*/
#define REPEAT_BYTE(x) ((~0ul / 0xff) * (x))
+/**
+ * REPEAT_BYTE_U32 - repeat the value @x multiple times as a u32 value
+ * @x: value to repeat
+ *
+ * NOTE: @x is not checked for > 0xff; larger values produce odd results.
+ */
+#define REPEAT_BYTE_U32(x) lower_32_bits(REPEAT_BYTE(x))
+
+/* Set bits in the first 'n' bytes when loaded from memory */
+#ifdef __LITTLE_ENDIAN
+# define aligned_byte_mask(n) ((1UL << 8*(n))-1)
+#else
+# define aligned_byte_mask(n) (~0xffUL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 8 - 8*(n)))
+#endif
+
#endif // _LINUX_WORDPART_H