diff --git a/include/linux/poison.h b/include/linux/poison.h
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/poison.h
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+#ifndef _LINUX_POISON_H
+#define _LINUX_POISON_H
+
+/********** include/linux/list.h **********/
+/*
+ * used to verify that nobody uses non-initialized list entries.
+ */
+#define LIST_POISON1  ((void *) 0x0)
+#define LIST_POISON2  ((void *) 0x0)
+
+#endif