Index: kernel-rhel7/kernel/timer.c
===================================================================
--- kernel-rhel7.orig/kernel/timer.c
+++ kernel-rhel7/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1454,6 +1454,9 @@ static void run_timer_softirq(struct sof
 {
 	struct tvec_base *base = __this_cpu_read(tvec_bases);
 
+	if (!base)
+		printk("kpatch-test: testing __tracepoints section changes\n");
+
 	if (time_after_eq(jiffies, base->timer_jiffies))
 		__run_timers(base);
 }