diff --git a/tools/include/linux/io.h b/tools/include/linux/io.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e129871fe661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/linux/io.h
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+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _TOOLS_IO_H
+#define _TOOLS_IO_H
+
+#endif