diff --git a/fs/btrfs/rcu-string.h b/fs/btrfs/rcu-string.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat.  All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
+ * License v2 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
+ * License along with this program; if not, write to the
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+ * Boston, MA 021110-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+struct rcu_string {
+	struct rcu_head rcu;
+	char str[0];
+};
+
+static inline struct rcu_string *rcu_string_strdup(const char *src, gfp_t mask)
+{
+	size_t len = strlen(src) + 1;
+	struct rcu_string *ret = kzalloc(sizeof(struct rcu_string) +
+					 (len * sizeof(char)), mask);
+	if (!ret)
+		return ret;
+	strncpy(ret->str, src, len);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static inline void rcu_string_free(struct rcu_string *str)
+{
+	if (str)
+		kfree_rcu(str, rcu);
+}
+
+#define printk_in_rcu(fmt, ...) do {	\
+	rcu_read_lock();		\
+	printk(fmt, __VA_ARGS__);	\
+	rcu_read_unlock();		\
+} while (0)
+
+#define printk_ratelimited_in_rcu(fmt, ...) do {	\
+	rcu_read_lock();				\
+	printk_ratelimited(fmt, __VA_ARGS__);		\
+	rcu_read_unlock();				\
+} while (0)
+
+#define rcu_str_deref(rcu_str) ({				\
+	struct rcu_string *__str = rcu_dereference(rcu_str);	\
+	__str->str;						\
+})