linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 2/2] Use unified UUID/GUID definition in gfs2

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Message-Id: <1257123583.30470.1161.camel@yhuang-dev.sh.intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:59:43 +0800
From:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
	Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 2/2] Use unified UUID/GUID definition in gfs2

On Mon, 2009-11-02 at 01:35 +0800, Andrew Morton wrote: 
> On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:30:07 +0800 Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com> wrote:
> 
> > Replace u8[16] UUID definition in gfs2.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/gfs2/incore.h            |    3 ++-
> >  fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c        |    2 +-
> >  fs/gfs2/sys.c               |   14 ++++----------
> >  include/linux/gfs2_ondisk.h |    3 ++-
> >  4 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
> > 
> > --- a/fs/gfs2/incore.h
> > +++ b/fs/gfs2/incore.h
> > @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> >  #include <linux/slow-work.h>
> >  #include <linux/dlm.h>
> >  #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
> > +#include <linux/uuid.h>
> >  
> >  #define DIO_WAIT	0x00000010
> >  #define DIO_METADATA	0x00000020
> > @@ -483,7 +484,7 @@ struct gfs2_sb_host {
> >  
> >  	char sb_lockproto[GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN];
> >  	char sb_locktable[GFS2_LOCKNAME_LEN];
> > -	u8 sb_uuid[16];
> > +	uuid_be sb_uuid;
> >  };
> >  
> 
> Breaks `make headers_check':
> 
> include/linux/gfs2_ondisk.h:14: included file 'linux/uuid.h' is not exported
> 
> I don't think we want to export linux/uuid.h to userspace.  But
> fs/gfs2/incore.h _is_ shared with userspace, and needs linux/uuid.h.

When writing uuid.h, I think it should be exported to userspace. Why
should we not export it to user space?

Best Regards,
Huang Ying


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