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+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+
+/**
+ * hweightN - returns the hamming weight of a N-bit word
+ * @x: the word to weigh
+ *
+ * The Hamming Weight of a number is the total number of bits set in it.
+ */
+
+unsigned int hweight32(unsigned int w)
+{
+        unsigned int res = w - ((w >> 1) & 0x55555555);
+        res = (res & 0x33333333) + ((res >> 2) & 0x33333333);
+        res = (res + (res >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F;
+        res = res + (res >> 8);
+        return (res + (res >> 16)) & 0x000000FF;
+}
+
+unsigned long hweight64(__u64 w)
+{
+#if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
+        return hweight32((unsigned int)(w >> 32)) + hweight32((unsigned int)w);
+#elif BITS_PER_LONG == 64
+        __u64 res = w - ((w >> 1) & 0x5555555555555555ul);
+        res = (res & 0x3333333333333333ul) + ((res >> 2) & 0x3333333333333333ul);
+        res = (res + (res >> 4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0Ful;
+        res = res + (res >> 8);
+        res = res + (res >> 16);
+        return (res + (res >> 32)) & 0x00000000000000FFul;
+#endif
+}