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[2003:f6:5f47:db04:6aec:8c3a:4b62:1e71]) by smtp.gmail.com with UTF8SMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-490e2aceef4sm1699175e9.4.2026.06.10.10.00.36 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Wed, 10 Jun 2026 10:00:37 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 19:00:35 +0200 From: Uwe =?utf-8?Q?Kleine-K=C3=B6nig_=28The_Capable_Hub=29?= To: Zack Rusin , Maarten Lankhorst , Maxime Ripard , Thomas Zimmermann Cc: Markus Schneider-Pargmann , Broadcom internal kernel review list , dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Don't use UTS_RELEASE directly Message-ID: References: <20260504073422.1130008-2-u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="tqzyaztcmdnpyqs2" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260504073422.1130008-2-u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com> X-BeenThere: dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Direct Rendering Infrastructure - Development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dri-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org Sender: "dri-devel" --tqzyaztcmdnpyqs2 Content-Type: text/plain; protected-headers=v1; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Don't use UTS_RELEASE directly MIME-Version: 1.0 Hello, On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 09:34:20AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig (The Capable H= ub) wrote: > UTS_RELEASE evaluates to a static string and changes quite easily (e.g. > uncommitted changes in the source tree or new commits). So when checking > if a patch introduces changes to the resulting binary each usage of > UTS_RELEASE is source of annoyance. >=20 > Instead of using UTS_RELEASE directly use init_utsname()->release which > evaluates to the same string but with that a change of UTS_RELEASE > doesn't affect vmwgfx_drv.o. >=20 > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-K=F6nig (The Capable Hub) > --- > Hello, >=20 > an alternative way to address this is to drop the kernel version string > completely. But I'm not sure how redundant this really is so I chose the > init_utsname() approach. any feedback on this patch? Ideally something like "I applied it for 7.2-rc1, thanks!" :-D Best regards Uwe --tqzyaztcmdnpyqs2 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAABCgAdFiEEP4GsaTp6HlmJrf7Tj4D7WH0S/k4FAmopmDEACgkQj4D7WH0S /k6BawgAkHk3FrAgUubLJrLmiTpgHkyYXquXl70Cy1iTCMpS6yowo0bz9x0MEdQf aR6EKIefC0Cr+R/pqLpfnDeitQxlppPIOt4iaIgAxFHkkJVJd6FwkXG1dkK93ZPZ GWLODUjFrTYyvZadkrOguSNQ9Hxsyp5Pg+VVpaQJ9RsIuxmhZ0Ig9LsjifWLqXEx PCPNll9bPT0TwD6GRpqqAwAcI3K2T1aPGwWj3cyxVHM/O1LDvGIl198ZezYngr6H 9LHQRYMYch572gDYibTUBDlrIha6Df/o0FLRKbksfjoYoH2Mg0Dqy+0j2y0mhZc7 YqirjZrtTWlpAJj8wJjrBBo+jgD0sQ== =kXpp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --tqzyaztcmdnpyqs2--