On Wed, 30 Sep 2026, Dmitry Malkin wrote: > Livepatch modules generated by klp-build do not contain MODULE_VERSION > metadata. Add --module-version to identify a livepatch release > independently of its module name. > > Append MODULE_VERSION() to the temporary copy of init.c when the option > is supplied. Restrict the accepted characters so the value can be > embedded safely in a C string literal. Leave the source template and > default build behavior unchanged. > > For example: > > $ scripts/livepatch/klp-build --module-version=1.2.3 fix.patch > > The version can be read from the resulting module file without loading it: > > $ modinfo -F version livepatch-fix.ko > > The version is descriptive module metadata; it does not control > livepatch replacement or compatibility. > > Signed-off-by: Dmitry Malkin <[email protected]>
thank you for the patch but MODULE_VERSION() is being removed from the kernel [1]. build-id should be sufficient. Miroslav [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
