The patch titled
Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix UNAME26 for 4.0
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40.patch
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From: Jon DeVree <nuxi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: kernel/sys.c: fix UNAME26 for 4.0
There's a uname workaround for broken userspace which can't handle kernel
versions of 3.x. Update it for 4.x.
Signed-off-by: Jon DeVree <nuxi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/sys.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN kernel/sys.c~kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40 kernel/sys.c
--- a/kernel/sys.c~kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40
+++ a/kernel/sys.c
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ static int override_release(char __user
break;
rest++;
}
- v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 40;
+ v = ((LINUX_VERSION_CODE >> 8) & 0xff) + 60;
copy = clamp_t(size_t, len, 1, sizeof(buf));
copy = scnprintf(buf, copy, "2.6.%u%s", v, rest);
ret = copy_to_user(release, buf, copy + 1);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from nuxi@xxxxxxxxxxx are
kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40.patch
kernel-sysc-fix-uname26-for-40-fix.patch
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