linux-kernel - [PATCH] modpost: add guid

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 14:14:37 +0300
From:   Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] modpost: add guid_t type definition

Since guid_t is the recommended data type for UUIDs in
kernel (and I guess uuid_le is meant to be ultimately
replaced with it), it should be made available here as
well.

Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <heikki.krogerus@...ux.intel.com>
---
 scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index e17a29ae2e97..c91eba751804 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ typedef Elf64_Addr	kernel_ulong_t;
 typedef uint32_t	__u32;
 typedef uint16_t	__u16;
 typedef unsigned char	__u8;
+typedef struct {
+	__u8 b[16];
+} guid_t;
+
+/* backwards compatibility, don't use in new code */
 typedef struct {
 	__u8 b[16];
 } uuid_le;
-- 
2.23.0.rc1