net: ethtool: avoid rebuilds on UTS_RELEASE change
authorJann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Tue, 20 Feb 2024 19:42:44 +0000 (20:42 +0100)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Sat, 24 Feb 2024 00:22:25 +0000 (16:22 -0800)
commitd2efeb52c344c3e987d143dc5232f53f9b96c86a
tree65a814656e1907d2221e3f07947519ad1c7980c6
parenta818bd12538c1408c7480de31573cdb3c3c0926f
net: ethtool: avoid rebuilds on UTS_RELEASE change

Currently, when you switch between branches or something like that and
rebuild, net/ethtool/ioctl.c has to be built again because it depends
on UTS_RELEASE.

By instead referencing a string variable stored in another object file,
this can be avoided.

Signed-off-by: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Reviewed-by: John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240220194244.2056384-1-jannh@google.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
net/ethtool/ioctl.c