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Unable to create database on latest Linux kernel

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Description

**Description of the issue**

I'm attempting to analyze the Linux kernel using CodeQL, but I'm encountering errors during database creation.

**Steps to reproduce:**

1. Clone the latest Linux kernel repository
2. Run: `codeql database create db --language c`
3. CodeQL correctly detects it as a Linux kernel and starts the autobuild process
4. The build completes defconfig and compiles the kernel successfully

**Problem:**

The trace output contains numerous "identifier 'asm' is undefined" errors, such as:

```
[E 15:16:45 4019640] Warning[extractor-c++]: In construct_text_message: "./include/linux/sched/signal.h", line 278: error: identifier "asm" is undefined
WARN_ON(sig->flags & SIGNAL_GROUP_EXIT);
^

"./include/linux/mm_types.h", line 1362: error: identifier "asm" is undefined
set_mask_bits(bitmap, mask, bits);
^

"./arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h", line 741: error: identifier "asm" is undefined
WARN_ON_ONCE((pgprot_val(pgprot) & (_PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_RW)) ==
^
```

Additionally, the resulting database is highly incomplete and contains very little information, making it unusable for analysis.

**Environment tested:**

- Ubuntu 24.04 and Arch Linux
- Latest CodeQL and version from June 2024

I would greatly appreciate any guidance on what might be causing this issue. Thank you very much for your time!

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