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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/uuid.c | 34 |
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst index 5d2d5f83579c..e7fadf02c511 100644 --- a/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst +++ b/Documentation/core-api/kernel-api.rst @@ -148,6 +148,12 @@ Sorting .. kernel-doc:: lib/list_sort.c :export: +UUID/GUID +--------- + +.. kernel-doc:: lib/uuid.c + :export: + Memory Management in Linux ========================== diff --git a/lib/uuid.c b/lib/uuid.c index 680b9fb9ba09..2290b9f001a9 100644 --- a/lib/uuid.c +++ b/lib/uuid.c @@ -29,15 +29,14 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(uuid_null); const u8 guid_index[16] = {3,2,1,0,5,4,7,6,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}; const u8 uuid_index[16] = {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15}; -/*************************************************************** +/** + * generate_random_uuid - generate a random UUID + * @uuid: where to put the generated UUID + * * Random UUID interface * - * Used here for a Boot ID, but can be useful for other kernel - * drivers. - ***************************************************************/ - -/* - * Generate random UUID + * Used to create a Boot ID or a filesystem UUID/GUID, but can be + * useful for other kernel drivers. */ void generate_random_uuid(unsigned char uuid[16]) { @@ -73,16 +72,17 @@ void uuid_gen(uuid_t *bu) EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(uuid_gen); /** - * uuid_is_valid - checks if UUID string valid - * @uuid: UUID string to check - * - * Description: - * It checks if the UUID string is following the format: - * xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx - * where x is a hex digit. - * - * Return: true if input is valid UUID string. - */ + * uuid_is_valid - checks if a UUID string is valid + * @uuid: UUID string to check + * + * Description: + * It checks if the UUID string is following the format: + * xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx + * + * where x is a hex digit. + * + * Return: true if input is valid UUID string. + */ bool uuid_is_valid(const char *uuid) { unsigned int i; |