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+#ifndef _LINUX_ATOMIC_H
+#define _LINUX_ATOMIC_H
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+/**
+ * atomic_inc_not_zero_hint - increment if not null
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ * @hint: probable value of the atomic before the increment
+ *
+ * This version of atomic_inc_not_zero() gives a hint of probable
+ * value of the atomic. This helps processor to not read the memory
+ * before doing the atomic read/modify/write cycle, lowering
+ * number of bus transactions on some arches.
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if increment was not done, 1 otherwise.
+ */
+#ifndef atomic_inc_not_zero_hint
+static inline int atomic_inc_not_zero_hint(atomic_t *v, int hint)
+{
+        int val, c = hint;
+
+        /* sanity test, should be removed by compiler if hint is a constant */
+        if (!hint)
+                return atomic_inc_not_zero(v);
+
+        do {
+                val = atomic_cmpxchg(v, c, c + 1);
+                if (val == c)
+                        return 1;
+                c = val;
+        } while (c);
+
+        return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_ATOMIC_H */