Index: kernel/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c =================================================================== --- kernel.orig/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c +++ kernel/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c @@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_p /* OPTIMISATION: We could keep a per tty "zero" sized buffer to remove this conditional if its worth it. This would be invisible to the callers */ + + if (!size) + printk("kpatch-test: testing .smp_locks section changes\n"); + b = buf->tail; if (b != NULL) left = b->size - b->used;