linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] lib/uuid.c: eliminate uuid_[bl]e

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Message-ID: <20160604215748.12845.qmail@ns.sciencehorizons.net>
Date:	4 Jun 2016 17:57:48 -0400
From:	"George Spelvin" <linux@...encehorizons.net>
To:	andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com, joe@...ches.com,
	linux@...encehorizons.net
Cc:	bjorn@...k.no, devel@...ica.org, lenb@...nel.org,
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	rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, robert.moore@...el.com,
	rv@...musvillemoes.dk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] lib/uuid.c: eliminate uuid_[bl]e_index arrays

Joe Perches wrote:
> And Ingo commented last month:
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/4/29/69
>
> Maybe this __uuid_to_bin function should be made public and
> the acpi version in drivers/acpi/acpica/utuuid.c should be
> removed.

I agree with the second part, but not the first; the uuid_le_to_bin()
wrapper is better for the job, and already public.