[PATCH v1 1/1] modpost: Mark uuid_le type to be suitable only for MEI

From: Andy Shevchenko
Date: Fri Nov 25 2022 - 05:12:37 EST


The uuid_le type is used only in MEI ABI, do not advertise it for others.
While at it, comment out that UUID types are not to be used in a new code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

If you confused by acrn user of the uuid_le type, the patch to fix that
is pending for v6.2 as well 1dbb4f0235a4 ("virt: acrn: Mark the uuid
field as unused"). Nevertheless this patch doesn't break the things and
hence can go independently to the respective tree.

scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index 7df23905fdf1..91c2e7ba5e52 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -34,19 +34,23 @@ typedef Elf64_Addr kernel_ulong_t;
typedef uint32_t __u32;
typedef uint16_t __u16;
typedef unsigned char __u8;
+
+/* UUID types for backward compatibility, don't use in new code */
typedef struct {
__u8 b[16];
} guid_t;

-/* backwards compatibility, don't use in new code */
-typedef struct {
- __u8 b[16];
-} uuid_le;
typedef struct {
__u8 b[16];
} uuid_t;
+
#define UUID_STRING_LEN 36

+/* MEI UUID type, don't use anywhere else */
+typedef struct {
+ __u8 b[16];
+} uuid_le;
+
/* Big exception to the "don't include kernel headers into userspace, which
* even potentially has different endianness and word sizes, since
* we handle those differences explicitly below */
--
2.35.1