diff --git a/lib/test_bitfield.c b/lib/test_bitfield.c
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+++ b/lib/test_bitfield.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Test cases for bitfield helpers.
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/bitfield.h>
+
+#define CHECK_ENC_GET_U(tp, v, field, res) do {				\
+		{							\
+			u##tp _res;					\
+									\
+			_res = u##tp##_encode_bits(v, field);		\
+			if (_res != res) {				\
+				pr_warn("u" #tp "_encode_bits(" #v ", " #field ") is 0x%llx != " #res "\n",\
+					(u64)_res);			\
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+			}						\
+			if (u##tp##_get_bits(_res, field) != v)		\
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define CHECK_ENC_GET_LE(tp, v, field, res) do {			\
+		{							\
+			__le##tp _res;					\
+									\
+			_res = le##tp##_encode_bits(v, field);		\
+			if (_res != cpu_to_le##tp(res)) {		\
+				pr_warn("le" #tp "_encode_bits(" #v ", " #field ") is 0x%llx != 0x%llx\n",\
+					(u64)le##tp##_to_cpu(_res),	\
+					(u64)(res));			\
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+			}						\
+			if (le##tp##_get_bits(_res, field) != v)	\
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define CHECK_ENC_GET_BE(tp, v, field, res) do {			\
+		{							\
+			__be##tp _res;					\
+									\
+			_res = be##tp##_encode_bits(v, field);		\
+			if (_res != cpu_to_be##tp(res)) {		\
+				pr_warn("be" #tp "_encode_bits(" #v ", " #field ") is 0x%llx != 0x%llx\n",\
+					(u64)be##tp##_to_cpu(_res),	\
+					(u64)(res));			\
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+			}						\
+			if (be##tp##_get_bits(_res, field) != v)	\
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+		}							\
+	} while (0)
+
+#define CHECK_ENC_GET(tp, v, field, res) do {				\
+		CHECK_ENC_GET_U(tp, v, field, res);			\
+		CHECK_ENC_GET_LE(tp, v, field, res);			\
+		CHECK_ENC_GET_BE(tp, v, field, res);			\
+	} while (0)
+
+static int test_constants(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * NOTE
+	 * This whole function compiles (or at least should, if everything
+	 * is going according to plan) to nothing after optimisation.
+	 */
+
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16,  1, 0x000f, 0x0001);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16,  3, 0x00f0, 0x0030);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16,  5, 0x0f00, 0x0500);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16,  7, 0xf000, 0x7000);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16, 14, 0x000f, 0x000e);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16, 15, 0x00f0, 0x00f0);
+
+	CHECK_ENC_GET_U(8,  1, 0x0f, 0x01);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET_U(8,  3, 0xf0, 0x30);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET_U(8, 14, 0x0f, 0x0e);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET_U(8, 15, 0xf0, 0xf0);
+
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(32,  1, 0x00000f00, 0x00000100);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(32,  3, 0x0000f000, 0x00003000);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(32,  5, 0x000f0000, 0x00050000);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(32,  7, 0x00f00000, 0x00700000);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(32, 14, 0x0f000000, 0x0e000000);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(32, 15, 0xf0000000, 0xf0000000);
+
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(64,  1, 0x00000f0000000000ull, 0x0000010000000000ull);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(64,  3, 0x0000f00000000000ull, 0x0000300000000000ull);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(64,  5, 0x000f000000000000ull, 0x0005000000000000ull);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(64,  7, 0x00f0000000000000ull, 0x0070000000000000ull);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(64, 14, 0x0f00000000000000ull, 0x0e00000000000000ull);
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(64, 15, 0xf000000000000000ull, 0xf000000000000000ull);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#define CHECK(tp, mask) do {						\
+		u64 v;							\
+									\
+		for (v = 0; v < 1 << hweight32(mask); v++)		\
+			if (tp##_encode_bits(v, mask) != v << __ffs64(mask)) \
+				return -EINVAL;				\
+	} while (0)
+
+static int test_variables(void)
+{
+	CHECK(u8, 0x0f);
+	CHECK(u8, 0xf0);
+	CHECK(u8, 0x38);
+
+	CHECK(u16, 0x0038);
+	CHECK(u16, 0x0380);
+	CHECK(u16, 0x3800);
+	CHECK(u16, 0x8000);
+
+	CHECK(u32, 0x80000000);
+	CHECK(u32, 0x7f000000);
+	CHECK(u32, 0x07e00000);
+	CHECK(u32, 0x00018000);
+
+	CHECK(u64, 0x8000000000000000ull);
+	CHECK(u64, 0x7f00000000000000ull);
+	CHECK(u64, 0x0001800000000000ull);
+	CHECK(u64, 0x0000000080000000ull);
+	CHECK(u64, 0x000000007f000000ull);
+	CHECK(u64, 0x0000000018000000ull);
+	CHECK(u64, 0x0000001f8000000ull);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int __init test_bitfields(void)
+{
+	int ret = test_constants();
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("constant tests failed!\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ret = test_variables();
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_warn("variable tests failed!\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+#ifdef TEST_BITFIELD_COMPILE
+	/* these should fail compilation */
+	CHECK_ENC_GET(16, 16, 0x0f00, 0x1000);
+	u32_encode_bits(7, 0x06000000);
+
+	/* this should at least give a warning */
+	u16_encode_bits(0, 0x60000);
+#endif
+
+	pr_info("tests passed\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(test_bitfields)
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");