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diff --git a/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.h b/shared/nm-glib-aux/nm-ref-string.h
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1+
+
+#ifndef __NM_REF_STRING_H__
+#define __NM_REF_STRING_H__
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+typedef struct {
+	const char *const str;
+	const gsize len;
+} NMRefString;
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+NMRefString *nm_ref_string_new_len (const char *cstr, gsize len);
+
+static inline NMRefString *
+nm_ref_string_new (const char *cstr)
+{
+	return   cstr
+	       ? nm_ref_string_new_len (cstr, strlen (cstr))
+	       : NULL;
+}
+
+NMRefString *nm_ref_string_ref (NMRefString *rstr);
+void _nm_ref_string_unref_non_null (NMRefString *rstr);
+
+static inline void
+nm_ref_string_unref (NMRefString *rstr)
+{
+	if (rstr)
+		_nm_ref_string_unref_non_null (rstr);
+}
+
+NM_AUTO_DEFINE_FCN_VOID0 (NMRefString *, _nm_auto_ref_string, _nm_ref_string_unref_non_null)
+#define nm_auto_ref_string nm_auto(_nm_auto_ref_string)
+
+/*****************************************************************************/
+
+static inline const char *
+nm_ref_string_get_str (NMRefString *rstr)
+{
+	return rstr ? rstr->str : NULL;
+}
+
+static inline gsize
+nm_ref_string_get_len (NMRefString *rstr)
+{
+	return rstr ? rstr->len : 0u;
+}
+
+#endif /* __NM_REF_STRING_H__ */