linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] nvmet: fix mismatched serial

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Date:   Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:50:59 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     zhenwei pi <pizhenwei@...edance.com>
Cc:     hch@....de, sagi@...mberg.me, chaitanya.kulkarni@....com,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nvmet: fix mismatched serial

On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 03:58:01PM +0800, zhenwei pi wrote:
> Target side uses 'bin2hex' to convert u64 serial number to a hex
> string, saving serial number as be64 to keep the right byte order.
> Also use format '%016llx' to show the full serial string to avoid
> to drop prefixed zero.
> 
> Test on x86 server, config '0123456789abcdef' to 'attr_serial' on
> target side, and run 'nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0' on initiator side,
> then we can get the same SN string.

We can't change this interface any more, as it can break tons of user
space.