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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include "BLI_generic_span.hh"
+#include "BLI_generic_virtual_array.hh"
+#include "BLI_index_mask.hh"
+#include "BLI_task.hh"
+
+namespace blender::array_utils {
+
+/**
+ * Fill the destination span by copying masked values from the src array. Threaded based on
+ * grainsize.
+ */
+void copy(const GVArray &src, IndexMask selection, GMutableSpan dst, int64_t grain_size = 4096);
+
+/**
+ * Fill the destination span by copying values from the src array. Threaded based on
+ * grainsize.
+ */
+template<typename T>
+inline void copy(const Span<T> src,
+                 const IndexMask selection,
+                 MutableSpan<T> dst,
+                 const int64_t grain_size = 4096)
+{
+  threading::parallel_for(selection.index_range(), grain_size, [&](const IndexRange range) {
+    for (const int64_t index : selection.slice(range)) {
+      dst[index] = src[index];
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+}  // namespace blender::array_utils