linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/17] uuid: hoist uuid_is

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2017 10:48:21 -0700
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/17] uuid: hoist uuid_is_null() helper from libnvdimm

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> Hoist the libnvdimm helper as an inline helper to linux/uuid.h
> using an auxiliary const variable uuid_null in lib/uuid.c.
>
> [hch: also add the guid variant.  Both do the same but I'd like
> to keep casts to a minimum]
>
> The common helper uses the new abstract type uuid_t * instead of
> u8 *.
>
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
> [hch: added guid_is_null]
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>