ifneq ($(KERNELRELEASE),)
ifneq ($(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS),)
+lttng_check_linux_version = $(shell pwd)/include/linux/version.h
+lttng_check_generated_linux_version = $(shell pwd)/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h
+
+#
+# Check for stale version.h, which can be a leftover from an old Linux
+# kernel tree moved to a newer kernel version, only pruned by make
+# distclean.
+#
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(lttng_check_linux_version)),)
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(lttng_check_generated_linux_version)),)
+$(error Duplicate version.h files found in $(lttng_check_linux_version) and $(lttng_check_generated_linux_version). Consider running make distclean on your kernel, or removing the stale $(lttng_check_linux_version) file)
+endif
+endif
+
obj-m += lttng-ring-buffer-client-discard.o
obj-m += lttng-ring-buffer-client-overwrite.o
obj-m += lttng-ring-buffer-metadata-client.o