diff --git a/lib/bucket_locks.c b/lib/bucket_locks.c
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+++ b/lib/bucket_locks.c
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+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>
+
+/* Allocate an array of spinlocks to be accessed by a hash. Two arguments
+ * indicate the number of elements to allocate in the array. max_size
+ * gives the maximum number of elements to allocate. cpu_mult gives
+ * the number of locks per CPU to allocate. The size is rounded up
+ * to a power of 2 to be suitable as a hash table.
+ */
+
+int __alloc_bucket_spinlocks(spinlock_t **locks, unsigned int *locks_mask,
+			     size_t max_size, unsigned int cpu_mult, gfp_t gfp,
+			     const char *name, struct lock_class_key *key)
+{
+	spinlock_t *tlocks = NULL;
+	unsigned int i, size;
+#if defined(CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING)
+	unsigned int nr_pcpus = 2;
+#else
+	unsigned int nr_pcpus = num_possible_cpus();
+#endif
+
+	if (cpu_mult) {
+		nr_pcpus = min_t(unsigned int, nr_pcpus, 64UL);
+		size = min_t(unsigned int, nr_pcpus * cpu_mult, max_size);
+	} else {
+		size = max_size;
+	}
+
+	if (sizeof(spinlock_t) != 0) {
+		tlocks = kvmalloc_array(size, sizeof(spinlock_t), gfp);
+		if (!tlocks)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+			spin_lock_init(&tlocks[i]);
+			lockdep_init_map(&tlocks[i].dep_map, name, key, 0);
+		}
+	}
+
+	*locks = tlocks;
+	*locks_mask = size - 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__alloc_bucket_spinlocks);
+
+void free_bucket_spinlocks(spinlock_t *locks)
+{
+	kvfree(locks);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(free_bucket_spinlocks);