diff --git a/arch/tile/lib/cpumask.c b/arch/tile/lib/cpumask.c
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 Tilera Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *   as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, GOOD TITLE or
+ *   NON INFRINGEMENT.  See the GNU General Public License for
+ *   more details.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
+#include <linux/ctype.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+
+/*
+ * Allow cropping out bits beyond the end of the array.
+ * Move to "lib" directory if more clients want to use this routine.
+ */
+int bitmap_parselist_crop(const char *bp, unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
+{
+	unsigned a, b;
+
+	bitmap_zero(maskp, nmaskbits);
+	do {
+		if (!isdigit(*bp))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		a = simple_strtoul(bp, (char **)&bp, 10);
+		b = a;
+		if (*bp == '-') {
+			bp++;
+			if (!isdigit(*bp))
+				return -EINVAL;
+			b = simple_strtoul(bp, (char **)&bp, 10);
+		}
+		if (!(a <= b))
+			return -EINVAL;
+		if (b >= nmaskbits)
+			b = nmaskbits-1;
+		while (a <= b) {
+			set_bit(a, maskp);
+			a++;
+		}
+		if (*bp == ',')
+			bp++;
+	} while (*bp != '\0' && *bp != '\n');
+	return 0;
+}