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diff --git a/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h b/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h
index aa0b3ffea935..ea5bc756bd99 100644
--- a/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h
+++ b/include/linux/instruction_pointer.h
@@ -8,6 +8,30 @@
#ifndef _THIS_IP_
#define _THIS_IP_ ({ __label__ __here; __here: (unsigned long)&&__here; })
+/*
+ * The current generic definition of _THIS_IP_ is considered broken by GCC [1]
+ * and Clang [2]. In particular, the address of a label is only expected to be
+ * used with a computed goto.
+ *
+ * [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=120071
+ * [2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/138272
+ *
+ * Mark it as broken, so that appropriate fallback options can be implemented
+ * for architectures that do not define their own _THIS_IP_.
+ */
+#define HAS_BROKEN_THIS_IP
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * _CODE_LOCATION_ provides a unique identifier for the current code location.
+ * When _THIS_IP_ is broken (generic version), we fall back to a static marker
+ * which guarantees uniqueness and resolves to a constant address at link time,
+ * avoiding runtime overhead and compiler optimizations breaking it.
+ */
+#ifdef HAS_BROKEN_THIS_IP
+#define _CODE_LOCATION_ ({ static const char __here; (unsigned long)&__here; })
+#else
+#define _CODE_LOCATION_ _THIS_IP_
#endif
#endif /* _LINUX_INSTRUCTION_POINTER_H */