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+# Copyright (c) 2024, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+
+from libcpp cimport bool
+
+
+cpdef enable_prefetching(str key)
+
+cpdef disable_prefetching(str key)
+
+cpdef prefetch_debugging(bool enable)