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+/*
+ *  Internal invasive testing helper functions
+ *
+ *  Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ *  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.
+ */
+
+#if defined(MBEDTLS_TEST_HOOKS)
+void (*mbedtls_test_err_add_hook)( int, int, const char *, int );
+int mbedtls_err_add( int high, int low, const char *file, int line ) {
+    if( mbedtls_test_err_add_hook != NULL )
+        (*mbedtls_test_err_add_hook)( high, low, file, line );
+    return ( high + low );
+}
+#endif