diff --git a/include/lib/libc/cdefs.h b/include/lib/libc/cdefs.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef CDEFS_H
+#define CDEFS_H
+
+#define __dead2		__attribute__((__noreturn__))
+#define __deprecated	__attribute__((__deprecated__))
+#define __packed	__attribute__((__packed__))
+#define __used		__attribute__((__used__))
+#define __unused	__attribute__((__unused__))
+#define __aligned(x)	__attribute__((__aligned__(x)))
+#define __section(x)	__attribute__((__section__(x)))
+
+#define __printflike(fmtarg, firstvararg) \
+		__attribute__((__format__ (__printf__, fmtarg, firstvararg)))
+
+#define __weak_reference(sym, alias)	\
+	__asm__(".weak alias");		\
+	__asm__(".equ alias, sym")
+
+#define __STRING(x)	#x
+#define __XSTRING(x)	__STRING(x)
+
+#endif /* CDEFS_H */