2019-08-27 11:16:06

by Heikki Krogerus

Subject: [PATCH] modpost: add guid_t type definition

Since guid_t is the recommended data type for UUIDs in
kernel (and I guess uuid_le is meant to be ultimately
replaced with it), it should be made available here as
well.

Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
---
scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
index e17a29ae2e97..c91eba751804 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ typedef Elf64_Addr kernel_ulong_t;
typedef uint32_t __u32;
typedef uint16_t __u16;
typedef unsigned char __u8;
+typedef struct {
+ __u8 b[16];
+} guid_t;
+
+/* backwards compatibility, don't use in new code */
typedef struct {
__u8 b[16];
} uuid_le;
--
2.23.0.rc1

2019-08-28 15:59:27

by Masahiro Yamada

Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: add guid_t type definition

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 8:14 PM Heikki Krogerus
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Since guid_t is the recommended data type for UUIDs in
> kernel (and I guess uuid_le is meant to be ultimately
> replaced with it), it should be made available here as
> well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Heikki Krogerus <[email protected]>
> ---

Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks.


> scripts/mod/file2alias.c | 5 +++++
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
> index e17a29ae2e97..c91eba751804 100644
> --- a/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
> +++ b/scripts/mod/file2alias.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ typedef Elf64_Addr kernel_ulong_t;
> typedef uint32_t __u32;
> typedef uint16_t __u16;
> typedef unsigned char __u8;
> +typedef struct {
> + __u8 b[16];
> +} guid_t;
> +
> +/* backwards compatibility, don't use in new code */
> typedef struct {
> __u8 b[16];
> } uuid_le;
> --
> 2.23.0.rc1
>


--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada