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diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index d0fbc043de60..57dac7022b63 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -143,9 +143,22 @@ extern int _cond_resched(void);
#define might_sleep_if(cond) do { if (cond) might_sleep(); } while (0)
-#define abs(x) ({ \
- long __x = (x); \
- (__x < 0) ? -__x : __x; \
+/*
+ * abs() handles unsigned and signed longs, ints, shorts and chars. For all
+ * input types abs() returns a signed long.
+ * abs() should not be used for 64-bit types (s64, u64, long long) - use abs64()
+ * for those.
+ */
+#define abs(x) ({ \
+ long ret; \
+ if (sizeof(x) == sizeof(long)) { \
+ long __x = (x); \
+ ret = (__x < 0) ? -__x : __x; \
+ } else { \
+ int __x = (x); \
+ ret = (__x < 0) ? -__x : __x; \
+ } \
+ ret; \
})
#define abs64(x) ({ \
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