evdev_detach_client(evdev, client);
 
        for (i = 0; i < EV_CNT; ++i)
-               kfree(client->evmasks[i]);
+               bitmap_free(client->evmasks[i]);
 
        kvfree(client);
 
 {
        int ret;
        unsigned long *mem;
-       size_t len;
 
-       len = BITS_TO_LONGS(maxbit) * sizeof(unsigned long);
-       mem = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+       mem = bitmap_alloc(maxbit, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!mem)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&dev->event_lock);
        spin_lock(&client->buffer_lock);
 
-       memcpy(mem, bits, len);
+       bitmap_copy(mem, bits, maxbit);
 
        spin_unlock(&dev->event_lock);
 
        if (ret < 0)
                evdev_queue_syn_dropped(client);
 
-       kfree(mem);
+       bitmap_free(mem);
 
        return ret;
 }
        if (!cnt)
                return 0;
 
-       mask = kcalloc(sizeof(unsigned long), BITS_TO_LONGS(cnt), GFP_KERNEL);
+       mask = bitmap_zalloc(cnt, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!mask)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
        error = bits_from_user(mask, cnt - 1, codes_size, codes, compat);
        if (error < 0) {
-               kfree(mask);
+               bitmap_free(mask);
                return error;
        }
 
        client->evmasks[type] = mask;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&client->buffer_lock, flags);
 
-       kfree(oldmask);
+       bitmap_free(oldmask);
 
        return 0;
 }