Fix handling of backlash character in LINUX_COMPILE_BY name

[cascardo/linux.git] / scripts / mkcompile_h

diff --git a/scripts/mkcompile_h b/scripts/mkcompile_h
index 7ad6bf7..f221ddf 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/mkcompile_h
+++ b/scripts/mkcompile_h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ else
        TIMESTAMP=$KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP
 fi
 if test -z "$KBUILD_BUILD_USER"; then
-       LINUX_COMPILE_BY=`whoami`
+       LINUX_COMPILE_BY=$(whoami | sed 's/\\/\\\\/')
 else
        LINUX_COMPILE_BY=$KBUILD_BUILD_USER
 fi