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| From | David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH 03/23] uuid: remove uuid_be defintions from the uapi header |
| Date | 2017-05-19 13:00 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tINNw-Zy-23@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tInT5-6TZ-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <tIn6G-68Z-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <tIn6G-68Z-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <tInT3-6TZ-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <tInT5-6TZ-27@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> wrote: > It's not a userspace ABI, so by defintion it does not break an > existing user program. That's an invalid assumption. It is a de facto userspace ABI as it has been exposed in /usr/include/linux/uuid.h for some time. > If someone was using it they should be using uuid_t from libuuid instead, as > that gives them the routines to deal with it. Yes, they should - but that doesn't mean they do. David
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[PATCH 03/23] uuid: remove uuid_be defintions from the uapi header Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> - 2017-05-18 08:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH 03/23] uuid: remove uuid_be defintions from the uapi header Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-05-18 09:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 03/23] uuid: remove uuid_be defintions from the uapi header Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> - 2017-05-18 09:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH 03/23] uuid: remove uuid_be defintions from the uapi header David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> - 2017-05-19 13:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH 03/23] uuid: remove uuid_be defintions from the uapi header Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> - 2017-05-21 09:00 +0200
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