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

[Steve Grubb]

On Thursday, May 31, 2018 6:21:20 PM EDT Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> 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.

I cannot reproduce this. What error did you get? What version of gcc?

Thanks,
-Steve