Added tst_kver() ltp function to test for what version of the kernel you are running. This is useful for 2.5 only tests, and tests that use obsolete kernel api's (such as create_module, query_module, etc).
diff --git a/lib/tst_kver.c b/lib/tst_kver.c
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+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) International Business Machines Corp., 2003
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ * the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+/*
+ *
+ * AUTHOR
+ * Paul Larson <plars@linuxtestproject.org>
+ *
+ * DESCRIPTION
+ * Compare a given kernel version against the current kernel version.
+ * If they are the same - return 0
+ * If the argument is > current kernel version - return positive int
+ * If the argument is < current kernel version - return negative int
+ *
+ */
+
+
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <sys/utsname.h>
+
+void get_kver(int *k1, int *k2, int *k3)
+{
+ struct utsname uval;
+ char *kver;
+ char *r1, *r2, *r3;
+
+ uname(&uval);
+ kver = uval.release;
+ r1 = strsep(&kver, ".");
+ r2 = strsep(&kver, ".");
+ r3 = strsep(&kver, ".");
+
+ *k1 = atoi(r1);
+ *k2 = atoi(r2);
+ *k3 = atoi(r3);
+}
+
+int tst_kver(int r1, int r2, int r3) {
+ int a1, a2, a3;
+ int testver, currver;
+
+ get_kver(&a1, &a2, &a3);
+ testver = (r1 << 16) + (r2 << 8) + r3;
+ currver = (a1 << 16) + (a2 << 8) + a3;
+
+ return testver - currver;
+}