[PATCH v2 20/25] printk: Register information into meminspect

From: Mukesh Ojha

Date: Tue Mar 10 2026 - 16:24:56 EST


Annotate vital static, dynamic information into meminspect for debugging

Static:
- prb_descs
- prb_infos
- prb
- prb_data
- printk_rb_static
- printk_rb_dynamic

Dynamic:
- new_descs
- new_infos
- new_log_buf

meminspect uses a different API to annotate variables for inspection,
and information about these variables is stored in the inspection table.

Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <mukesh.ojha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/printk/printk.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 0323149548f6..03216e7ef807 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
#include <linux/sched/debug.h>
#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
#include <linux/panic.h>
+#include <linux/meminspect.h>

#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/sections.h>
@@ -518,10 +519,16 @@ static u32 log_buf_len = __LOG_BUF_LEN;
#endif
_DEFINE_PRINTKRB(printk_rb_static, CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT - PRB_AVGBITS,
PRB_AVGBITS, &__log_buf[0]);
+MEMINSPECT_NAMED_ENTRY(prb_descs, _printk_rb_static_descs);
+MEMINSPECT_NAMED_ENTRY(prb_infos, _printk_rb_static_infos);
+MEMINSPECT_NAMED_ENTRY(prb_data, __log_buf);
+MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(printk_rb_static);

static struct printk_ringbuffer printk_rb_dynamic;
+MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(printk_rb_dynamic);

struct printk_ringbuffer *prb = &printk_rb_static;
+MEMINSPECT_SIMPLE_ENTRY(prb);

/*
* We cannot access per-CPU data (e.g. per-CPU flush irq_work) before
@@ -1238,6 +1245,10 @@ void __init setup_log_buf(int early)

local_irq_restore(flags);

+ meminspect_register_va(new_log_buf, new_log_buf_len);
+ meminspect_register_va(new_descs, new_descs_size);
+ meminspect_register_va(new_infos, new_infos_size);
+
/*
* Copy any remaining messages that might have appeared from
* NMI context after copying but before switching to the

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