+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_parse);
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_parse_user()
+ *
+ * @ubuf: pointer to user buffer containing string.
+ * @ulen: buffer size in bytes. If string is smaller than this
+ * then it must be terminated with a \0.
+ * @maskp: pointer to bitmap array that will contain result.
+ * @nmaskbits: size of bitmap, in bits.
+ *
+ * Wrapper for __bitmap_parse(), providing it with user buffer.
+ *
+ * We cannot have this as an inline function in bitmap.h because it needs
+ * linux/uaccess.h to get the access_ok() declaration and this causes
+ * cyclic dependencies.
+ */
+int bitmap_parse_user(const char __user *ubuf,
+ unsigned int ulen, unsigned long *maskp,
+ int nmaskbits)
+{
+ if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, ubuf, ulen))
+ return -EFAULT;
+ return __bitmap_parse((const char *)ubuf, ulen, 1, maskp, nmaskbits);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parse_user);