1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/sound/pcm.h b/include/sound/pcm.h
index 1b0c6484e71a..5357ecbecc48 100644
--- a/include/sound/pcm.h
+++ b/include/sound/pcm.h
@@ -1133,4 +1133,10 @@ int snd_pcm_add_chmap_ctls(struct snd_pcm *pcm, int stream,
                            unsigned long private_value,
                            struct snd_pcm_chmap **info_ret);
 
+/* Strong-typed conversion of pcm_format to bitwise */
+static inline u64 pcm_format_to_bits(snd_pcm_format_t pcm_format)
+{
+        return 1ULL << (__force int) pcm_format;
+}
+
 #endif /* __SOUND_PCM_H */