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+#ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG
+#define __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG
+
+/*
+ * There seems to be no way of detecting this automatically from user
+ * space, so 64 bit architectures should override this in their
+ * bitsperlong.h. In particular, an architecture that supports
+ * both 32 and 64 bit user space must not rely on CONFIG_64BIT
+ * to decide it, but rather check a compiler provided macro.
+ */
+#ifndef __BITS_PER_LONG
+#define __BITS_PER_LONG 32
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+#define BITS_PER_LONG 64
+#else
+#define BITS_PER_LONG 32
+#endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
+
+/*
+ * FIXME: The check currently breaks x86-64 build, so it's
+ * temporarily disabled. Please fix x86-64 and reenable
+ */
+#if 0 && BITS_PER_LONG != __BITS_PER_LONG
+#error Inconsistent word size. Check asm/bitsperlong.h
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
+#endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG */