linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] selinux: add brief info to policydb

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Date:   Wed, 17 May 2017 16:59:46 +0200
From:   Sebastien Buisson <sbuisson.ddn@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>
Cc:     linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
        serge@...lyn.com, james.l.morris@...cle.com,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Sebastien Buisson <sbuisson@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] selinux: add brief info to policydb

2017-05-16 22:40 GMT+02:00 Stephen Smalley <sds@...ho.nsa.gov>:
>> +     strcpy(*brief, policydb.policybrief);
>> +     /* *len is the length of the output string */
>> +     *len = policybrief_len - 1;
>
> Is there a particular reason to not just return policybrief_len here as
> well, for consistency in the interface?  How do you intend to use this
> value in the caller?

As called in the other patch to expose policy brief via selinuxfs
(sel_read_policybrief), the intent is to provide the caller with the
length of the string returned.
Or should I set *len to policy brief_len here, and just make the
caller aware that the returned length is in fact the length of the
buffer (i.e. including terminating NUL byte)?