[RFC][PATCH v2 12/29] timers: Annotate static information into Kmemdump

From: Eugen Hristev
Date: Thu Jul 24 2025 - 10:01:02 EST


Annotate vital static information into kmemdump:
- jiffies_64

Information on these variables is stored into dedicated kmemdump section.

Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/timer.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index 553fa469d7cc..a5698e3ace2d 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
#include <linux/compat.h>
#include <linux/random.h>
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/kmemdump.h>

#include <linux/uaccess.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
__visible u64 jiffies_64 __cacheline_aligned_in_smp = INITIAL_JIFFIES;

EXPORT_SYMBOL(jiffies_64);
-
+KMEMDUMP_VAR_CORE(jiffies_64, sizeof(jiffies_64));
/*
* The timer wheel has LVL_DEPTH array levels. Each level provides an array of
* LVL_SIZE buckets. Each level is driven by its own clock and therefore each
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