linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/2] uuid: Discourage people from using UAPI header in new code

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Date:   Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:35:06 +0200
From:   Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/2] uuid: Discourage people from using UAPI header in new code

Discourage people from using UAPI header in new code by adding a note.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/uapi/linux/uuid.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/uuid.h b/include/uapi/linux/uuid.h
index e5a7eecef7c3..32615dc5f0cf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/uuid.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/uuid.h
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+/* DO NOT USE in new code! This is solely for MEI due to legacy reasons */
 /*
  * UUID/GUID definition
  *
-- 
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