diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index f9e8348..75006c4 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 /**
  * DOC: bitmap introduction
  *
- * bitmaps provide an array of bits, implemented using an an
+ * bitmaps provide an array of bits, implemented using an
  * array of unsigned longs.  The number of valid bits in a
  * given bitmap does _not_ need to be an exact multiple of
  * BITS_PER_LONG.
@@ -168,6 +168,73 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_shift_left);
 
+/**
+ * bitmap_cut() - remove bit region from bitmap and right shift remaining bits
+ * @dst: destination bitmap, might overlap with src
+ * @src: source bitmap
+ * @first: start bit of region to be removed
+ * @cut: number of bits to remove
+ * @nbits: bitmap size, in bits
+ *
+ * Set the n-th bit of @dst iff the n-th bit of @src is set and
+ * n is less than @first, or the m-th bit of @src is set for any
+ * m such that @first <= n < nbits, and m = n + @cut.
+ *
+ * In pictures, example for a big-endian 32-bit architecture:
+ *
+ * The @src bitmap is::
+ *
+ *   31                                   63
+ *   |                                    |
+ *   10000000 11000001 11110010 00010101  10000000 11000001 01110010 00010101
+ *                   |  |              |                                    |
+ *                  16  14             0                                   32
+ *
+ * if @cut is 3, and @first is 14, bits 14-16 in @src are cut and @dst is::
+ *
+ *   31                                   63
+ *   |                                    |
+ *   10110000 00011000 00110010 00010101  00010000 00011000 00101110 01000010
+ *                      |              |                                    |
+ *                      14 (bit 17     0                                   32
+ *                          from @src)
+ *
+ * Note that @dst and @src might overlap partially or entirely.
+ *
+ * This is implemented in the obvious way, with a shift and carry
+ * step for each moved bit. Optimisation is left as an exercise
+ * for the compiler.
+ */
+void bitmap_cut(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
+		unsigned int first, unsigned int cut, unsigned int nbits)
+{
+	unsigned int len = BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits);
+	unsigned long keep = 0, carry;
+	int i;
+
+	if (first % BITS_PER_LONG) {
+		keep = src[first / BITS_PER_LONG] &
+		       (~0UL >> (BITS_PER_LONG - first % BITS_PER_LONG));
+	}
+
+	memmove(dst, src, len * sizeof(*dst));
+
+	while (cut--) {
+		for (i = first / BITS_PER_LONG; i < len; i++) {
+			if (i < len - 1)
+				carry = dst[i + 1] & 1UL;
+			else
+				carry = 0;
+
+			dst[i] = (dst[i] >> 1) | (carry << (BITS_PER_LONG - 1));
+		}
+	}
+
+	dst[first / BITS_PER_LONG] &= ~0UL << (first % BITS_PER_LONG);
+	dst[first / BITS_PER_LONG] |= keep;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_cut);
+
 int __bitmap_and(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 				const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int bits)
 {
@@ -222,6 +289,18 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_andnot);
 
+void __bitmap_replace(unsigned long *dst,
+		      const unsigned long *old, const unsigned long *new,
+		      const unsigned long *mask, unsigned int nbits)
+{
+	unsigned int k;
+	unsigned int nr = BITS_TO_LONGS(nbits);
+
+	for (k = 0; k < nr; k++)
+		dst[k] = (old[k] & ~mask[k]) | (new[k] & mask[k]);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_replace);
+
 int __bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 			const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int bits)
 {
@@ -353,97 +432,6 @@
  * second version by Paul Jackson, third by Joe Korty.
  */
 
-#define CHUNKSZ				32
-#define nbits_to_hold_value(val)	fls(val)
-#define BASEDEC 10		/* fancier cpuset lists input in decimal */
-
-/**
- * __bitmap_parse - convert an ASCII hex string into a bitmap.
- * @buf: pointer to buffer containing string.
- * @buflen: buffer size in bytes.  If string is smaller than this
- *    then it must be terminated with a \0.
- * @is_user: location of buffer, 0 indicates kernel space
- * @maskp: pointer to bitmap array that will contain result.
- * @nmaskbits: size of bitmap, in bits.
- *
- * Commas group hex digits into chunks.  Each chunk defines exactly 32
- * bits of the resultant bitmask.  No chunk may specify a value larger
- * than 32 bits (%-EOVERFLOW), and if a chunk specifies a smaller value
- * then leading 0-bits are prepended.  %-EINVAL is returned for illegal
- * characters and for grouping errors such as "1,,5", ",44", "," and "".
- * Leading and trailing whitespace accepted, but not embedded whitespace.
- */
-int __bitmap_parse(const char *buf, unsigned int buflen,
-		int is_user, unsigned long *maskp,
-		int nmaskbits)
-{
-	int c, old_c, totaldigits, ndigits, nchunks, nbits;
-	u32 chunk;
-	const char __user __force *ubuf = (const char __user __force *)buf;
-
-	bitmap_zero(maskp, nmaskbits);
-
-	nchunks = nbits = totaldigits = c = 0;
-	do {
-		chunk = 0;
-		ndigits = totaldigits;
-
-		/* Get the next chunk of the bitmap */
-		while (buflen) {
-			old_c = c;
-			if (is_user) {
-				if (__get_user(c, ubuf++))
-					return -EFAULT;
-			}
-			else
-				c = *buf++;
-			buflen--;
-			if (isspace(c))
-				continue;
-
-			/*
-			 * If the last character was a space and the current
-			 * character isn't '\0', we've got embedded whitespace.
-			 * This is a no-no, so throw an error.
-			 */
-			if (totaldigits && c && isspace(old_c))
-				return -EINVAL;
-
-			/* A '\0' or a ',' signal the end of the chunk */
-			if (c == '\0' || c == ',')
-				break;
-
-			if (!isxdigit(c))
-				return -EINVAL;
-
-			/*
-			 * Make sure there are at least 4 free bits in 'chunk'.
-			 * If not, this hexdigit will overflow 'chunk', so
-			 * throw an error.
-			 */
-			if (chunk & ~((1UL << (CHUNKSZ - 4)) - 1))
-				return -EOVERFLOW;
-
-			chunk = (chunk << 4) | hex_to_bin(c);
-			totaldigits++;
-		}
-		if (ndigits == totaldigits)
-			return -EINVAL;
-		if (nchunks == 0 && chunk == 0)
-			continue;
-
-		__bitmap_shift_left(maskp, maskp, CHUNKSZ, nmaskbits);
-		*maskp |= chunk;
-		nchunks++;
-		nbits += (nchunks == 1) ? nbits_to_hold_value(chunk) : CHUNKSZ;
-		if (nbits > nmaskbits)
-			return -EOVERFLOW;
-	} while (buflen && c == ',');
-
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_parse);
-
 /**
  * bitmap_parse_user - convert an ASCII hex string in a user buffer into a bitmap
  *
@@ -452,22 +440,22 @@
  *    then it must be terminated with a \0.
  * @maskp: pointer to bitmap array that will contain result.
  * @nmaskbits: size of bitmap, in bits.
- *
- * Wrapper for __bitmap_parse(), providing it with user buffer.
- *
- * We cannot have this as an inline function in bitmap.h because it needs
- * linux/uaccess.h to get the access_ok() declaration and this causes
- * cyclic dependencies.
  */
 int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf,
 			unsigned int ulen, unsigned long *maskp,
 			int nmaskbits)
 {
-	if (!access_ok(ubuf, ulen))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return __bitmap_parse((const char __force *)ubuf,
-				ulen, 1, maskp, nmaskbits);
+	char *buf;
+	int ret;
 
+	buf = memdup_user_nul(ubuf, ulen);
+	if (IS_ERR(buf))
+		return PTR_ERR(buf);
+
+	ret = bitmap_parse(buf, UINT_MAX, maskp, nmaskbits);
+
+	kfree(buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parse_user);
 
@@ -564,7 +552,7 @@
 }
 
 /*
- * The format allows commas and whitespases at the beginning
+ * The format allows commas and whitespaces at the beginning
  * of the region.
  */
 static const char *bitmap_find_region(const char *str)
@@ -575,6 +563,14 @@
 	return end_of_str(*str) ? NULL : str;
 }
 
+static const char *bitmap_find_region_reverse(const char *start, const char *end)
+{
+	while (start <= end && __end_of_region(*end))
+		end--;
+
+	return end;
+}
+
 static const char *bitmap_parse_region(const char *str, struct region *r)
 {
 	str = bitmap_getnum(str, &r->start);
@@ -698,6 +694,85 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parselist_user);
 
+static const char *bitmap_get_x32_reverse(const char *start,
+					const char *end, u32 *num)
+{
+	u32 ret = 0;
+	int c, i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < 32; i += 4) {
+		c = hex_to_bin(*end--);
+		if (c < 0)
+			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+		ret |= c << i;
+
+		if (start > end || __end_of_region(*end))
+			goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (hex_to_bin(*end--) >= 0)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EOVERFLOW);
+out:
+	*num = ret;
+	return end;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_parse - convert an ASCII hex string into a bitmap.
+ * @start: pointer to buffer containing string.
+ * @buflen: buffer size in bytes.  If string is smaller than this
+ *    then it must be terminated with a \0 or \n. In that case,
+ *    UINT_MAX may be provided instead of string length.
+ * @maskp: pointer to bitmap array that will contain result.
+ * @nmaskbits: size of bitmap, in bits.
+ *
+ * Commas group hex digits into chunks.  Each chunk defines exactly 32
+ * bits of the resultant bitmask.  No chunk may specify a value larger
+ * than 32 bits (%-EOVERFLOW), and if a chunk specifies a smaller value
+ * then leading 0-bits are prepended.  %-EINVAL is returned for illegal
+ * characters. Grouping such as "1,,5", ",44", "," or "" is allowed.
+ * Leading, embedded and trailing whitespace accepted.
+ */
+int bitmap_parse(const char *start, unsigned int buflen,
+		unsigned long *maskp, int nmaskbits)
+{
+	const char *end = strnchrnul(start, buflen, '\n') - 1;
+	int chunks = BITS_TO_U32(nmaskbits);
+	u32 *bitmap = (u32 *)maskp;
+	int unset_bit;
+	int chunk;
+
+	for (chunk = 0; ; chunk++) {
+		end = bitmap_find_region_reverse(start, end);
+		if (start > end)
+			break;
+
+		if (!chunks--)
+			return -EOVERFLOW;
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) && defined(__BIG_ENDIAN)
+		end = bitmap_get_x32_reverse(start, end, &bitmap[chunk ^ 1]);
+#else
+		end = bitmap_get_x32_reverse(start, end, &bitmap[chunk]);
+#endif
+		if (IS_ERR(end))
+			return PTR_ERR(end);
+	}
+
+	unset_bit = (BITS_TO_U32(nmaskbits) - chunks) * 32;
+	if (unset_bit < nmaskbits) {
+		bitmap_clear(maskp, unset_bit, nmaskbits - unset_bit);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (find_next_bit(maskp, unset_bit, nmaskbits) != unset_bit)
+		return -EOVERFLOW;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parse);
+
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 /**