diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h
index b8f5b35216e1..e8730c6b9fe2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h
@@ -1785,3 +1785,4 @@ atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
 })
 
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_ATOMIC_INSTRUMENTED_H */
+// b29b625d5de9280f680e42c7be859b55b15e5f6a
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h
index a833d385a70b..881c7e27af28 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h
@@ -1010,3 +1010,4 @@ atomic_long_dec_if_positive(atomic_long_t *v)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_ATOMIC_LONG_H */
+// 77558968132ce4f911ad53f6f52ce423006f6268
diff --git a/include/linux/atomic-fallback.h b/include/linux/atomic-fallback.h
index 1c02c0112fbb..a7d240e465c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/atomic-fallback.h
+++ b/include/linux/atomic-fallback.h
@@ -2292,3 +2292,4 @@ atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
 #define atomic64_cond_read_relaxed(v, c) smp_cond_load_relaxed(&(v)->counter, (c))
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_ATOMIC_FALLBACK_H */
+// 25de4a2804d70f57e994fe3b419148658bb5378a
diff --git a/scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh b/scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
index c30101cddf2d..cfa0c2f71c84 100755
--- a/scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
+++ b/scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
@@ -7,13 +7,27 @@ ATOMICDIR=$(dirname $0)
 ATOMICTBL=${ATOMICDIR}/atomics.tbl
 LINUXDIR=${ATOMICDIR}/../..
 
+echo '' | sha1sum - > /dev/null 2>&1
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+	printf "sha1sum not available, skipping atomic header checks.\n"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 cat <<EOF |
-gen-atomic-instrumented.sh      asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h
-gen-atomic-long.sh              asm-generic/atomic-long.h
-gen-atomic-fallback.sh          linux/atomic-fallback.h
+asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h
+asm-generic/atomic-long.h
+linux/atomic-fallback.h
 EOF
-while read script header; do
-	if ! (${ATOMICDIR}/${script} ${ATOMICTBL} | diff - ${LINUXDIR}/include/${header} > /dev/null); then
-		printf "warning: include/${header} is out-of-date.\n"
+while read header; do
+	OLDSUM="$(tail -n 1 ${LINUXDIR}/include/${header})"
+	OLDSUM="${OLDSUM#// }"
+
+	NEWSUM="$(head -n -1 ${LINUXDIR}/include/${header} | sha1sum)"
+	NEWSUM="${NEWSUM%% *}"
+
+	if [ "${OLDSUM}" != "${NEWSUM}" ]; then
+		printf "warning: generated include/${header} has been modified.\n"
 	fi
 done
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/scripts/atomic/gen-atomics.sh b/scripts/atomic/gen-atomics.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27400b0cd732
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/atomic/gen-atomics.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# Generate atomic headers
+
+ATOMICDIR=$(dirname $0)
+ATOMICTBL=${ATOMICDIR}/atomics.tbl
+LINUXDIR=${ATOMICDIR}/../..
+
+cat <<EOF |
+gen-atomic-instrumented.sh      asm-generic/atomic-instrumented.h
+gen-atomic-long.sh              asm-generic/atomic-long.h
+gen-atomic-fallback.sh          linux/atomic-fallback.h
+EOF
+while read script header; do
+	${ATOMICDIR}/${script} ${ATOMICTBL} > ${LINUXDIR}/include/${header}
+	HASH="$(sha1sum ${LINUXDIR}/include/${header})"
+	HASH="${HASH%% *}"
+	printf "// %s\n" "${HASH}" >> ${LINUXDIR}/include/${header}
+done