compiling errors

[immortal1015]

I tried to compile the very simple kernel module code as following.
I compile this code using gcc -c hello.c, but gcc tell me:
 /usr/include/linux	/module.h:60 parse error before 'atomic_t'

What is the error? My gcc version is 2.96 and Redhat Linux 7.3

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#ifndef __KERNEL__
#  define __KERNEL__
#endif
#ifndef MODULE
#  define MODULE
#endif
#include <linux/version.h>
#include <linux/config.h>
#include <linux/module.h>

#include <linux/kernel.h> /* printk */

int init_module(void)
{
	printk("<1>Hello the world\n");
	return 0;
}

void cleanup_module(void)
{
	printk("<1>Goodbye the world\n");	
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Best regards
yours Brucie