diff -Nupr src.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c src/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c
--- src.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c	2024-04-18 14:12:03.471375109 -0400
+++ src/fs/xfs/xfs_stats.c	2024-04-18 14:12:46.797280945 -0400
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ static int counter_val(struct xfsstats _
 	return val;
 }
 
+extern char *kpatch_string(void);
+
 int xfs_stats_format(struct xfsstats __percpu *stats, char *buf)
 {
 	int		i, j;
@@ -85,6 +87,34 @@ int xfs_stats_format(struct xfsstats __p
 		0);
 #endif
 
+	/* Reference a symbol outside the .o yet inside the patch module: */
+	len += scnprintf(buf + len, PATH_MAX-len, "%s\n", kpatch_string());
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	/* Test alternatives patching: */
+	alternative("ud2", "nop", X86_FEATURE_ALWAYS);
+	alternative("nop", "ud2", X86_FEATURE_IA64);
+
+	/* Test paravirt patching: */
+	slow_down_io();   /* paravirt call */
+#endif
+
+	/* Test pr_debug: */
+	pr_debug("kpatch: pr_debug() test\n");
+
+{
+	/* Test static branches: */
+	static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(kpatch_key);
+
+       if (static_branch_unlikely(&memcg_kmem_enabled_key))
+		printk("kpatch: memcg_kmem_enabled_key\n");
+
+	BUG_ON(!static_branch_likely(&kpatch_key));
+	static_branch_disable(&kpatch_key);
+	BUG_ON(static_branch_likely(&kpatch_key));
+	static_branch_enable(&kpatch_key);
+}
+
 	return len;
 }
 
diff -Nupr src.orig/net/netlink/af_netlink.c src/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
--- src.orig/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2024-04-18 14:12:03.660374698 -0400
+++ src/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2024-04-18 14:12:46.798280943 -0400
@@ -2888,4 +2888,9 @@ panic:
 	panic("netlink_init: Cannot allocate nl_table\n");
 }
 
+char *kpatch_string(void)
+{
+	return "kpatch";
+}
+
 core_initcall(netlink_proto_init);