Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/fslc/4.9-2.3.x-imx' into toradex_4.9-2.3.x-imx-nextColibri-iMX7_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.184-20190401Colibri-iMX6_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.184-20190401Colibri-iMX6ULL_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.184-20190401Apalis-iMX6_LXDE-Image_2.8b6.184-20190401

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diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
index b02af0bf5777..66f6b84df287 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h
@@ -87,6 +87,35 @@ struct nft_regs {
 	};
 };
 
+/* Store/load an u16 or u8 integer to/from the u32 data register.
+ *
+ * Note, when using concatenations, register allocation happens at 32-bit
+ * level. So for store instruction, pad the rest part with zero to avoid
+ * garbage values.
+ */
+
+static inline void nft_reg_store16(u32 *dreg, u16 val)
+{
+	*dreg = 0;
+	*(u16 *)dreg = val;
+}
+
+static inline void nft_reg_store8(u32 *dreg, u8 val)
+{
+	*dreg = 0;
+	*(u8 *)dreg = val;
+}
+
+static inline u16 nft_reg_load16(u32 *sreg)
+{
+	return *(u16 *)sreg;
+}
+
+static inline u8 nft_reg_load8(u32 *sreg)
+{
+	return *(u8 *)sreg;
+}
+
 static inline void nft_data_copy(u32 *dst, const struct nft_data *src,
 				 unsigned int len)
 {