linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] powerpc/papr_scm: Properly handle UUID types and API

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 17:05:10 +0300
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Oliver O'Halloran <oohall@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] powerpc/papr_scm: Properly handle UUID types and
 API

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 07:17:03PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> On 6/16/21 7:13 PM, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > Parse to and export from UUID own type, before dereferencing.
> > This also fixes wrong comment (Little Endian UUID is something else)
> > and should eliminate the direct strict types assignments.
> > 
> > Fixes: 43001c52b603 ("powerpc/papr_scm: Use ibm,unit-guid as the iset cookie")
> > Fixes: 259a948c4ba1 ("powerpc/pseries/scm: Use a specific endian format for storing uuid from the device tree")
> 
> Do we need the Fixes: there? It didn't change any functionality right? The
> format with which we stored cookie1 remains the same with older and newer
> code. The newer one is better?

Depends if you are okay with Sparse warnings.

> Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>

Thanks for review!

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko