+/**
+ * snd_pcm_playback_ready - check whether the playback buffer is available
+ * @substream: the pcm substream instance
+ *
+ * Checks whether enough free space is available on the playback buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero if available, or zero if not.
+ */
+static inline int snd_pcm_playback_ready(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
+{
+ snd_pcm_runtime_t *runtime = substream->runtime;
+ return snd_pcm_playback_avail(runtime) >= runtime->control->avail_min;
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_pcm_capture_ready - check whether the capture buffer is available
+ * @substream: the pcm substream instance
+ *
+ * Checks whether enough capture data is available on the capture buffer.
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero if available, or zero if not.
+ */
+static inline int snd_pcm_capture_ready(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
+{
+ snd_pcm_runtime_t *runtime = substream->runtime;
+ return snd_pcm_capture_avail(runtime) >= runtime->control->avail_min;
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_pcm_playback_data - check whether any data exists on the playback buffer
+ * @substream: the pcm substream instance
+ *
+ * Checks whether any data exists on the playback buffer. If stop_threshold
+ * is bigger or equal to boundary, then this function returns always non-zero.
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero if exists, or zero if not.
+ */
+static inline int snd_pcm_playback_data(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
+{
+ snd_pcm_runtime_t *runtime = substream->runtime;
+
+ if (runtime->stop_threshold >= runtime->boundary)
+ return 1;
+ return snd_pcm_playback_avail(runtime) < runtime->buffer_size;
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_pcm_playback_empty - check whether the playback buffer is empty
+ * @substream: the pcm substream instance
+ *
+ * Checks whether the playback buffer is empty.
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero if empty, or zero if not.
+ */
+static inline int snd_pcm_playback_empty(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
+{
+ snd_pcm_runtime_t *runtime = substream->runtime;
+ return snd_pcm_playback_avail(runtime) >= runtime->buffer_size;
+}
+
+/**
+ * snd_pcm_capture_empty - check whether the capture buffer is empty
+ * @substream: the pcm substream instance
+ *
+ * Checks whether the capture buffer is empty.
+ *
+ * Returns non-zero if empty, or zero if not.
+ */
+static inline int snd_pcm_capture_empty(snd_pcm_substream_t *substream)
+{
+ snd_pcm_runtime_t *runtime = substream->runtime;
+ return snd_pcm_capture_avail(runtime) == 0;
+}
+