linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] nvme: provide UUID value to userspace

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Date:   Thu, 1 Jun 2017 15:01:11 +0200
From:   Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@...e.de>
To:     Keith Busch <keith.busch@...el.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, Sagi Grimberg <sagi@...mberg.me>,
        Hannes Reinecke <hare@...e.de>, maxg@...lanox.com,
        Linux NVMe Mailinglist <linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailinglist <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/8] nvme: provide UUID value to userspace

On 06/01/2017 02:47 PM, Keith Busch wrote:
> FWIW, tools should have been using the 'wwid' attribute, which returns
> either EUI64 or NGUID so a unique identifier can be gotten from a
> single file without checking for the existence of either. That should
> help not break backward compatibility, but I've no idea if anything
> actually relies on 'uuid' returning the NGUID.

Yep, that's why I though I'd be clever and place this hack in there. I
think we can remove it in 1-2 years or so when most/all userspace has
adopted to the change (there shouldn't be too much apart from some hand
crafted udev rules anyways).

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