Re: [RFC v4 2/5] parisc: Drop linux/kernel.h include from asm/bug.h header

From: Helge Deller
Date: Sat Nov 08 2025 - 17:40:11 EST


On 10/21/25 00:28, Finn Thain wrote:
This patch series will add WARN_ON_ONCE() calls to the header file
linux/instrumented.h. That requires including linux/bug.h,
but doing so causes the following compiler error on parisc:

In file included from ./include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:17,
from ./include/linux/atomic.h:82,
from ./arch/parisc/include/asm/bitops.h:13,
from ./include/linux/bitops.h:67,
from ./include/linux/kernel.h:23,
from ./arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h:5,
from ./include/linux/bug.h:5,
from ./include/linux/page-flags.h:10,
from kernel/bounds.c:10:
./include/linux/instrumented.h: In function 'instrument_atomic_alignment_check':
./include/linux/instrumented.h:69:9: error: implicit declaration of function 'WARN_ON_ONCE' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
69 | WARN_ON_ONCE((unsigned long)v & (size - 1));
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:182: kernel/bounds.s] Error 1

The problem is, asm/bug.h indirectly includes atomic-instrumented.h,
which means a new cycle appeared in the graph of #includes. And because
some headers in the cycle can't see all definitions, WARN_ON_ONCE()
appears to be an undeclared function.

This only happens on parisc and it's easy to fix. In the error
message above, linux/kernel.h is included by asm/bug.h. But it's no
longer needed there, so remove it.

The comment about needing BUGFLAG_TAINT seems to be incorrect as of
commit 19d436268dde ("debug: Add _ONCE() logic to report_bug()"). Also,
a comment in linux/kernel.h strongly discourages its use here.

Compile-tested only.
---
arch/parisc/include/asm/bug.h | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx> # parisc

Thanks!
Helge