Hello, On Mon, May 04, 2026 at 09:34:20AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) 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. > > 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. > > Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König (The Capable Hub) > <[email protected]> > --- > Hello, > > 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
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