diff --git a/lib/iommu-helper.c b/lib/iommu-helper.c
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+/*
+ * IOMMU helper functions for the free area management
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+
+static unsigned long find_next_zero_area(unsigned long *map,
+					 unsigned long size,
+					 unsigned long start,
+					 unsigned int nr,
+					 unsigned long align_mask)
+{
+	unsigned long index, end, i;
+again:
+	index = find_next_zero_bit(map, size, start);
+
+	/* Align allocation */
+	index = (index + align_mask) & ~align_mask;
+
+	end = index + nr;
+	if (end >= size)
+		return -1;