From b81c37125bd70a4f086b073e821a5ea79b31e394 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bryce Kahle <bryce.kahle@datadoghq.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 17:20:34 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] features: add LinuxVersionCode function to obtain
 LINUX_VERSION_CODE

In order to allow userspace to determine the value used for LINUX_VERSION_CODE
at compile time, expose the constant here.

This is useful when building eBPF objects at runtime.
---
 features/version.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 features/version.go

diff --git a/features/version.go b/features/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69e1c39c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package features
+
+import "github.com/cilium/ebpf/internal"
+
+// LinuxVersionCode returns the version of the currently running kernel
+// as defined in the LINUX_VERSION_CODE compile-time macro. It is represented
+// in the format described by the KERNEL_VERSION macro from linux/version.h.
+//
+// Do not use the version to make assumptions about the presence of certain
+// kernel features, always prefer feature probes in this package. Some
+// distributions backport or disable eBPF features.
+func LinuxVersionCode() (uint32, error) {
+	v, err := internal.KernelVersion()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return v.Kernel(), nil
+}