diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
index 8a1ee10014de..9fdf21302fdf 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
@@ -80,4 +80,21 @@ extern unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT */
 
+/**
+ * find_next_clump8 - find next 8-bit clump with set bits in a memory region
+ * @clump: location to store copy of found clump
+ * @addr: address to base the search on
+ * @size: bitmap size in number of bits
+ * @offset: bit offset at which to start searching
+ *
+ * Returns the bit offset for the next set clump; the found clump value is
+ * copied to the location pointed by @clump. If no bits are set, returns @size.
+ */
+extern unsigned long find_next_clump8(unsigned long *clump,
+				      const unsigned long *addr,
+				      unsigned long size, unsigned long offset);
+
+#define find_first_clump8(clump, bits, size) \
+	find_next_clump8((clump), (bits), (size), 0)
+
 #endif /*_ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FIND_H_ */
diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 90528f12bdfa..761fab5b60a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
  *  bitmap_allocate_region(bitmap, pos, order)  Allocate specified bit region
  *  bitmap_from_arr32(dst, buf, nbits)          Copy nbits from u32[] buf to dst
  *  bitmap_to_arr32(buf, src, nbits)            Copy nbits from buf to u32[] 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
  *
  * Note, bitmap_zero() and bitmap_fill() operate over the region of
  * unsigned longs, that is, bits behind bitmap till the unsigned long
@@ -488,6 +490,39 @@ static inline void bitmap_from_u64(unsigned long *dst, u64 mask)
 		dst[1] = mask >> 32;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bitmap_get_value8 - get an 8-bit value within a memory region
+ * @map: address to the bitmap memory region
+ * @start: bit offset of the 8-bit value; must be a multiple of 8
+ *
+ * Returns the 8-bit value located at the @start bit offset within the @src
+ * memory region.
+ */
+static inline unsigned long bitmap_get_value8(const unsigned long *map,
+					      unsigned long start)
+{
+	const size_t index = BIT_WORD(start);
+	const unsigned long offset = start % BITS_PER_LONG;
+
+	return (map[index] >> offset) & 0xFF;
+}
+
+/**
+ * bitmap_set_value8 - set an 8-bit value within a memory region
+ * @map: address to the bitmap memory region
+ * @value: the 8-bit value; values wider than 8 bits may clobber bitmap
+ * @start: bit offset of the 8-bit value; must be a multiple of 8
+ */
+static inline void bitmap_set_value8(unsigned long *map, unsigned long value,
+				     unsigned long start)
+{
+	const size_t index = BIT_WORD(start);
+	const unsigned long offset = start % BITS_PER_LONG;
+
+	map[index] &= ~(0xFF << offset);
+	map[index] |= value << offset;
+}
+
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #endif /* __LINUX_BITMAP_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index cf074bce3eb3..fb94a10f7853 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -40,6 +40,11 @@ extern unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w);
 	     (bit) < (size);					\
 	     (bit) = find_next_zero_bit((addr), (size), (bit) + 1))
 
+#define for_each_set_clump8(start, clump, bits, size) \
+	for ((start) = find_first_clump8(&(clump), (bits), (size)); \
+	     (start) < (size); \
+	     (start) = find_next_clump8(&(clump), (bits), (size), (start) + 8))
+
 static inline int get_bitmask_order(unsigned int count)
 {
 	int order;
diff --git a/lib/find_bit.c b/lib/find_bit.c
index 5c51eb45178a..e35a76b291e6 100644
--- a/lib/find_bit.c
+++ b/lib/find_bit.c
@@ -214,3 +214,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_bit_le);
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __BIG_ENDIAN */
+
+unsigned long find_next_clump8(unsigned long *clump, const unsigned long *addr,
+			       unsigned long size, unsigned long offset)
+{
+	offset = find_next_bit(addr, size, offset);
+	if (offset == size)
+		return size;
+
+	offset = round_down(offset, 8);
+	*clump = bitmap_get_value8(addr, offset);
+
+	return offset;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_clump8);
