+typedef int (split_parse_fn)(struct thread_options *, void *,
+ enum fio_ddir, char *, bool);
+
+extern int str_split_parse(struct thread_data *td, char *str,
+ split_parse_fn *fn, void *eo, bool data);
+
+extern int split_parse_ddir(struct thread_options *o, struct split *split,
+ char *str, bool absolute, unsigned int max_splits);
+