+GNUNET_TESTBED_forward_operation_msg_cancel_ (struct OperationContext *opc);
+
+
+/**
+ * Generates configuration by uncompressing configuration in given message. The
+ * given message should be of the following types:
+ * #GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_TESTBED_PEERCONFIG,
+ * #GNUNET_MESSAGE_TYPE_TESTBED_SLAVECONFIG
+ *
+ * @param msg the message containing compressed configuration
+ * @return handle to the parsed configuration
+ */
+struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *
+GNUNET_TESTBED_extract_config_ (const struct GNUNET_MessageHeader *msg);
+
+
+/**
+ * Checks the integrity of the OpeationFailureEventMessage and if good returns
+ * the error message it contains.
+ *
+ * @param msg the OperationFailureEventMessage
+ * @return the error message
+ */
+const char *
+GNUNET_TESTBED_parse_error_string_ (const struct
+ GNUNET_TESTBED_OperationFailureEventMessage
+ *msg);
+
+
+/**
+ * Function to return the operation id for a controller. The operation id is
+ * created from the controllers host id and its internal operation counter.
+ *
+ * @param controller the handle to the controller whose operation id has to be incremented
+ * @return the incremented operation id.
+ */
+uint64_t
+GNUNET_TESTBED_get_next_op_id (struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Controller *controller);
+
+
+/**
+ * Like GNUNET_TESTBED_get_slave_config(), however without the host registration
+ * check. Another difference is that this function takes the id of the slave
+ * host.
+ *
+ * @param op_cls the closure for the operation
+ * @param master the handle to master controller
+ * @param slave_host_id id of the host where the slave controller is running to
+ * the slave_host should remain valid until this operation is cancelled
+ * or marked as finished
+ * @return the operation handle;
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Operation *
+GNUNET_TESTBED_get_slave_config_ (void *op_cls,
+ struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Controller *master,
+ uint32_t slave_host_id);
+
+
+/**
+ * Initialise a barrier and call the given callback when the required percentage
+ * of peers (quorum) reach the barrier OR upon error.
+ *
+ * @param controller the handle to the controller
+ * @param name identification name of the barrier
+ * @param quorum the percentage of peers that is required to reach the barrier.
+ * Peers signal reaching a barrier by calling
+ * GNUNET_TESTBED_barrier_reached().
+ * @param cb the callback to call when the barrier is reached or upon error.
+ * Cannot be NULL.
+ * @param cls closure for the above callback
+ * @param echo #GNUNET_YES to echo the barrier crossed status message back to the
+ * controller
+ * @return barrier handle; NULL upon error
+ */
+struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Barrier *
+GNUNET_TESTBED_barrier_init_ (struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Controller *controller,
+ const char *name,
+ unsigned int quorum,
+ GNUNET_TESTBED_barrier_status_cb cb,
+ void *cls,
+ int echo);
+
+
+/**
+ * Remove a barrier and it was the last one in the barrier hash map, destroy the
+ * hash map
+ *
+ * @param barrier the barrier to remove
+ */
+void
+GNUNET_TESTBED_barrier_remove_ (struct GNUNET_TESTBED_Barrier *barrier);
+