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Add a helper function to make the code slightly more readable.
Signed-off-by: Ander Conselvan de Oliveira <ander.conselvan.de.oliveira@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Maarten Lankhorst <maarten.lankhorst@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch>