diff --git a/fs/verity/init.c b/fs/verity/init.c
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+++ b/fs/verity/init.c
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+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * fs/verity/init.c: fs-verity module initialization and logging
+ *
+ * Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+ */
+
+#include "fsverity_private.h"
+
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
+
+void fsverity_msg(const struct inode *inode, const char *level,
+		  const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	static DEFINE_RATELIMIT_STATE(rs, DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_INTERVAL,
+				      DEFAULT_RATELIMIT_BURST);
+	struct va_format vaf;
+	va_list args;
+
+	if (!__ratelimit(&rs))
+		return;
+
+	va_start(args, fmt);
+	vaf.fmt = fmt;
+	vaf.va = &args;
+	if (inode)
+		printk("%sfs-verity (%s, inode %lu): %pV\n",
+		       level, inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino, &vaf);
+	else
+		printk("%sfs-verity: %pV\n", level, &vaf);
+	va_end(args);
+}
+
+static int __init fsverity_init(void)
+{
+	fsverity_check_hash_algs();
+
+	pr_debug("Initialized fs-verity\n");
+	return 0;
+}
+late_initcall(fsverity_init)