diff --git a/include/linux/prefetch.h b/include/linux/prefetch.h
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+
+#ifndef _LINUX_PREFETCH_H
+#define _LINUX_PREFETCH_H
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <asm/processor.h>
+#include <asm/cache.h>
+
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
+#define prefetch(x) __builtin_prefetch(x)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCHW
+#define prefetchw(x) __builtin_prefetch(x,1)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ARCH_HAS_SPINLOCK_PREFETCH
+#define spin_lock_prefetch(x) prefetchw(x)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef PREFETCH_STRIDE
+#define PREFETCH_STRIDE (4*L1_CACHE_BYTES)
+#endif
+
+static inline void prefetch_range(void *addr, size_t len)
+{
+#ifdef ARCH_HAS_PREFETCH
+	char *cp;
+	char *end = addr + len;
+
+	for (cp = addr; cp < end; cp += PREFETCH_STRIDE)
+		prefetch(cp);
+#endif
+}
+
+#endif