uuid_v5(9)

💖 uuid_v5(9) — Calculate UUIDv5 💖

okay so this is uuid_v5(9) from the kernel API manual, and we're about to get into name-based UUIDs. bestie, grab your terminal, we're doing this together 🫶✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

uuid_v5 — Calculate UUIDv5 💅 no cap, that's the whole name and it ate.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void uuid_v5 (uuid_t *uuid , const uuid_t *ns , const void *name ,
       size_t size );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• uuid — this is where the resulting UUID lands, bestie 💖
• ns — the name space ID for the UUIDv5 function 🦋
• name — the name for the UUIDv5 function 🌸
• size — the size of name 📏

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

UUIDv5 is specific in RFC 4122 — that's the spec it's living in, periodt ✨

This implements section (for SHA-1): 4.3. Algorithm for Creating a Name-Based UUID — yes, the whole name-based UUID algorithm, and it's giving iconic 🧚💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/tee/tee_core.c — alongside tee_device_alloc(9), tee_device_register(9), tee_device_unregister(9), tee_get_drvdata(9) 👑
• ./drivers/tee 🦋

source/version: ./drivers/tee 🌈 date: October 2026 🌈 manual: uuid_v5(9) — okay bye bestie, go make that UUIDv5 moment iconic 💅✨