diff --git a/fs/btrfs/rcu-string.h b/fs/btrfs/rcu-string.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat.  All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef BTRFS_RCU_STRING_H
+#define BTRFS_RCU_STRING_H
+
+struct rcu_string {
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	char str[0];
+};
+
+static inline struct rcu_string *rcu_string_strdup(const char *src, gfp_t mask)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(src) + 1;
+	struct rcu_string *ret = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rcu_string) +
+					 (len * sizeof(char)), mask);
+	if (!ret)
+		return ret;
+	strncpy(ret->str, src, len);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void rcu_string_free(struct rcu_string *str)
+{
+	if (str)
+		kfree_rcu(str, rcu);
+}
+
+#define printk_in_rcu(fmt, ...) do {	\
+	rcu_read_lock();		\
+	printk(fmt, __VA_ARGS__);	\
+	rcu_read_unlock();		\
+} while (0)
+
+#define printk_ratelimited_in_rcu(fmt, ...) do {	\
+	rcu_read_lock();				\
+	printk_ratelimited(fmt, __VA_ARGS__);		\
+	rcu_read_unlock();				\
+} while (0)
+
+#define rcu_str_deref(rcu_str) ({				\
+	struct rcu_string *__str = rcu_dereference(rcu_str);	\
+	__str->str;						\
+})
+
+#endif