diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 3c8d2b87a9ed..729ec2453149 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ struct device;
  *  bitmap_to_arr64(buf, src, nbits)            Copy nbits from buf to u64[] dst
  *  bitmap_get_value8(map, start)               Get 8bit value from map at start
  *  bitmap_set_value8(map, value, start)        Set 8bit value to map at start
+ *  bitmap_read(map, start, nbits)              Read an nbits-sized value from
+ *                                              map at start
+ *  bitmap_write(map, value, start, nbits)      Write an nbits-sized value to
+ *                                              map at start
  *
  * Note, bitmap_zero() and bitmap_fill() operate over the region of
  * unsigned longs, that is, bits behind bitmap till the unsigned long
@@ -613,6 +617,79 @@ static inline void bitmap_set_value8(unsigned long *map, unsigned long value,
 	map[index] |= value << offset;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bitmap_read - read a value of n-bits from the memory region
+ * @map: address to the bitmap memory region
+ * @start: bit offset of the n-bit value
+ * @nbits: size of value in bits, nonzero, up to BITS_PER_LONG
+ *
+ * Returns: value of @nbits bits located at the @start bit offset within the
+ * @map memory region. For @nbits = 0 and @nbits > BITS_PER_LONG the return
+ * value is undefined.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long bitmap_read(const unsigned long *map,
+					unsigned long start,
+					unsigned long nbits)
+{
+	size_t index = BIT_WORD(start);
+	unsigned long offset = start % BITS_PER_LONG;
+	unsigned long space = BITS_PER_LONG - offset;
+	unsigned long value_low, value_high;
+
+	if (unlikely(!nbits || nbits > BITS_PER_LONG))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (space >= nbits)
+		return (map[index] >> offset) & BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits);
+
+	value_low = map[index] & BITMAP_FIRST_WORD_MASK(start);
+	value_high = map[index + 1] & BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(start + nbits);
+	return (value_low >> offset) | (value_high << space);
+}
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_write - write n-bit value within a memory region
+ * @map: address to the bitmap memory region
+ * @value: value to write, clamped to nbits
+ * @start: bit offset of the n-bit value
+ * @nbits: size of value in bits, nonzero, up to BITS_PER_LONG.
+ *
+ * bitmap_write() behaves as-if implemented as @nbits calls of __assign_bit(),
+ * i.e. bits beyond @nbits are ignored:
+ *
+ *   for (bit = 0; bit < nbits; bit++)
+ *           __assign_bit(start + bit, bitmap, val & BIT(bit));
+ *
+ * For @nbits == 0 and @nbits > BITS_PER_LONG no writes are performed.
+ */
+static inline void bitmap_write(unsigned long *map, unsigned long value,
+				unsigned long start, unsigned long nbits)
+{
+	size_t index;
+	unsigned long offset;
+	unsigned long space;
+	unsigned long mask;
+	bool fit;
+
+	if (unlikely(!nbits || nbits > BITS_PER_LONG))
+		return;
+
+	mask = BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits);
+	value &= mask;
+	offset = start % BITS_PER_LONG;
+	space = BITS_PER_LONG - offset;
+	fit = space >= nbits;
+	index = BIT_WORD(start);
+
+	map[index] &= (fit ? (~(mask << offset)) : ~BITMAP_FIRST_WORD_MASK(start));
+	map[index] |= value << offset;
+	if (fit)
+		return;
+
+	map[index + 1] &= BITMAP_FIRST_WORD_MASK(start + nbits);
+	map[index + 1] |= (value >> space);
+}
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BITMAP_H */