Re: IO errors after "block: remove bio_get_nr_vecs()"

From: Dan Aloni
Date: Mon Dec 21 2015 - 06:22:05 EST


On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 10:41:44AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>[..]
> Sadly, without CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, there's no way to match up
> the dmesg files (in the same bisection tar-file as the bisection log)
> with the actual versions.

Perhaps we can print the Git revision in a manner independent of
CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO, using the attached patch. It will be emitted
in the dmesg Linux banner (though not in /proc/version, that's more
interface-ish and may break things).

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Dan Aloni