--- /dev/null
+#ifndef __BACKPORT_BITOPS_H
+#define __BACKPORT_BITOPS_H
+#include_next <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <generated/utsrelease.h>
+
+#ifndef GENMASK
+
+/*
+ * Create a contiguous bitmask starting at bit position @l and ending at
+ * position @h. For example
+ * GENMASK_ULL(39, 21) gives us the 64bit vector 0x000000ffffe00000.
+ */
+#define GENMASK(h, l) (((U32_C(1) << ((h) - (l) + 1)) - 1) << (l))
+#define GENMASK_ULL(h, l) (((U64_C(1) << ((h) - (l) + 1)) - 1) << (l))
+
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __BACKPORT_BITOPS_H */