Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] modpost: Mark uuid_le type only for MEI

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Oct 01 2021 - 08:13:00 EST


On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 01:59:45PM +0200, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 02:37:44PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> > The uuid_le type is used only for MEI ABI, do not advertise it for others.
> > Due to above, bury add_uuid() in its only user.
>
> Why not just remove it from the user and move to using guid_t instead?
>
> And then remove this code entirely?

The idea is to decouple ABI available type (uuid_le) from kernel internal one
(guid_t).


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With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko