Re: [PATCH] Audit: fix audit nlmsg_len from the kernel
On Tuesday 02 June 2009 04:38:02 pm Eric Paris wrote:
> But lets fix it anyway rather than rely on dumb luck and
implementation
> details.
Self NAK. Userspace was also written by someone who didn't know
netlink. Since userspace is half using the netlink macros and half
depending on this broken nlmsg_len implementation I don't think we can
make any changes in the kernel and they wouldn't be backwards
compatible...
The netlink code is the oldest part of the audit code and predates my
involvement. We could fix this if userspace had a way of querying the kernel to
see what the audit capabilities are. There have been many times that I've
wanted a way to ask the kernel if certain things are supported.
-Steve