diff --git a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
index 6326ede9aece..8de163b17c0d 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #endif
 
 #define __user
+#define __rcu
+#define __read_mostly
 
 #ifndef __attribute_const__
 # define __attribute_const__
@@ -54,6 +56,8 @@
 # define unlikely(x)		__builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
 #endif
 
+#define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
+
 #define ACCESS_ONCE(x) (*(volatile typeof(x) *)&(x))
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/spinlock.h b/tools/include/linux/spinlock.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58397dcb19d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/linux/spinlock.h
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#define spinlock_t		pthread_mutex_t
+#define DEFINE_SPINLOCK(x)	pthread_mutex_t x = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+
+#define spin_lock_irqsave(x, f)		(void)f, pthread_mutex_lock(x)
+#define spin_unlock_irqrestore(x, f)	(void)f, pthread_mutex_unlock(x)