Re: Linux 4.4.256

[Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 09:38:05AM +0000, David Laight wrote:
> From: David Laight
> > Sent: 08 February 2021 09:10
> > 
> > From: Willy Tarreau
> > > Sent: 06 February 2021 13:23
> > >
> > > On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> > > > Something like this looks more robust to me, it will use SUBLEVEL for
> > > > values 0 to 255 and 255 for any larger value:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > > index 7d86ad6ad36c..9b91b8815b40 100644
> > > --- a/Makefile
> > > +++ b/Makefile
> > > @@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ endef
> > >
> > >  define filechk_version.h
> > >  	echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE $(shell                         \
> > > -	expr $(VERSION) \* 65536 + 0$(PATCHLEVEL) \* 256 + 0$(SUBLEVEL)); \
> > > +	expr $(VERSION) \* 65536 + 0$(PATCHLEVEL) \* 256 + 255 \* \( 0$(SUBLEVEL) \> 255 \) +
> > > 0$(SUBLEVEL) \* \( 0$(SUBLEVEL) \<= 255 \) ); \
> > >  	echo '#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))'
> > >  endef
> > 
> > Why not:
> > 	$(shell echo $$(($(VERSION)<<16 + $(PATCHLEVEL)<<8 + ($(SUBVERSION) < 255 ? $(SUBVERSION) :
> > 255))))
> > Untested, but I think only the one $ needs any kind of escape.
> > The extra leading zeros do have to go - $((...)) does octal :-(
> 
> Or probably even better:
> 
> echo '#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + ((c) > 255 ? 255 : (c)))'
> echo '#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE KERNEL_VERSION($(VERSION), $(PATCHLEVEL)+0, $(SUBLEVEL)+0)'
> 
> Which gets rid of the $(shell) as well.

Please comment on the real patch already submitted by Sasha for this.

thanks,

greg k-h