linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/23] afs: switch to use uuid_t and uuid

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Date:   Tue, 23 May 2017 10:49:56 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Steven Whitehouse <swhiteho@...hat.com>,
        Mimi Zohar <zohar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/23] afs: switch to use uuid_t and uuid_gen

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 09:49:17PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> >  	struct afs_call *call = container_of(work, struct afs_call,
> > work);
> > -	struct uuid_v1 *r = call->request;
> > +	uuid_t *r = call->request;
> >  
> >  	struct {
> >  		__be32	match;
> > 
> 
> Just to double check that this doesn't create a union aliasing.

What do you mean with that?