linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Renumber AUDIT_TTY

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:31:21 +0100
From:	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Renumber AUDIT_TTY_[GS]ET

On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 07:32:41AM -0700, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:19:53 +0100
> Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk> wrote:
> 
> > From: Miloslav Trmac <mitr@...hat.com>
> > 
> > Renumber AUDIT_TTY_[GS]ET to avoid a conflict with netlink message
> > types already used in the wild.
> 
> which are these? Were they in mainline or -mm before?
> 
> also, if this is so sensitive, at least add something that says to never ever use 1014/1015...

AUDIT_TTY_*ET went into mainline directly and I'd missed the conflict with
the numbers already in use by audit-subtree patches.  I *had* noticed when
pushing audit-subtree to -mm, swore at myself and renumbered those.  Alas,
there's userland to deal with.
	* auditctl has subtree support merged
	* auditctl still doesn't have tty... support merged
	* it's built with numbers matching the original patchset (1014/1015)
and binaries are released
	* audit-subtree patchset is in RH beta kernel, also released

Vote of auditctl maintainer had been "renumber tty_...* until it's too late,
since that's the one userland doesn't support yet".  The author of tty patches
agrees (see above) and I also think that this is the best way out of that mess.

Again, it's largely my fault - I'd missed the conflict in the first place and
hadn't reacted immediately.
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