kbuild: simplify access to the kernel's version
Instead of storing the version in a single integer and having various
kernel (and userspace) code how it's constructed, export individual
(major, patchlevel, sublevel) components and simplify kernel code that
uses it.
This should also make it easier on userspace.
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 12607d3..1fdd44f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1255,7 +1255,10 @@
expr $(VERSION) \* 65536 + 0$(PATCHLEVEL) \* 256 + $(SUBLEVEL)); \
fi; \
echo '#define KERNEL_VERSION(a,b,c) (((a) << 16) + ((b) << 8) + \
- ((c) > 255 ? 255 : (c)))'
+ ((c) > 255 ? 255 : (c)))'; \
+ echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR $(VERSION); \
+ echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_PATCHLEVEL $(PATCHLEVEL); \
+ echo \#define LINUX_VERSION_SUBLEVEL $(SUBLEVEL)
endef
$(version_h): FORCE
