Download, patch, compile and install the newest stable Linux kernel with the ACS override patch (Ubuntu / Debian)

compile_newest_stable_kernel_with_acso_patch.sh

#!/bin/bash

function install_dependencies() {
	echo "Installing dependencies..."
	sudo apt -qq update
	sudo apt -qq install -y curl git wget
	sudo apt -qq install -y bison flex kernel-package libssl-dev
}

function init() {
	echo "Initializing..."
	
	kernel_config=$(ls /boot/config-* | grep generic | sort -Vr | head -n 1)
	grub_config="/etc/default/grub"
	
	current_dir=$(pwd)
	working_dir=$(mktemp -d)
	cd "${working_dir}" || exit
	
	install_dependencies
}

function get_newest_versions() {
	stable_releases_3x_url="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/"
	stable_releases_4x_url="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/"
	stable_releases_5x_url="https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/"
	
	stable_releases_3x_html=$(curl -s "${stable_releases_3x_url}")
	stable_releases_4x_html=$(curl -s "${stable_releases_4x_url}")
	stable_releases_5x_html=$(curl -s "${stable_releases_5x_url}")
	
	stable_releases_combined_html="${stable_releases_3x_html}${stable_releases_4x_html}${stable_releases_5x_html}"
	stable_version=$(echo "${stable_releases_combined_html}" | grep -E -o 'linux-([0-9]{1,}\.)+[0-9]{1,}' | sort -Vru | head -n 1 | cut -d '-' -f 2)
	
	mainline_link=$(curl -s https://www.kernel.org/ | grep https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux- | grep -Po '(?<=href=")[^"]*')
	if ! [ -z "${mainline_link}" ]
	then
		mainline_version=$(echo "${mainline_link}" | cut -d '-' -f 2,3 | cut -d '.' -f 1,2)
	else
		mainline_version="unavailable"
	fi
	
	repo_pkg=$(apt search 'linux-source-' | grep 'linux-source' | cut -d '/' -f 1 | awk -F- 'NF<=3' | sort -Vr | head -n 1)
	repo_version=$(echo "${repo_pkg}" | cut -d '-' -f 3)
}

function stable_or_mainline_or_repo() {
	get_newest_versions
	echo "Newest stable version is: ${stable_version}"
	echo "Mainline version is:      ${mainline_version}"
	echo "Repository version is:    ${repo_version}"
	echo -n "Do you want to get a [s]table, the newest [m]ainline release candidate or the newest kernel from your [r]epositories? [S/m/r] "
	read -r s_or_m_or_r
	
	echo -n "Do you want to apply the acs override patch? Kernels below 4.10 are not supported. [Y/n] "
	read -r acso
	
	echo -n "Do you want to install the kernel and its headers after compilation? [Y/n] "
	read -r install
	
	if [ -z "${install}" ] || [ "${install}" == "y" ]
	then
		echo -n "Do you want to make this kernel the new default? [Y/n] "
		read -r default
	fi
	
	if [ -z "${s_or_m_or_r}" ] || [ "${s_or_m_or_r}" == "s" ]
	then
		stable_preparations
	else
		if [ "${s_or_m_or_r}" == "m" ]
		then
			if [ "${mainline_version}" == "unavailable" ]
			then
				echo "Mainline version currently unavailable. Exiting."
				exit
			else			
				mainline_preparations
			fi
		else
			if [ "${s_or_m_or_r}" == "r" ]
			then
				repo_preparations
			else
				echo "Not a valid option. Exiting."
				exit
			fi
		fi
	fi
}

function try_acso_patch() {
	acso_patch_4_18="https://gitlab.com/Queuecumber/linux-acs-override/raw/master/workspaces/4.18/acso.patch"
	acso_patch_4_17="https://gitlab.com/Queuecumber/linux-acs-override/raw/master/workspaces/4.17/acso.patch"
	acso_patch_4_14="https://gitlab.com/Queuecumber/linux-acs-override/raw/master/workspaces/4.14/acso.patch"
	acso_patch_4_10="https://gitlab.com/Queuecumber/linux-acs-override/raw/master/workspaces/4.10/acso.patch"
	
	echo "Trying to apply acs override patch for 4.18+."
	wget -O ../acso_4_18.patch "${acso_patch_4_18}"
	if $(git apply --check ../acso_4_18.patch)
	then
		echo "Applying acs override patch for 4.18+."
		git apply ../acso_4_18.patch
	else
		echo "Trying to apply acs override patch for 4.17+."
		wget -O ../acso_4_17.patch "${acso_patch_4_17}"
		if $(git apply --check ../acso_4_17.patch)
		then
			echo "Applying acs override patch for 4.17+."
			git apply ../acso_4_17.patch
		else
			echo "Trying to apply acs override patch for 4.14+."
			wget -O ../acso_4_14.patch "${acso_patch_4_14}"
			if $(git apply --check ../acso_4_14.patch)
			then
				echo "Applying acs override patch for 4.14+."
				git apply ../acso_4_14.patch
			else
				echo "Trying to apply acs override patch for 4.10+."
				wget -O ../acso_4_10.patch "${acso_patch_4_10}"
				if $(git apply --check ../acso_4_10.patch)
				then
					echo "Applying acs override patch for 4.10+."
					git apply ../acso_4_10.patch
				else
					echo "[ERROR]: Failed to apply acs override patch. Exiting."
					exit
				fi
				rm -f ../acso_4_10.patch
			fi
			rm -f ../acso_4_14.patch
		fi
		rm -f ../acso_4_17.patch
	fi
	rm -f ../acso_4_18.patch
	
	
	kernel_localversion="-acso"
}

function stable_preparations() {
	echo "The newest available stable kernel version is ${stable_version}. Kernels below 4.10 are not supported."
	echo -n "Which version do you want to download? [${stable_version}] "
	read -r user_version
	
	if  ! [ -z "${user_version}" ] 
	then
		stable_version="${user_version}"
	fi

	kernel_version="${stable_version}"
	kernel_name="linux-${kernel_version}"
	
	
	##Test whether the version strings starts with 3, 4, or 5 and sets the URL accordingly
	if [[ $stable_version == 5* ]]
	then
		stable_link="${stable_releases_5x_url}linux-${stable_version}.tar.xz"
	else
		if [[ $stable_version == 4* ]]
		then
			stable_link="${stable_releases_4x_url}linux-${stable_version}.tar.xz"
		else
			if [[ $stable_version == 3* ]]
			then
				stable_link="${stable_releases_3x_url}linux-${stable_version}.tar.xz"
			else
				echo "${stable_version} is not a vaild version number. Exiting."
				exit
			fi
		fi	
	fi
			
	wget "${stable_link}"
	tar xvf "${kernel_name}.tar.xz"
	cd "${kernel_name}" || exit
	
	independent_code
}

function mainline_preparations() {
	kernel_version="${mainline_version}"
	kernel_name="linux-${kernel_version}"
		
	wget "${mainline_link}"
	tar xvf "${kernel_name}.tar.gz"
	cd "${kernel_name}" || exit
	
	independent_code
}

function repo_preparations() {
	kernel_name="${repo_pkg}"
	
	sudo apt install "${repo_pkg}"
	tar xvf "/usr/src/${kernel_name}.tar.bz2"
	cd "${kernel_name}" || exit
	
	makefile_version=$(grep "^VERSION" Makefile |  tr -d '[:space:]' | cut -d '=' -f 2)
	makefile_patchlevel=$(grep "^PATCHLEVEL" Makefile|  tr -d '[:space:]' | cut -d '=' -f 2)
	makefile_sublevel=$(grep "^SUBLEVEL" Makefile |  tr -d '[:space:]' | cut -d '=' -f 2)
	#makefile_extraversion=$(grep "^EXTRAVERSION" Makefile|  tr -d '[:space:]' | cut -d '=' -f 2)

	if ! [ -z "${makefile_version}" ]
	then
		kernel_version="${makefile_version}"
		if ! [ -z "${makefile_patchlevel}" ]
		then
			kernel_version="${makefile_version}.${makefile_patchlevel}"
			if ! [ -z "${makefile_sublevel}" ]
			then
				kernel_version="${makefile_version}.${makefile_patchlevel}.${makefile_sublevel}"
			fi
		fi
	fi
		
	from_repo="true"
	
	independent_code
}

function independent_code() {
	kernel_localversion="-localversion"
	
	if [ -z "${acso}" ] || [ "${acso}" != "n" ]
	then
		try_acso_patch
	fi
	
	cp "${kernel_config}" .config

	yes '' | make oldconfig

	##set xhci_hcd to load as a module instead of including it directly into the kernel
	##results in vfio_pci being able to grab usb controllers before xhci_hcd is able to 
	sed -i -e 's/^CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=y/CONFIG_USB_XHCI_HCD=m/g' .config
	
	make clean

	if [ "${from_repo}" != "true" ]
	then
		##<Ubuntu specifics>
		if [ "$(lsb_release -s -d | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" == "Ubuntu" ]
		then
			ubuntu_codename="$(lsb_release -s -c)"
			cd .. || exit
			cp -a /usr/share/kernel-package ubuntu-package
			##error on bionic (18.04) (and probably up)
			if [ $(lsb_release -s -r) -lt 18 ]
			then
				git clone --depth=1 "git://kernel.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}.git"
				cp "ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}/debian/control-scripts/{postinst,postrm,preinst,prerm}" ubuntu-package/pkg/image/
				cp "ubuntu-${ubuntu_codename}/debian/control-scripts/headers-postinst" ubuntu-package/pkg/headers/
			fi
			cd "${kernel_name}" || exit
			CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version="${kernel_localversion}" --overlay-dir=../ubuntu-package kernel_image kernel_headers
		fi
		##</Ubuntu specifics>
	else
		CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version="${kernel_localversion}" kernel_image kernel_headers
	fi

	
	if [ -z "${install}" ] || [ "${install}" == "y" ]
	then
		sudo dpkg -i ../*.deb
		if [ -z "${default}" ] || [ "${default}" == "y" ]
		then
			if [ "$(lsb_release -s -d | cut -d ' ' -f 1)" == "Ubuntu" ]
			then
				##removing previous commented line
				sudo sed -i -e 's/^#GRUB_DEFAULT=.*//g' "${grub_config}"

				##commenting current line
				sudo sed -i 's/^GRUB_DEFAULT=/#GRUB_DEFAULT=/' "${grub_config}"

				##adding line
				grub_line="GRUB_DEFAULT=\"Advanced options for Ubuntu>Ubuntu, with Linux ${kernel_version}${kernel_localversion}\""
				sudo sed -i -e "s/^#GRUB_DEFAULT=.*/\0\n${grub_line}/" "${grub_config}"

				sudo update-grub
			fi
		fi
	fi


	


	cd "${current_dir}" || exit
	rm -rf "${working_dir}"
}

##actual logic
init
stable_or_mainline_or_repo