Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] audit: replace magic audit syscall class numbers with macros

[Paul Moore]

On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 1:14 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 2021-05-10 21:23, Paul Moore wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 4:36 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Replace audit syscall class magic numbers with macros.
> > >
> > > This required putting the macros into new header file
> > > include/linux/auditscm.h since the syscall macros were included for both 64
> > > bit and 32 bit in any compat code, causing redefinition warnings.
> >
> > The ifndef/define didn't protect against redeclaration?  Huh.  Maybe
> > I'm not thinking about this correctly, or the arch specific code is
> > doing something wonky ...
> >
> > Regardless, assuming that it is necessary, I would prefer if we called
> > it auditsc.h instead of auditscm.h; the latter makes me think of
> > sockets and not syscalls.
>
> The "m" was for "macros", since there are auditsc bits in audit.h as
> well, but I have no significant objection.

Yes, I figured as much, but my comment about it looking like a socket
"thing" still stands.  I'm open to other ideas if you don't like
auditsc.h, I just don't like auditscm.h.

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paul moore
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