diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 9f066785bb71..284663392eef 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -1609,4 +1609,7 @@ config CC_HAS_SANE_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT
 	# strict alignment always, even with -falign-functions.
 	def_bool CC_HAS_MIN_FUNCTION_ALIGNMENT || CC_IS_CLANG
 
+config ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU
+	bool
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/include/linux/cmpxchg-emu.h b/include/linux/cmpxchg-emu.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..998deec67740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/cmpxchg-emu.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Emulated 1-byte and 2-byte cmpxchg operations for architectures
+ * lacking direct support for these sizes.  These are implemented in terms
+ * of 4-byte cmpxchg operations.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Paul E. McKenney.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __LINUX_CMPXCHG_EMU_H
+#define __LINUX_CMPXCHG_EMU_H
+
+uintptr_t cmpxchg_emu_u8(volatile u8 *p, uintptr_t old, uintptr_t new);
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_CMPXCHG_EMU_H */
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ffc6b2341b45..cc3d52fdb477 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION) += error-inject.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG) += bug.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK) += syscall.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU) += cmpxchg-emu.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE) += dynamic_debug.o
 #ensure exported functions have prototypes
diff --git a/lib/cmpxchg-emu.c b/lib/cmpxchg-emu.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27f6f97cb60d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cmpxchg-emu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Emulated 1-byte cmpxchg operation for architectures lacking direct
+ * support for this size.  This is implemented in terms of 4-byte cmpxchg
+ * operations.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Paul E. McKenney.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/instrumented.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/panic.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <asm-generic/rwonce.h>
+#include <linux/cmpxchg-emu.h>
+
+union u8_32 {
+	u8 b[4];
+	u32 w;
+};
+
+/* Emulate one-byte cmpxchg() in terms of 4-byte cmpxchg. */
+uintptr_t cmpxchg_emu_u8(volatile u8 *p, uintptr_t old, uintptr_t new)
+{
+	u32 *p32 = (u32 *)(((uintptr_t)p) & ~0x3);
+	int i = ((uintptr_t)p) & 0x3;
+	union u8_32 old32;
+	union u8_32 new32;
+	u32 ret;
+
+	ret = READ_ONCE(*p32);
+	do {
+		old32.w = ret;
+		if (old32.b[i] != old)
+			return old32.b[i];
+		new32.w = old32.w;
+		new32.b[i] = new;
+		instrument_atomic_read_write(p, 1);
+		ret = data_race(cmpxchg(p32, old32.w, new32.w)); // Overridden above.
+	} while (ret != old32.w);
+	return old;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cmpxchg_emu_u8);