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

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On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 3:57 PM, David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Until we have a flag in the superblock that a given fs fills out s_uuid
>> no one can rely on it.  So please add the infrastructure that consumers
>> can actually make use of it while you're at it.
>
> Can't you just look at whether s_uuid is NULL or not?
>

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.
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