[RFC][PATCH v2 07/29] init/version: Annotate static information into Kmemdump

From: Eugen Hristev
Date: Thu Jul 24 2025 - 09:57:58 EST


Annotate vital static information into kmemdump:
- init_uts_ns
- linux_banner

Information on these variables is stored into dedicated kmemdump section.

Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
init/version.c | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 94c96f6fbfe6..f5910c027948 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
#include <linux/uts.h>
#include <linux/utsname.h>
#include <linux/proc_ns.h>
+#include <linux/kmemdump.h>

static int __init early_hostname(char *arg)
{
@@ -51,4 +52,7 @@ const char linux_banner[] __weak;

#include "version-timestamp.c"

+KMEMDUMP_VAR_CORE(init_uts_ns, sizeof(init_uts_ns));
+KMEMDUMP_VAR_CORE(linux_banner, sizeof(linux_banner));
+
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_uts_ns);
--
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