm(void);
+
+#ifdef OS_IS_WIN32
+char *pa_win32_get_toplevel(HANDLE handle);
+#endif
+