From: Willy Tarreau > Sent: 06 February 2021 13:23 > > On Sat, Feb 06, 2021 at 02:11:13PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > Something like this looks more robust to me, it will use SUBLEVEL for > > values 0 to 255 and 255 for any larger value: > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 7d86ad6ad36c..9b91b8815b40 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1252,7 +1252,7 @@ endef > > define filechk_version.h > echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_CODE $(shell \ > - expr $(VERSION) \* 65536 + 0$(PATCHLEVEL) \* 256 + 0$(SUBLEVEL)); \ > + expr $(VERSION) \* 65536 + 0$(PATCHLEVEL) \* 256 + 255 \* \( 0$(SUBLEVEL) \> 255 \) + > 0$(SUBLEVEL) \* \( 0$(SUBLEVEL) \<= 255 \) ); \ > echo '#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + (c))' > endef Why not: $(shell echo $$(($(VERSION)<<16 + $(PATCHLEVEL)<<8 + ($(SUBVERSION) < 255 ? $(SUBVERSION) : 255)))) Untested, but I think only the one $ needs any kind of escape. The extra leading zeros do have to go - $((...)) does octal :-( David - Registered Address Lakeside, Bramley Road, Mount Farm, Milton Keynes, MK1 1PT, UK Registration No: 1397386 (Wales)