linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] kbuild: Fix off-by-one error when generate a new version

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:05:42 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Michal Simek <monstr@...str.eu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] kbuild: Fix off-by-one error when generate a new
 version

On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 09:58:59PM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> When build on, for example, x86 using `make O=... -j64` the version
> in the built kernel comes from include/generated/compile.h, which is:
> 
> 	#define UTS_VERSION "#351 SMP Fri Jan 24 18:46:34 EET 2020"
> 
> While at the end the x86 specific Makefile prints the contents of
> the .version file:
> 
> 	Kernel: arch/x86/boot/bzImage is ready  (#352)
> 
> Obviously the latter is not true. This happens because we first
> check compile.h and update it and then generate new version, which is
> incorrect flow:
> 
>   CHK     include/generated/compile.h
>   UPD     include/generated/compile.h
>   ...
>   GEN     .version
> 
> In order to fix this, move the version generation from link-vmlinux.sh
> to scripts/version.sh and re-use it in init/Makefile.
> 
> Additionally provide a unified way to get the current version of the build
> and use this in few callers. This will respect the KBUILD_BUILD_VERSION
> in case it's provided.

Hmm... It looks like a mess in my build tree.
I have to setup more experiments here.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko