diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bitops.h b/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
index 5ad9ee1dd7f6..57187d6790c1 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -3,17 +3,14 @@
 
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
-
 #ifndef __WORDSIZE
 #define __WORDSIZE (__SIZEOF_LONG__ * 8)
 #endif
 
 #define BITS_PER_LONG __WORDSIZE
+#include <linux/bits.h>
+#include <linux/compiler.h>
 
-#define BIT_MASK(nr)		(1UL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG))
-#define BIT_WORD(nr)		((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG)
-#define BITS_PER_BYTE		8
 #define BITS_TO_LONGS(nr)	DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(long))
 #define BITS_TO_U64(nr)		DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(u64))
 #define BITS_TO_U32(nr)		DIV_ROUND_UP(nr, BITS_PER_BYTE * sizeof(u32))
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bits.h b/tools/include/linux/bits.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b7b532c1d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/linux/bits.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LINUX_BITS_H
+#define __LINUX_BITS_H
+#include <asm/bitsperlong.h>
+
+#define BIT(nr)			(1UL << (nr))
+#define BIT_ULL(nr)		(1ULL << (nr))
+#define BIT_MASK(nr)		(1UL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG))
+#define BIT_WORD(nr)		((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG)
+#define BIT_ULL_MASK(nr)	(1ULL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG_LONG))
+#define BIT_ULL_WORD(nr)	((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG_LONG)
+#define BITS_PER_BYTE		8
+
+/*
+ * Create a contiguous bitmask starting at bit position @l and ending at
+ * position @h. For example
+ * GENMASK_ULL(39, 21) gives us the 64bit vector 0x000000ffffe00000.
+ */
+#define GENMASK(h, l) \
+	(((~0UL) - (1UL << (l)) + 1) & (~0UL >> (BITS_PER_LONG - 1 - (h))))
+
+#define GENMASK_ULL(h, l) \
+	(((~0ULL) - (1ULL << (l)) + 1) & \
+	 (~0ULL >> (BITS_PER_LONG_LONG - 1 - (h))))
+
+#endif	/* __LINUX_BITS_H */