linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] uuid_generate_time_safe() without uuidd should always return -1

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Message-ID: <994bb806-a72d-0e85-b240-92f3c7dc3e09@suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 18 Feb 2022 16:52:30 +0100
From:   Stanislav Brabec <sbrabec@...e.cz>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] uuid_generate_time_safe() without uuidd should always
 return -1

Stanislav Brabec wrote:
> After a deeper research, we realized that only the uuidd provides the 
> guarantee of uniqueness of UUIDs across different CPUs and different UIDs.
Sorry, bad list.

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Best Regards / S pozdravem,

Stanislav Brabec
software developer
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