diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/bcm281xx/clk-core.h b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/bcm281xx/clk-core.h
index 882a297..4a694d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/bcm281xx/clk-core.h
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv7/bcm281xx/clk-core.h
@@ -73,10 +73,6 @@ struct clk {
 
 struct refclk *refclk_str_to_clk(const char *name);
 
-#define U8_MAX	((u8)~0U)
-#define U32_MAX	((u32)~0U)
-#define U64_MAX	((u64)~0U)
-
 /* The common clock framework uses u8 to represent a parent index */
 #define PARENT_COUNT_MAX	((u32)U8_MAX)
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/au1x00/au1x00_usb_ohci.c b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/au1x00/au1x00_usb_ohci.c
index a3dac70..74bdb77 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/au1x00/au1x00_usb_ohci.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cpu/mips32/au1x00/au1x00_usb_ohci.c
@@ -54,8 +54,6 @@
 #define readl(a)     au_readl((long)(a))
 #define writel(v,a)  au_writel((v),(int)(a))
 
-#define min_t(type,x,y) ({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x: __y; })
-
 #define DEBUG
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dbg(format, arg...) printf("DEBUG: " format "\n", ## arg)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/usb_ohci.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/usb_ohci.c
index 3c8b2d9..b7c1b55 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/usb_ohci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc5xxx/usb_ohci.c
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 #define readl(a) (*((volatile u32 *)(a)))
 #define writel(a, b) (*((volatile u32 *)(b)) = ((volatile u32)a))
 
-#define min_t(type,x,y) ({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x: __y; })
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dbg(format, arg...) printf("DEBUG: " format "\n", ## arg)
 #else
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/usb_ohci.c b/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/usb_ohci.c
index d1e78f6..65a0675 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/usb_ohci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/cpu/ppc4xx/usb_ohci.c
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@
 #define readl(a) (*((volatile u32 *)(a)))
 #define writel(a, b) (*((volatile u32 *)(b)) = ((volatile u32)a))
 
-#define min_t(type,x,y) ({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x: __y; })
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dbg(format, arg...) printf("DEBUG: " format "\n", ## arg)
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/isp116x-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/isp116x-hcd.c
index 46e4cee..0556f32 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/isp116x-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/isp116x-hcd.c
@@ -103,12 +103,6 @@ static int rh_devnum;		/* address of Root Hub endpoint */
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-#define ALIGN(x,a)	(((x)+(a)-1UL)&~((a)-1UL))
-#define min_t(type,x,y)	\
-	({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x : __y; })
-
-/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
-
 static int isp116x_reset(struct isp116x *isp116x);
 
 /* --- Debugging functions ------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
index dc0a4e3..9bb1d48 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-hcd.c
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@
 #define OHCI_CONTROL_INIT \
 	(OHCI_CTRL_CBSR & 0x3) | OHCI_CTRL_IE | OHCI_CTRL_PLE
 
-#define min_t(type, x, y) \
-		    ({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x: __y; })
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_OHCI
 static struct pci_device_id ohci_pci_ids[] = {
 	{0x10b9, 0x5237},	/* ULI1575 PCI OHCI module ids */
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-s3c24xx.c b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-s3c24xx.c
index 3c659c6..8bb2275 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ohci-s3c24xx.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ohci-s3c24xx.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@
 #define	OHCI_CONTROL_INIT \
 	(OHCI_CTRL_CBSR & 0x3) | OHCI_CTRL_IE | OHCI_CTRL_PLE
 
-#define min_t(type, x, y) \
-	({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x : __y; })
-
 #undef DEBUG
 #ifdef DEBUG
 #define dbg(format, arg...) printf("DEBUG: " format "\n", ## arg)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/r8a66597-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/r8a66597-hcd.c
index 5114544..6f33456 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/r8a66597-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/r8a66597-hcd.c
@@ -550,9 +550,6 @@ static int check_usb_device_connecting(struct r8a66597 *r8a66597)
 	return -1;	/* fail */
 }
 
-/* based on usb_ohci.c */
-#define min_t(type, x, y) \
-		({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x : __y; })
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*
  * Virtual Root Hub
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
diff --git a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_hcd.h b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_hcd.h
index 02b9adc..0c8e75d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/musb/musb_hcd.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/musb/musb_hcd.h
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ extern unsigned char new[];
 	((readb(&musbr->power) & MUSB_POWER_HSMODE) \
 		>> MUSB_POWER_HSMODE_SHIFT)
 
-#define min_t(type, x, y)	\
-	({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x : __y; })
-
 /* USB HUB CONSTANTS (not OHCI-specific; see hub.h) */
 
 /* destination of request */
diff --git a/drivers/video/ati_radeon_fb.c b/drivers/video/ati_radeon_fb.c
index 38d2eb1..618f5d9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/ati_radeon_fb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/ati_radeon_fb.c
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@
 #define DPRINT(x...) do{}while(0)
 #endif
 
-#ifndef min_t
-#define min_t(type,x,y) \
-	({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x: __y; })
-#endif
-
 #define MAX_MAPPED_VRAM	(2048*2048*4)
 #define MIN_MAPPED_VRAM	(1024*768*1)
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 0ce2475..c120261 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -476,10 +476,6 @@ struct file {
 #define MAX_LFS_FILESIZE 	0x7fffffffffffffffUL
 #endif
 
-#define INT_MAX		((int)(~0U>>1))
-#define INT_MIN		(-INT_MAX - 1)
-#define LLONG_MAX	((long long)(~0ULL>>1))
-
 /*
  * These are the fs-independent mount-flags: up to 32 flags are supported
  */
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index c9fe386..c1bdaec 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ typedef volatile unsigned char	vu_char;
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #if defined(CONFIG_PCI) && defined(CONFIG_4xx)
 #include <pci.h>
 #endif
@@ -168,58 +169,6 @@ typedef void (interrupt_handler_t)(void *);
 # endif
 #endif
 
-/*
- * General Purpose Utilities
- */
-#define min(X, Y)				\
-	({ typeof(X) __x = (X);			\
-		typeof(Y) __y = (Y);		\
-		(__x < __y) ? __x : __y; })
-
-#define max(X, Y)				\
-	({ typeof(X) __x = (X);			\
-		typeof(Y) __y = (Y);		\
-		(__x > __y) ? __x : __y; })
-
-#define min3(X, Y, Z)				\
-	({ typeof(X) __x = (X);			\
-		typeof(Y) __y = (Y);		\
-		typeof(Z) __z = (Z);		\
-		__x < __y ? (__x < __z ? __x : __z) :	\
-		(__y < __z ? __y : __z); })
-
-#define max3(X, Y, Z)				\
-	({ typeof(X) __x = (X);			\
-		typeof(Y) __y = (Y);		\
-		typeof(Z) __z = (Z);		\
-		__x > __y ? (__x > __z ? __x : __z) :	\
-		(__y > __z ? __y : __z); })
-
-/*
- * Return the absolute value of a number.
- *
- * This handles unsigned and signed longs, ints, shorts and chars.  For all
- * input types abs() returns a signed long.
- *
- * For 64-bit types, use abs64()
- */
-#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) ({				\
-		s64 __x = (x);			\
-		(__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;		\
-	})
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_ENV_IS_EMBEDDED)
 #define TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
 #elif ( ((CONFIG_ENV_ADDR+CONFIG_ENV_SIZE) < CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE) || \
@@ -230,17 +179,6 @@ typedef void (interrupt_handler_t)(void *);
 #define	TOTAL_MALLOC_LEN	CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
 #endif
 
-/**
- * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
- * @ptr:	the pointer to the member.
- * @type:	the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
- * @member:	the name of the member within the struct.
- *
- */
-#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({			\
-	const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);	\
-	(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
-
 /*
  * Function Prototypes
  */
@@ -947,30 +885,7 @@ static inline phys_addr_t map_to_sysmem(const void *ptr)
 #error Read section CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT in README.
 #endif
 
-#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
-
 #define ROUND(a,b)		(((a) + (b) - 1) & ~((b) - 1))
-#define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d)	(((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
-#define roundup(x, y)		((((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y)) * (y))
-
-/*
- * Divide positive or negative dividend by positive divisor and round
- * to closest integer. Result is undefined for negative divisors and
- * for negative dividends if the divisor variable type is unsigned.
- */
-#define DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(x, divisor)(			\
-{							\
-	typeof(x) __x = x;				\
-	typeof(divisor) __d = divisor;			\
-	(((typeof(x))-1) > 0 ||				\
-	 ((typeof(divisor))-1) > 0 || (__x) > 0) ?	\
-		(((__x) + ((__d) / 2)) / (__d)) :	\
-		(((__x) - ((__d) / 2)) / (__d));	\
-}							\
-)
-
-#define ALIGN(x,a)		__ALIGN_MASK((x),(typeof(x))(a)-1)
-#define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask)	(((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
 
 /*
  * ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN is defined in asm/cache.h for each architecture.  It
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 7ff6064..16b0195 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -57,17 +57,6 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *obj, int flag);
 
 #define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c)	(((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))
 
-/*
- * ..and if you can't take the strict
- * types, you can specify one yourself.
- *
- * Or not use min/max at all, of course.
- */
-#define min_t(type,x,y) \
-	({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x < __y ? __x: __y; })
-#define max_t(type,x,y) \
-	({ type __x = (x); type __y = (y); __x > __y ? __x: __y; })
-
 #ifndef BUG
 #define BUG() do { \
 	printf("U-Boot BUG at %s:%d!\n", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
@@ -81,24 +70,6 @@ void *kmem_cache_alloc(struct kmem_cache *obj, int flag);
 
 #define PAGE_SIZE	4096
 
-/**
- * upper_32_bits - return MSB bits 32-63 of a number if little endian, or
- * return MSB bits 0-31 of a number if big endian.
- * @n: the number we're accessing
- *
- * A basic shift-right of a 64- or 32-bit quantity.  Use this to suppress
- * the "right shift count >= width of type" warning when that quantity is
- * 32-bits.
- */
-#define upper_32_bits(n) ((u32)(((n) >> 16) >> 16))
-
-/**
- * lower_32_bits - return LSB bits 0-31 of a number if little endian, or
- * return LSB bits 32-63 of a number if big endian.
- * @n: the number we're accessing
- */
-#define lower_32_bits(n) ((u32)(n))
-
 /* drivers/char/random.c */
 #define get_random_bytes(...)
 
@@ -152,17 +123,6 @@ typedef unsigned long blkcnt_t;
 
 #define ENOTSUPP	524	/* Operation is not supported */
 
-/* from include/linux/kernel.h */
-/*
- * This looks more complex than it should be. But we need to
- * get the type for the ~ right in round_down (it needs to be
- * as wide as the result!), and we want to evaluate the macro
- * arguments just once each.
- */
-#define __round_mask(x, y) ((__typeof__(x))((y)-1))
-#define round_up(x, y) ((((x)-1) | __round_mask(x, y))+1)
-#define round_down(x, y) ((x) & ~__round_mask(x, y))
-
 /* module */
 #define THIS_MODULE		0
 #define try_module_get(...)	1
@@ -267,8 +227,6 @@ typedef int	wait_queue_head_t;
 #define cond_resched()			do { } while (0)
 #define yield()				do { } while (0)
 
-#define INT_MAX				((int)(~0U>>1))
-
 #define __user
 #define __init
 #define __exit
diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28276bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_KERNEL_H
+#define _LINUX_KERNEL_H
+
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+#define INT_MAX		((int)(~0U>>1))
+#define INT_MIN		(-INT_MAX - 1)
+#define LLONG_MAX	((long long)(~0ULL>>1))
+
+#define U8_MAX		((u8)~0U)
+#define U32_MAX		((u32)~0U)
+#define U64_MAX		((u64)~0ULL)
+
+#define ALIGN(x,a)		__ALIGN_MASK((x),(typeof(x))(a)-1)
+#define __ALIGN_MASK(x,mask)	(((x)+(mask))&~(mask))
+
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof((x)[0]))
+
+/*
+ * This looks more complex than it should be. But we need to
+ * get the type for the ~ right in round_down (it needs to be
+ * as wide as the result!), and we want to evaluate the macro
+ * arguments just once each.
+ */
+#define __round_mask(x, y) ((__typeof__(x))((y)-1))
+#define round_up(x, y) ((((x)-1) | __round_mask(x, y))+1)
+#define round_down(x, y) ((x) & ~__round_mask(x, y))
+
+#define DIV_ROUND_UP(n,d) (((n) + (d) - 1) / (d))
+
+#define roundup(x, y)		((((x) + ((y) - 1)) / (y)) * (y))
+
+/*
+ * Divide positive or negative dividend by positive divisor and round
+ * to closest integer. Result is undefined for negative divisors and
+ * for negative dividends if the divisor variable type is unsigned.
+ */
+#define DIV_ROUND_CLOSEST(x, divisor)(			\
+{							\
+	typeof(x) __x = x;				\
+	typeof(divisor) __d = divisor;			\
+	(((typeof(x))-1) > 0 ||				\
+	 ((typeof(divisor))-1) > 0 || (__x) > 0) ?	\
+		(((__x) + ((__d) / 2)) / (__d)) :	\
+		(((__x) - ((__d) / 2)) / (__d));	\
+}							\
+)
+
+/**
+ * upper_32_bits - return bits 32-63 of a number
+ * @n: the number we're accessing
+ *
+ * A basic shift-right of a 64- or 32-bit quantity.  Use this to suppress
+ * the "right shift count >= width of type" warning when that quantity is
+ * 32-bits.
+ */
+#define upper_32_bits(n) ((u32)(((n) >> 16) >> 16))
+
+/**
+ * lower_32_bits - return bits 0-31 of a number
+ * @n: the number we're accessing
+ */
+#define lower_32_bits(n) ((u32)(n))
+
+/*
+ * 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) ({				\
+		s64 __x = (x);			\
+		(__x < 0) ? -__x : __x;		\
+	})
+
+/*
+ * min()/max()/clamp() macros that also do
+ * strict type-checking.. See the
+ * "unnecessary" pointer comparison.
+ */
+#define min(x, y) ({				\
+	typeof(x) _min1 = (x);			\
+	typeof(y) _min2 = (y);			\
+	_min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
+
+#define max(x, y) ({				\
+	typeof(x) _max1 = (x);			\
+	typeof(y) _max2 = (y);			\
+	_max1 > _max2 ? _max1 : _max2; })
+
+#define min3(x, y, z) ({			\
+	typeof(x) _min1 = (x);			\
+	typeof(y) _min2 = (y);			\
+	typeof(z) _min3 = (z);			\
+	_min1 < _min2 ? (_min1 < _min3 ? _min1 : _min3) : \
+		(_min2 < _min3 ? _min2 : _min3); })
+
+#define max3(x, y, z) ({			\
+	typeof(x) _max1 = (x);			\
+	typeof(y) _max2 = (y);			\
+	typeof(z) _max3 = (z);			\
+	_max1 > _max2 ? (_max1 > _max3 ? _max1 : _max3) : \
+		(_max2 > _max3 ? _max2 : _max3); })
+
+/*
+ * ..and if you can't take the strict
+ * types, you can specify one yourself.
+ *
+ * Or not use min/max/clamp at all, of course.
+ */
+#define min_t(type, x, y) ({			\
+	type __min1 = (x);			\
+	type __min2 = (y);			\
+	__min1 < __min2 ? __min1: __min2; })
+
+#define max_t(type, x, y) ({			\
+	type __max1 = (x);			\
+	type __max2 = (y);			\
+	__max1 > __max2 ? __max1: __max2; })
+
+/**
+ * container_of - cast a member of a structure out to the containing structure
+ * @ptr:	the pointer to the member.
+ * @type:	the type of the container struct this is embedded in.
+ * @member:	the name of the member within the struct.
+ *
+ */
+#define container_of(ptr, type, member) ({			\
+	const typeof( ((type *)0)->member ) *__mptr = (ptr);	\
+	(type *)( (char *)__mptr - offsetof(type,member) );})
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index b585713..d84c9f5 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 #include <div64.h>
 #define noinline __attribute__((noinline))
 
-/* some reluctance to put this into a new limits.h, so it is here */
-#define INT_MAX		((int)(~0U>>1))
-
 unsigned long simple_strtoul(const char *cp, char **endp,
 				unsigned int base)
 {
