linux-kernel - [PATCH] Fix linux banner utsname information

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Date:	Mon, 4 Dec 2006 23:32:48 +0100
From:	Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Containers <containers@...ts.osdl.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Fix linux banner utsname information


utsname information is shown in the linux banner, which
also is used for /proc/version (which can have different
utsname values inside a uts namespaces). this patch
makes the varying data arguments and changes the string
to a format string, using those arguments.

best,
Herbert

Signed-off-by: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@...hfloor.at>

--- linux-2.6.19/fs/proc/proc_misc.c	2006-11-30 21:19:28 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.19/fs/proc/proc_misc.c	2006-12-04 07:16:28 +0100
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ static int version_read_proc(char *page,
 {
 	int len;
 
-	strcpy(page, linux_banner);
-	len = strlen(page);
+	len = sprintf(page, linux_banner,
+		utsname()->release, utsname()->version);
 	return proc_calc_metrics(page, start, off, count, eof, len);
 }
 
--- linux-2.6.19/init/main.c	2006-11-30 21:19:43 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.19/init/main.c	2006-12-04 07:18:44 +0100
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void
 	boot_cpu_init();
 	page_address_init();
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE);
-	printk(linux_banner);
+	printk(linux_banner, UTS_RELEASE, UTS_VERSION);
 	setup_arch(&command_line);
 	unwind_setup();
 	setup_per_cpu_areas();
--- linux-2.6.19/init/version.c	2006-11-30 21:19:43 +0100
+++ linux-2.6.19/init/version.c	2006-12-04 07:14:19 +0100
@@ -35,5 +35,6 @@ struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = {
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_uts_ns);
 
 const char linux_banner[] =
-	"Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
-	LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "\n";
+	"Linux version %s (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
+	LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n";
+
-
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