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// +build linux freebsd solaris
// Package kernel provides helper function to get, parse and compare kernel
// versions for different platforms.
package kernel
import (
"bytes"
)
// GetKernelVersion gets the current kernel version.
func GetKernelVersion() (*VersionInfo, error) {
uts, err := uname()
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
release := make([]byte, len(uts.Release))
i := 0
for _, c := range uts.Release {
release[i] = byte(c)
i++
}
// Remove the \x00 from the release for Atoi to parse correctly
release = release[:bytes.IndexByte(release, 0)]
return ParseRelease(string(release))
}