diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/local.h b/include/asm-parisc/local.h
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+#ifndef _ARCH_PARISC_LOCAL_H
+#define _ARCH_PARISC_LOCAL_H
+
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <asm/atomic.h>
+
+typedef atomic_t local_t;
+
+#define LOCAL_INIT(i)	ATOMIC_INIT(i)
+#define local_read(v)	atomic_read(v)
+#define local_set(v,i)	atomic_set(v,i)
+
+#define local_inc(v)	atomic_inc(v)
+#define local_dec(v)	atomic_dec(v)
+#define local_add(i, v)	atomic_add(i, v)
+#define local_sub(i, v)	atomic_sub(i, v)
+
+#define __local_inc(v)		((v)->counter++)
+#define __local_dec(v)		((v)->counter--)
+#define __local_add(i,v)	((v)->counter+=(i))
+#define __local_sub(i,v)	((v)->counter-=(i))
+
+/* Use these for per-cpu local_t variables: on some archs they are
+ * much more efficient than these naive implementations.  Note they take
+ * a variable, not an address.
+ */
+#define cpu_local_read(v)	local_read(&__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define cpu_local_set(v, i)	local_set(&__get_cpu_var(v), (i))
+
+#define cpu_local_inc(v)	local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define cpu_local_dec(v)	local_dec(&__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define cpu_local_add(i, v)	local_add((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define cpu_local_sub(i, v)	local_sub((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))
+
+#define __cpu_local_inc(v)	__local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define __cpu_local_dec(v)	__local_dec(&__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define __cpu_local_add(i, v)	__local_add((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))
+#define __cpu_local_sub(i, v)	__local_sub((i), &__get_cpu_var(v))
+
+#endif /* _ARCH_PARISC_LOCAL_H */