diff --git a/include/misc/cxl.h b/include/misc/cxl.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 IBM Corp.
+ *
+ * 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; either version
+ * 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _MISC_CXL_H
+#define _MISC_CXL_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_CXL_BASE
+
+#define CXL_IRQ_RANGES 4
+
+struct cxl_irq_ranges {
+	irq_hw_number_t offset[CXL_IRQ_RANGES];
+	irq_hw_number_t range[CXL_IRQ_RANGES];
+};
+
+extern atomic_t cxl_use_count;
+
+static inline bool cxl_ctx_in_use(void)
+{
+       return (atomic_read(&cxl_use_count) != 0);
+}
+
+static inline void cxl_ctx_get(void)
+{
+       atomic_inc(&cxl_use_count);
+}
+
+static inline void cxl_ctx_put(void)
+{
+       atomic_dec(&cxl_use_count);
+}
+
+void cxl_slbia(struct mm_struct *mm);
+
+#else /* CONFIG_CXL_BASE */
+
+static inline bool cxl_ctx_in_use(void) { return false; }
+static inline void cxl_slbia(struct mm_struct *mm) {}
+
+#endif /* CONFIG_CXL_BASE */
+
+#endif