Some debug loadable module like minidump is interested in knowing the kernel version against which it is being build. Let's export linux_banner.
Signed-off-by: Mukesh Ojha <quic_mo...@quicinc.com> --- include/linux/init.h | 3 +++ init/version-timestamp.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/init.h b/include/linux/init.h index 266c3e1640d4..1e5d03c2de68 100644 --- a/include/linux/init.h +++ b/include/linux/init.h @@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ extern char *saved_command_line; extern unsigned int saved_command_line_len; extern unsigned int reset_devices; +/* Defined in init/version-timestamp.c */ +extern const char linux_banner[]; + /* used by init/main.c */ void setup_arch(char **); void prepare_namespace(void); diff --git a/init/version-timestamp.c b/init/version-timestamp.c index 043cbf80a766..a48f2c19e5d7 100644 --- a/init/version-timestamp.c +++ b/init/version-timestamp.c @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ #include <linux/refcount.h> #include <linux/uts.h> #include <linux/utsname.h> +#include <linux/init.h> struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = { .ns.count = REFCOUNT_INIT(2), @@ -28,3 +29,5 @@ struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = { const char linux_banner[] = "Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "\n"; + +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(linux_banner); -- 2.7.4