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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
index 6fe6767b7124..e58f03b206c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/word-at-a-time.h
@@ -43,4 +43,37 @@ static inline unsigned long has_zero(unsigned long a)
return ((a - REPEAT_BYTE(0x01)) & ~a) & REPEAT_BYTE(0x80);
}
+/*
+ * Load an unaligned word from kernel space.
+ *
+ * In the (very unlikely) case of the word being a page-crosser
+ * and the next page not being mapped, take the exception and
+ * return zeroes in the non-existing part.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long load_unaligned_zeropad(const void *addr)
+{
+ unsigned long ret, dummy;
+
+ asm(
+ "1:\tmov %2,%0\n"
+ "2:\n"
+ ".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"
+ "3:\t"
+ "lea %2,%1\n\t"
+ "and %3,%1\n\t"
+ "mov (%1),%0\n\t"
+ "leal %2,%%ecx\n\t"
+ "andl %4,%%ecx\n\t"
+ "shll $3,%%ecx\n\t"
+ "shr %%cl,%0\n\t"
+ "jmp 2b\n"
+ ".previous\n"
+ _ASM_EXTABLE(1b, 3b)
+ :"=&r" (ret),"=&c" (dummy)
+ :"m" (*(unsigned long *)addr),
+ "i" (-sizeof(unsigned long)),
+ "i" (sizeof(unsigned long)-1));
+ return ret;
+}
+
#endif /* _ASM_WORD_AT_A_TIME_H */