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diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
index cb887489d..52626d0f1 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk_ringbuffer.h
@@ -127,8 +127,22 @@ enum desc_state {
#define DESC_SV(id, state) (((unsigned long)state << DESC_FLAGS_SHIFT) | id)
#define DESC_ID_MASK (~DESC_FLAGS_MASK)
#define DESC_ID(sv) ((sv) & DESC_ID_MASK)
+
+/*
+ * Special data block logical position values (for fields of
+ * @prb_desc.text_blk_lpos).
+ *
+ * - Bit0 is used to identify if the record has no data block. (Implemented in
+ * the LPOS_DATALESS() macro.)
+ *
+ * - Bit1 specifies the reason for not having a data block.
+ *
+ * These special values could never be real lpos values because of the
+ * meta data and alignment padding of data blocks. (See to_blk_size() for
+ * details.)
+ */
#define FAILED_LPOS 0x1
-#define NO_LPOS 0x3
+#define EMPTY_LINE_LPOS 0x3
#define FAILED_BLK_LPOS \
{ \