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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef __LINUX_BPF_COMPILER_TYPES_H
+#define __LINUX_BPF_COMPILER_TYPES_H
+
+#include <linux/compiler_types.h>
+
+/*
+ * Qualifiers for the BPF verifier rather than address spaces: __arena marks a
+ * pointer into a BPF arena, __nullable a pointer that may be NULL. They reach
+ * BPF programs as BTF type tags on the members of kernel structs shared with
+ * them; to kernel code and to sparse the pointers are ordinary.
+ */
+#ifdef __CHECKER__
+# define __arena
+# define __nullable
+#else
+# define __arena	BTF_TYPE_TAG(arena)
+# define __nullable	BTF_TYPE_TAG(nullable)
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __LINUX_BPF_COMPILER_TYPES_H */