Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752801AbaFEWLP (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jun 2014 18:11:15 -0400 Received: from mga02.intel.com ([134.134.136.20]:46406 "EHLO mga02.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752734AbaFEWLH (ORCPT ); Thu, 5 Jun 2014 18:11:07 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.98,983,1392192000"; d="scan'208";a="523425316" From: eric.ernst@linux.intel.com To: rdunlap@infradead.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, jwboyer@fedoraproject.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Eric Ernst Subject: [PATCH v1 1/1] Add kernel parameter for kernel version Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2014 15:09:17 -0700 Message-Id: <1402006157-126864-1-git-send-email-eric.ernst@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 In-Reply-To: <538CC567.2060305@linux.intel.com> References: <538CC567.2060305@linux.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Eric Ernst Create a kernel cmdline parameter, "version_addendum", which can be used to add text to the kernel version that is reported from /proc/version. Signed-off-by: Eric Ernst --- fs/proc/version.c | 14 +++++++++++++- init/version.c | 2 +- 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/version.c b/fs/proc/version.c index d2154eb6d78f..442e69e3eecb 100644 --- a/fs/proc/version.c +++ b/fs/proc/version.c @@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ #include #include +#define ADDENDUM_LENGTH 20 +static char version_addendum[ADDENDUM_LENGTH]; + static int version_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v) { seq_printf(m, linux_proc_banner, utsname()->sysname, utsname()->release, - utsname()->version); + utsname()->version, + version_addendum); + return 0; } @@ -26,6 +31,13 @@ static const struct file_operations version_proc_fops = { .release = single_release, }; +static int __init set_version_addendum(char *str) +{ + strncpy(version_addendum, str, ADDENDUM_LENGTH-1); + return 0; +} +early_param("version_addendum", set_version_addendum); + static int __init proc_version_init(void) { proc_create("version", 0, NULL, &version_proc_fops); diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c index 1a4718e500fe..180059b69b7a 100644 --- a/init/version.c +++ b/init/version.c @@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ const char linux_banner[] = const char linux_proc_banner[] = "%s version %s" " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")" - " (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n"; + " (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s " "%s\n"; -- 1.7.9.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/