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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/linux-headers/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h b/linux-headers/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h
index 0aac245b6b..75f320fa91 100644
--- a/linux-headers/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h
+++ b/linux-headers/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h
@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG
 #define __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG
 
+#ifndef __BITS_PER_LONG
+/*
+ * In order to keep safe and avoid regression, only unify uapi
+ * bitsperlong.h for some archs which are using newer toolchains
+ * that have the definitions of __CHAR_BIT__ and __SIZEOF_LONG__.
+ * See the following link for more info:
+ * https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arch/b9624545-2c80-49a1-ac3c-39264a591f7b@app.fastmail.com/
+ */
+#if defined(__CHAR_BIT__) && defined(__SIZEOF_LONG__)
+#define __BITS_PER_LONG (__CHAR_BIT__ * __SIZEOF_LONG__)
+#else
 /*
  * There seems to be no way of detecting this automatically from user
  * space, so 64 bit architectures should override this in their
@@ -9,8 +20,8 @@
  * both 32 and 64 bit user space must not rely on CONFIG_64BIT
  * to decide it, but rather check a compiler provided macro.
  */
-#ifndef __BITS_PER_LONG
 #define __BITS_PER_LONG 32
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG */