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diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
index 40d34e032d5b..0fcacb909778 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
@@ -113,6 +113,19 @@
DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "")
/*
+ * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that are frequently
+ * accessed and should be in a single cacheline.
+ *
+ * For use only by architecture and core code. Only use scalar or pointer
+ * types to maximize density.
+ */
+#define DECLARE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(type, name) \
+ DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..hot.." #name)
+
+#define DEFINE_PER_CPU_CACHE_HOT(type, name) \
+ DEFINE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..hot.." #name)
+
+/*
* Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that must be cacheline
* aligned under SMP conditions so that, whilst a particular instance of the
* data corresponds to a particular CPU, inefficiencies due to direct access by