linux-ext4 - Re: Patch to support LUKS UUIDs in libblkid

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:00:34 +0200
From:	Karsten Hopp <karsten@...hat.com>
To:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
CC:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Patch to support LUKS UUIDs in libblkid

Theodore Tso schrieb:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2007 at 01:51:24PM +0200, Karsten Hopp wrote:
>> +static int probe_luks(struct blkid_probe *probe,
>> +		       struct blkid_magic *id __BLKID_ATTR((unused)), 
>> +		       unsigned char *buf)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned char *p_buf = buf;
>> +	unsigned char uuid[40];
>> +	/* 168 is the offset to the 40 character uuid: 
>> +	 * http://luks.endorphin.org/LUKS-on-disk-format.pdf */
>> +	p_buf += 168;
>> +	strncpy(uuid, p_buf, 40);
> 
> Why bother with p_buf?  It would actually be shorter and sweeter to
> do:
> 
> 	strncpy(uuid, buf+168, 40);
> 
> And remove the lines dealing with p_buf above.
> 
>> +  { "crypt_LUKS",0,	 0,  6,	"LUKS\xba\xbe",		probe_luks },
> 
> Any particular reason to use "crypt_LUKS" instead of just "LUKS"?  In
> your documentation you generally just refer to it as LUKS.
> 
> 					- Ted

I've used 'luks' in my first patch, but changed it to 'crypt_LUKS' when
Karel Zak pointed out that libvolume_id from udev already uses 'crypt_LUKS'
for this.
My first patch also did some other (unnecessary) stuff with p_buf and I just
didn't bother to remove it.
I'll attach a new patch without p_buf.

    Karsten

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