diff -Nupr src.orig/fs/proc/cmdline.c src/fs/proc/cmdline.c
--- src.orig/fs/proc/cmdline.c	2017-09-22 15:27:21.698056175 -0400
+++ src/fs/proc/cmdline.c	2017-09-22 15:27:47.028161067 -0400
@@ -27,3 +27,10 @@ static int __init proc_cmdline_init(void
 	return 0;
 }
 module_init(proc_cmdline_init);
+
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+void kpatch_print_message(void)
+{
+	if (!jiffies)
+		printk("hello there!\n");
+}
diff -Nupr src.orig/fs/proc/meminfo.c src/fs/proc/meminfo.c
--- src.orig/fs/proc/meminfo.c	2017-09-22 15:27:21.699056179 -0400
+++ src/fs/proc/meminfo.c	2017-09-22 15:27:47.029161071 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+void kpatch_print_message(void);
+
 void __attribute__((weak)) arch_report_meminfo(struct seq_file *m)
 {
 }
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_
 	/*
 	 * Tagged format, for easy grepping and expansion.
 	 */
+	kpatch_print_message();
 	seq_printf(m,
 		"MemTotal:       %8lu kB\n"
 		"MemFree:        %8lu kB\n"