Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/7] nvme: provide UUID value to userspace | From | Hannes Reinecke <> | Date | Tue, 30 May 2017 10:31:19 +0200 |
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On 05/30/2017 10:08 AM, Johannes Thumshirn wrote: > Now that we have a way for getting the UUID from a target, provide it > to userspace as well. > > Unfortunately there is already a sysfs attribute called UUID which is > a misnomer as it holds the NGUID value. So instead of creating yet > another wrong name, create a new 'nguid' sysfs attribute for the > NGUID. For the UUID attribute add a check wheter the namespace has a > UUID assigned to it and return this or return the NGUID to maintain > backwards compatibility. This should give userspace a chance to catch > up. > > Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> > --- > drivers/nvme/host/core.c | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Cheers,
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