diff --git a/lib/atomic64_test.c b/lib/atomic64_test.c
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+/*
+ * Testsuite for atomic64_t functions
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2010  Luca Barbieri
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ */
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+#define INIT(c) do { atomic64_set(&v, c); r = c; } while (0)
+static __init int test_atomic64(void)
+{
+	long long v0 = 0xaaa31337c001d00dLL;
+	long long v1 = 0xdeadbeefdeafcafeLL;
+	long long v2 = 0xfaceabadf00df001LL;
+	long long onestwos = 0x1111111122222222LL;
+	long long one = 1LL;
+
+	atomic64_t v = ATOMIC64_INIT(v0);
+	long long r = v0;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	atomic64_set(&v, v1);
+	r = v1;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_read(&v) != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	atomic64_add(onestwos, &v);
+	r += onestwos;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	atomic64_add(-one, &v);
+	r += -one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	r += onestwos;
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_add_return(onestwos, &v) != r);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	r += -one;
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_add_return(-one, &v) != r);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	atomic64_sub(onestwos, &v);
+	r -= onestwos;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	atomic64_sub(-one, &v);
+	r -= -one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	r -= onestwos;
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_sub_return(onestwos, &v) != r);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	r -= -one;
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_sub_return(-one, &v) != r);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	atomic64_inc(&v);
+	r += one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	r += one;
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_inc_return(&v) != r);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	atomic64_dec(&v);
+	r -= one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	r -= one;
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_dec_return(&v) != r);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_xchg(&v, v1) != v0);
+	r = v1;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_cmpxchg(&v, v0, v1) != v0);
+	r = v1;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_cmpxchg(&v, v2, v1) != v0);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	BUG_ON(!atomic64_add_unless(&v, one, v0));
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(v0);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_add_unless(&v, one, v1));
+	r += one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(onestwos);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_dec_if_positive(&v) != (onestwos - 1));
+	r -= one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(0);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_dec_if_positive(&v) != -one);
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(-one);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_dec_if_positive(&v) != (-one - one));
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(onestwos);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_inc_not_zero(&v));
+	r += one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(0);
+	BUG_ON(!atomic64_inc_not_zero(&v));
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+	INIT(-one);
+	BUG_ON(atomic64_inc_not_zero(&v));
+	r += one;
+	BUG_ON(v.counter != r);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+	printk(KERN_INFO "atomic64 test passed for %s+ platform %s CX8 and %s SSE\n",
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG64
+			"586",
+#else
+			"386",
+#endif
+			boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CX8) ? "with" : "without",
+			boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XMM) ? "with" : "without");
+#else
+	printk(KERN_INFO "atomic64 test passed\n");
+#endif
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+core_initcall(test_atomic64);