一般利用版本和编译信息用于确定每次修改内核代码后,了解本次运行是否是编译的kernel 镜像。
上面这个打印位于start_kernel 函数的下面代码中:
asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
{
char *command_line;
char *after_dashes;
set_task_stack_end_magic(&init_task);
smp_setup_processor_id();
debug_objects_early_init();
cgroup_init_early();
local_irq_disable();
early_boot_irqs_disabled = true;
/*
* Interrupts are still disabled. Do necessary setups, then
* enable them.
*/
boot_cpu_init();
page_address_init();
pr_notice("%s\n", linux_banner);
setup_arch(&command_line);
上面红色部分打印出上面的log。
这里linux_banner定义如下:
/* FIXED STRINGS! Don't touch! */
const char linux_banner[] =
"Linux version " UTS_RELEASE " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") " UTS_VERSION "\n";
const char linux_proc_banner[] =
"%s version %s"
" (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
" (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n";
需要注意,下面这个linux_proc_banner是在proc文件系统显示的version使用的。
static int version_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
seq_printf(m, linux_proc_banner,
utsname()->sysname,
utsname()->release,
utsname()->version);
return 0;
}
static int version_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
{
return single_open(file, version_proc_show, NULL);
}
static const struct file_operations version_proc_fops = {
.open = version_proc_open,
.read = seq_read,
.llseek = seq_lseek,
.release = single_release,
};
static int __init proc_version_init(void)
{
proc_create("version", 0, NULL, &version_proc_fops);
return 0;
}
fs_initcall(proc_version_init);