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Message-ID: <81d01562a59a4fb49cd4681ebcf2e74a@AcuMS.aculab.com> Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 15:04:33 +0000 From: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> To: 'Kenny Ho' <y2kenny@...il.com> CC: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>, Kenny Ho <Kenny.Ho@....com>, David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, "Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, "linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org>, "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH] Remove hardcoded static string length From: Kenny Ho > Sent: 25 May 2023 15:28 > To: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> > Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>; Marc Dionne <marc.dionne@...istor.com>; Kenny Ho <Kenny.Ho@....com>; > David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>; David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>; Eric Dumazet > <edumazet@...gle.com>; Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>; Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>; linux- > afs@...ts.infradead.org; netdev@...r.kernel.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove hardcoded static string length > > On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 5:14 AM David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com> wrote: > > > > I does rather beg the question as what is in UTS_RELEASE when > > it exceeds (IIRC) about 48 characters? > > Thanks for the question as it made me dig deeper. UTS_RELEASE is > actually capped at 64: ... But isn't UTS_RELEASE usually much shorter? I think it is what 'uname -r' prints, the longest I've seen recently is "3.10.0-1127.19.1.el7.x86_64" - well under the limit. ... > > "The standard formulation seems to be: <project> <version> built > <yyyy>-<mm>-<dd>" Which I don't recall the string actually matching? Also the people who like reproducible builds don't like __DATE__. David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)
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