linux-kernel - Re: IO errors after "block: remove bio_get_nr

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Date:	Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:21:09 +0200
From:	Dan Aloni <dan@...nelim.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>,
	Ming Lin <ming.l@....samsung.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	"Artem S. Tashkinov" <t.artem@...lcity.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, IDE-ML <linux-ide@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: IO errors after "block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs()"

On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:41:44AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>[..]
> Sadly, without CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, there's no way to match up
> the dmesg files (in the same bisection tar-file as the bisection log)
> with the actual versions.

Perhaps we can print the Git revision in a manner independent of
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, using the attached patch. It will be emitted
in the dmesg Linux banner (though not in /proc/version, that's more
interface-ish and may break things).

-- 
Dan Aloni

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