Re: [RFC PATCH ghak89 V1] audit: rename FILTER_TYPE to FILTER_EXCL

On 2018-05-31 17:29, Steve Grubb wrote: > On Thursday, May 31, 2018 4:23:09 PM EDT Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > The AUDIT_FILTER_TYPE name is vague and misleading due to not > > describing > > where or when the filter is applied and obsolete due to its available > > filter fields having been expanded. > > > > Userspace has already renamed it from AUDIT_FILTER_TYPE to > > AUDIT_FILTER_EXCLUDE without checking if it already exists. > > Historically speaking, this is not why it is the way it is. But I think > it > doesn't mean that you cannot do something like this: > > #define AUDIT_FILTER_EXCLUDE AUDIT_FILTER_TYPE I was originally hoping to do that, but that then causes a build error on any previous version of audit userspace.