Re: [PATCH] xfs: publish UUID in struct super_block

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On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 4:50 PM, Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 4/27/17 8:22 AM, David Howells wrote:
>> Amir Goldstein <amir73il@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> You mean if it is NULL_UUID_LE? Yes, that is what I do now.
>>> Christoph suggested that this is not robust enough.
>>> I'm rather indifferent about the need of a flag.
>>
>> I was thinking more that s_uuid would be a NULL pointer if the fs doesn't have
>> a uuid.
>
> but s_uuid in the vfs superblock isn't a pointer:
>
>         u8 s_uuid[16];                          /* UUID */
>
> (or am I missing your point?)
>
> -Eric
>

IMO, its just too simple to compare to NULL_UUID_LE and/or
the set/check a flag.
I don't think we should bother with any other option.

Amir.
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