linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scsi: lpfc: Do not abuse UUID APIs and LPFC_COMPRESS_VMID

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Date:   Mon, 21 Aug 2023 17:08:15 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Justin Tee <justin.tee@...adcom.com>,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        James Smart <james.smart@...adcom.com>,
        Dick Kennedy <dick.kennedy@...adcom.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/1] scsi: lpfc: Do not abuse UUID APIs and
 LPFC_COMPRESS_VMID_SIZE


Andy,

> The lpfc_vmid_host_uuid is not defined as uuid_t and its usage is not
> the same as for uuid_t operations (like exporting or importing). Hence
> replace call to uuid_is_null() by respective memchr_inv() without
> abusing casting.
>
> With that, replace LPFC_COMPRESS_VMID_SIZE with plain number and
> respective sizeof() to make code robust to changes in the future, if
> any.

Applied to 6.6/scsi-staging, thanks!

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering