linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] virt: acrn: Drop internal kernel type from ABI

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Date:   Fri, 1 Oct 2021 16:01:41 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>,
        Shuo Liu <shuo.a.liu@...el.com>,
        Zhi Wang <zhi.a.wang@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Fei Li <fei1.li@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] virt: acrn: Drop internal kernel type from ABI

On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 04:56:44PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> guid_t is internal type of the kernel which is mistakenly had been exposed
> to the user space. Replace it with raw buffers.

Wait, why is it a mistake to expose it to userspace?  What does this
conflict with?  Is it a namespace issue?  Or something else?

thanks,

greg k-h