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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/mkcompile_h14
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 06bbf4c2c66c..6a2a04d92f42 100755
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -68,15 +68,23 @@ UTS_VERSION="$(echo $UTS_VERSION $CONFIG_FLAGS $TIMESTAMP | cut -b -$UTS_LEN)"
# Only replace the real compile.h if the new one is different,
# in order to preserve the timestamp and avoid unnecessary
# recompilations.
-# We don't consider the file changed if only the date/time changed.
+# We don't consider the file changed if only the date/time changed,
+# unless KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP was explicitly set (e.g. for
+# reproducible builds with that value referring to a commit timestamp).
# A kernel config change will increase the generation number, thus
# causing compile.h to be updated (including date/time) due to the
# changed comment in the
# first line.
+if [ -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP" ]; then
+ IGNORE_PATTERN="UTS_VERSION"
+else
+ IGNORE_PATTERN="NOT_A_PATTERN_TO_BE_MATCHED"
+fi
+
if [ -r $TARGET ] && \
- grep -v 'UTS_VERSION' $TARGET > .tmpver.1 && \
- grep -v 'UTS_VERSION' .tmpcompile > .tmpver.2 && \
+ grep -v $IGNORE_PATTERN $TARGET > .tmpver.1 && \
+ grep -v $IGNORE_PATTERN .tmpcompile > .tmpver.2 && \
cmp -s .tmpver.1 .tmpver.2; then
rm -f .tmpcompile
else