Re: [PATCH] lockdep: Add #include <linux/instruction_pointer.h> to lockdep.h

[Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>]

On Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:16:05 -0400
Yury Norov <ynorov@nvidia.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 11:05:58AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> > 
> > On 32bit x86, _THIS_IP_ is not defined in asm/linkage.h. It happens to get
> > included into lockdep.h via kernel.h pulling in trace_printk.h which
> > includes instruction_pointer.h that has _THIS_IP_ defined when linkage.h
> > does not.
> > 
> > In order to remove trace_printk.h from kernel.h, have lockdep.h include
> > instruction_pointer.h directly.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>  
> 
> Reviewed-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>

Thanks Yury.

Peter, can you give me an Acked-by on this patch and then I can add it to
my series to remove trace_printk.h from kernel.h as that depends on this
patch.

Thanks,

-- Steve


> 
> > ---
> >  include/linux/lockdep.h | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/linux/lockdep.h b/include/linux/lockdep.h
> > index a6451ecbbe9a..c6b0168f5fc9 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/lockdep.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/lockdep.h
> > @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct task_struct;
> >  #include <linux/list.h>
> >  #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
> >  #include <linux/stacktrace.h>
> > +#include <linux/instruction_pointer.h> /* In case _THIS_IP_ isn't defined */
> >  
> >  static inline void lockdep_copy_map(struct lockdep_map *to,
> >  				    struct lockdep_map *from)
> > -- 
> > 2.53.0