The existing mechanisms for determining what code is running in the
kernel do not always correctly report the git hash. The versions
reported there do not reflect changes made since `configure` was run
(i.e. incremental builds do not update the version) and they are
misleading if git tags are not set up properly. This applies to
`modinfo zfs`, `dmesg`, and `/sys/module/zfs/version`.
There are complicated requirements on how the existing version is
generated. Therefore we are leaving that alone, and adding a new
mechanism to record and retrieve the git hash:
`cat /proc/sys/kernel/spl/gitrev`
The gitrev is re-generated at compile time, when running `make`
(including for incremental builds). The value is the output of `git
describe` (or "unknown" if not in a git repo or there are uncommitted
changes).
We're also removing /proc/sys/kernel/spl/version, which was never very
useful.
Reviewed by: Pavel Zakharov <pavel.zakharov@delphix.com>
Reviewed by: Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>
Reviewed by: Tim Chase <tim@chase2k.com>
Signed-off-by: Matthew Ahrens <mahrens@delphix.com>
Closes#7931Closes#7965
