linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/7] stm class: Replace uuid

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Message-ID: <YHf6s2r28XOtP2+2@kroah.com>
Date:   Thu, 15 Apr 2021 10:34:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] stm class: Replace uuid_t with plain u8 uuid[16]

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:14:34PM +0300, Alexander Shishkin wrote:
> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
> 
> >> Using raw buffer APIs against uuid_t / guid_t.
> >
> > So you want to do that, or you do not want to do that?  Totally
> > confused,
> 
> My understanding is that:
> 1) generate_random_uuid() use is allegedly bad even though it's in their
> header,
> 2) poking directly at the byte array inside uuid_t is bad, even though,
> again, header.
> 
> It is, indeed, not ideal.
> 
> If agreeable, I'll update this patch to the below and respin the whole
> series.

You are showing that Andy wrote this, when you are the one that did :(

Anyway, I've dropped this single patch from the series and applied the
rest.  Feel free to send this patch as a stand-alone one once you have
the authorship issues sorted out.

thanks,

greg k-h