linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/7] nvme: rename uuid to nguid in nvme

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Message-ID: <0f70925e-9671-dcf3-7aae-2f4d0125c919@suse.de>
Date:   Tue, 30 May 2017 10:18:08 +0200
From:   Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>
To:     Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>,
        Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux NVMe Mailinglist <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] nvme: rename uuid to nguid in nvme_ns

On 05/30/2017 10:08 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote:
> The uuid field in the nvme_ns structure represents the nguid field
> from the identify namespace command. And as NVMe 1.3 introduced an
> UUID in the NVMe Namespace Identification Descriptor this will
> collide.
> 
> So rename the uuid to nguid to prevent any further
> confusion. Unfortunately we export the nguid to sysfs in the uuid
> sysfs attribute, but this can't be changed anymore without possibly
> breaking existing userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
> ---
>  drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 10 +++++-----
>  drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h |  2 +-
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.com>

Cheers,

Hannes
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