From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.1 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89382C433E0 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 06:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 524FD64F55 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 06:21:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S232060AbhBDGVJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2021 01:21:09 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:41372 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229741AbhBDGVH (ORCPT ); Thu, 4 Feb 2021 01:21:07 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 64D3A64F4A; Thu, 4 Feb 2021 06:20:25 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1612419626; bh=ty/x6gWZoNcCC17mgqHv7iNMK7YrFFxujygfEoMKhEA=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=Cjs2lnjf5rxuOoP3lHZ74znCXBvO8b3yMNydNq9oDKwclcvDpoIhnpWDtXcLAGgfl vBw2bWrlQtK8f1kTE40pIlP/9tSHV6cQtH2ZuSUdPMpVJrp8l6xnh5uLLi+oO5X9Ot 11m/1jcbmoG9WEnXNSp9bXvkUOVvw8UZWn/7qQNM= Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2021 07:20:22 +0100 From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: Jari Ruusu Cc: Sasha Levin , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "stable@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Kernel version numbers after 4.9.255 and 4.4.255 Message-ID: References: <7pR0YCctzN9phpuEChlL7_SS6auHOM80bZBcGBTZPuMkc6XjKw7HUXf9vZUPi-IaV2gTtsRVXgywQbja8xpzjGRDGWJsVYSGQN5sNuX1yaQ=@protonmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <7pR0YCctzN9phpuEChlL7_SS6auHOM80bZBcGBTZPuMkc6XjKw7HUXf9vZUPi-IaV2gTtsRVXgywQbja8xpzjGRDGWJsVYSGQN5sNuX1yaQ=@protonmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 05:59:42AM +0000, Jari Ruusu wrote: > Greg, > I hope that your linux kernel release scripts are > implemented in a way that understands that PATCHLEVEL= and > SUBLEVEL= numbers in top-level linux Makefile are encoded > as 8-bit numbers for LINUX_VERSION_CODE and > KERNEL_VERSION() macros, and must stay in range 0...255. > These 8-bit limits are hardcoded in both kernel source and > userspace ABI. > > After 4.9.255 and 4.4.255, your scripts should be > incrementing a number in EXTRAVERSION= in top-level > linux Makefile. Should already be fixed in linux-next, right? thanks, greg k-h