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+#ifndef _ASM_IA64_SYNC_BITOPS_H
+#define _ASM_IA64_SYNC_BITOPS_H
+
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 Isaku Yamahata <yamahata at valinux co jp>
+ *
+ * Based on synch_bitops.h which Dan Magenhaimer wrote.
+ *
+ * bit operations which provide guaranteed strong synchronisation
+ * when communicating with Xen or other guest OSes running on other CPUs.
+ */
+
+static inline void sync_set_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	set_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void sync_clear_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	clear_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+static inline void sync_change_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	change_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+static inline int sync_test_and_set_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return test_and_set_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+static inline int sync_test_and_clear_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return test_and_clear_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+static inline int sync_test_and_change_bit(int nr, volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return test_and_change_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+static inline int sync_test_bit(int nr, const volatile void *addr)
+{
+	return test_bit(nr, addr);
+}
+
+#define sync_cmpxchg(ptr, old, new)				\
+	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))cmpxchg_acq((ptr), (old), (new)))
+
+#endif /* _ASM_IA64_SYNC_BITOPS_H */