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+#ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_ENCODE_H_
+#define _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_ENCODE_H_
+
+/*
+ * Several system calls take a flag to request "hugetlb" huge pages.
+ * Without further specification, these system calls will use the
+ * system's default huge page size.  If a system supports multiple
+ * huge page sizes, the desired huge page size can be specified in
+ * bits [26:31] of the flag arguments.  The value in these 6 bits
+ * will encode the log2 of the huge page size.
+ *
+ * The following definitions are associated with this huge page size
+ * encoding in flag arguments.  System call specific header files
+ * that use this encoding should include this file.  They can then
+ * provide definitions based on these with their own specific prefix.
+ * for example:
+ * #define MAP_HUGE_SHIFT HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT
+ */
+
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT	26
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_MASK	0x3f
+
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_64KB	(16 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_512KB	(19 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_1MB		(20 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_2MB		(21 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_8MB		(23 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_16MB	(24 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_256MB	(28 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_1GB		(30 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_2GB		(31 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+#define HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_16GB	(34 << HUGETLB_FLAG_ENCODE_SHIFT)
+
+#endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_HUGETLB_ENCODE_H_ */