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+// This file is a part of the IncludeOS unikernel - www.includeos.org
+//
+// Copyright 2017 Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
+// and Alfred Bratterud
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 the "License";
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#pragma once
+#ifndef UTIL_CRC64_HPP
+#define UTIL_CRC64_HPP
+
+#include <array>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace util {
+
+template<uint64_t POLY>
+struct crc64 {
+  explicit crc64(const std::string& data) noexcept
+    : crc64(data.data(), data.size())
+  {}
+
+  explicit crc64(const std::vector<char>& data) noexcept
+    : crc64(data.data(), data.size())
+  {}
+
+  template<size_t N>
+  explicit crc64(const std::array<char, N>& data) noexcept
+    : crc64(data.data(), data.size())
+  {}
+
+  constexpr explicit crc64(const char* data, size_t data_len) noexcept {
+    crc_register_ = checksum(0, data, data_len);
+  }
+
+
+  static constexpr inline uint64_t checksum(uint64_t crc_accumulator, const char* data, size_t data_len) noexcept {
+    auto crc64_table = get_table();
+
+    crc_accumulator = ~crc_accumulator;
+
+    while (data_len > 8) {
+      crc_accumulator ^= static_cast<uint64_t>(data[0])       | static_cast<uint64_t>(data[1]) << 8  |
+                         static_cast<uint64_t>(data[2]) << 16 | static_cast<uint64_t>(data[3]) << 24 |
+                         static_cast<uint64_t>(data[4]) << 32 | static_cast<uint64_t>(data[5]) << 40 |
+                         static_cast<uint64_t>(data[6]) << 48 | static_cast<uint64_t>(data[7]) << 56;
+
+      crc_accumulator = crc64_table[7][crc_accumulator & 0xff]         ^
+                        crc64_table[6][(crc_accumulator >> 8)  & 0xff] ^
+                        crc64_table[5][(crc_accumulator >> 16) & 0xff] ^
+                        crc64_table[4][(crc_accumulator >> 24) & 0xff] ^
+                        crc64_table[3][(crc_accumulator >> 32) & 0xff] ^
+                        crc64_table[2][(crc_accumulator >> 40) & 0xff] ^
+                        crc64_table[1][(crc_accumulator >> 48) & 0xff] ^
+                        crc64_table[0][crc_accumulator  >> 56];
+
+      data_len -= 8;
+    }
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < data_len; ++i) {
+      crc_accumulator = crc64_table[0][static_cast<uint8_t>(crc_accumulator) ^ data[i]] ^ (crc_accumulator >> 8);
+    }
+
+    return ~crc_accumulator;
+  }
+
+  constexpr operator uint64_t() const noexcept
+  { return crc_register_; }
+
+private:
+  uint64_t crc_register_ {0};
+
+  using CRC64_table_t = std::array<std::array<uint64_t, 256>, 8>;
+
+  static constexpr inline const CRC64_table_t get_table() noexcept {
+    auto crc64_itable = get_init_table();
+
+    CRC64_table_t crc64_table;
+    crc64_table[0] = crc64_itable;
+
+    for (uint64_t i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
+      auto crc_accumulator = crc64_itable[i];
+
+      for (uint64_t j = 1; j < 8; ++j) {
+        crc_accumulator = crc64_itable[crc_accumulator & 0xff] ^ (crc_accumulator >> 8);
+        crc64_table[j][i] = crc_accumulator;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return crc64_table;
+  }
+
+  static constexpr inline const std::array<uint64_t, 256> get_init_table() noexcept {
+    std::array<uint64_t, 256> data;
+
+    for (uint64_t i {0}; i < 256; ++i) {
+      uint64_t crc {i};
+
+      for (uint64_t j {0}; j < 8; ++j) {
+        if (crc & 1) {
+          crc = (crc >> 1) ^ POLY;
+        } else {
+          crc >>= 1;
+        }
+      }
+
+      data[i] = crc;
+    }
+
+    return data;
+  }
+}; //< struct crc64
+
+using crc64_iso_checksum  = crc64<0xD800000000000000>; //< Specified in ISO 3309
+using crc64_ecma_checksum = crc64<0xC96C5795D7870F42>; //< Specified in ECMA 182
+
+} //< namespace util
+
+#endif //< UTIL_CRC64_HPP