+/**
+ * Add a node to a block schedule.
+ * @param block The block to whose schedule the node shall be added to.
+ * @param irn The node to add.
+ * @return The given node.
+ */
+static INLINE ir_node *_sched_add_after(ir_node *after, ir_node *irn)
+{
+ sched_info_t *info = get_irn_sched_info(irn);
+ list_add(&info->list, &get_irn_sched_info(after)->list);
+ _sched_set_time_stamp(irn);
+ info->scheduled = 1;
+ return irn;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Remove a node from the scheduled.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ */
+static INLINE void _sched_remove(ir_node *irn)
+{
+ sched_info_t *info = get_irn_sched_info(irn);
+ list_del(&info->list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&info->list);
+ info->scheduled = 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check, if the node is scheduled.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @return 1, if the node is scheduled, 0 if not.
+ */
+static INLINE int _sched_is_scheduled(const ir_node *irn)
+{
+ return get_irn_sched_info(irn)->scheduled;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Compare two nodes according to their position in the schedule.
+ * @param a The first node.
+ * @param b The second node.
+ * @return A number smaller, equals to or larger than 0, if a is
+ * before, the same, or after b in the schedule.
+ */
+static INLINE int _sched_cmp(const ir_node *a, const ir_node *b)
+{
+ assert(_sched_is_scheduled(a) && _sched_is_scheduled(b));
+ assert(get_nodes_block(a) == get_nodes_block(b));
+
+ return get_irn_sched_info(a)->time_step - get_irn_sched_info(b)->time_step;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Verify a schedule.
+ * @param block The block whose schedule to verify.
+ * @return 1, if the schedule is proper, 0 if not.
+ */
+extern int sched_verify(const ir_node *block);
+
+/**
+ * Verify the schedules in all blocks of the irg.
+ * @param irg The program graph.
+ * @return 1, if all schedules were right, 0 if not.
+ */
+extern int sched_verify_irg(ir_graph *irg);
+
+/**
+ * Checks, if one node is scheduled before another.
+ * @param n1 A node.
+ * @param n2 Another node.
+ * @return 1, if n1 is in front of n2 in the schedule, 0 else.
+ * @note Both nodes must be in the same block.
+ */
+static INLINE int _sched_comes_after(const ir_node *n1, const ir_node *n2)
+{
+ assert(_sched_is_scheduled(n1));
+ assert(_sched_is_scheduled(n2));
+ assert(get_nodes_block(n1) == get_nodes_block(n2));
+ return _sched_get_time_step(n1) < _sched_get_time_step(n2);
+}
+
+/**
+ * A predicate for a node.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @param data The custom data.
+ * @return 1 if irn should be skipped. Else 0.
+ */
+typedef int (sched_predicator_t)(const ir_node *irn, void *data);
+
+
+int sched_skip_cf_predicator(const ir_node *irn, void *data);
+int sched_skip_phi_predicator(const ir_node *irn, void *data);
+
+/**
+ * Skip nodes in a schedule.
+ * @param from The node to start from.
+ * @param forward The direction (1 for forward, 0 for backward).
+ * @param predicator The one who decides what is skipped.
+ * @param data Food for the predicator.
+ * @return The first node rejected by the predicator or the block
+ * itself if none was rejected.
+ */
+extern ir_node *sched_skip(ir_node *from, int forward,
+ sched_predicator_t *predicator, void *data);