diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
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+#ifndef _ASM_X86_HWEIGHT_H
+#define _ASM_X86_HWEIGHT_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
+/* popcnt %rdi, %rax */
+#define POPCNT ".byte 0xf3,0x48,0x0f,0xb8,0xc7"
+#define REG_IN "D"
+#define REG_OUT "a"
+#else
+/* popcnt %eax, %eax */
+#define POPCNT ".byte 0xf3,0x0f,0xb8,0xc0"
+#define REG_IN "a"
+#define REG_OUT "a"
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * __sw_hweightXX are called from within the alternatives below
+ * and callee-clobbered registers need to be taken care of. See
+ * ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS in <arch/x86/Kconfig> for the respective
+ * compiler switches.
+ */
+static inline unsigned int __arch_hweight32(unsigned int w)
+{
+	unsigned int res = 0;
+
+	asm (ALTERNATIVE("call __sw_hweight32", POPCNT, X86_FEATURE_POPCNT)
+		     : "="REG_OUT (res)
+		     : REG_IN (w));
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int __arch_hweight16(unsigned int w)
+{
+	return __arch_hweight32(w & 0xffff);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int __arch_hweight8(unsigned int w)
+{
+	return __arch_hweight32(w & 0xff);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long __arch_hweight64(__u64 w)
+{
+	unsigned long res = 0;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	return  __arch_hweight32((u32)w) +
+		__arch_hweight32((u32)(w >> 32));
+#else
+	asm (ALTERNATIVE("call __sw_hweight64", POPCNT, X86_FEATURE_POPCNT)
+		     : "="REG_OUT (res)
+		     : REG_IN (w));
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+#endif