1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 645231c373c8..fbe9bfacb8db 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
 
 #define STACK_MAGIC     0xdeadbeef
 
+#define REPEAT_BYTE(x)  ((~0ul / 0xff) * (x))
+
 #define ALIGN(x, a)             __ALIGN_KERNEL((x), (a))
 #define __ALIGN_MASK(x, mask)   __ALIGN_KERNEL_MASK((x), (mask))
 #define PTR_ALIGN(p, a)         ((typeof(p))ALIGN((unsigned long)(p), (a)))