linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid

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Message-Id: <b8a16198e196bf8acc07f8c6701d9870d72f967c.1615414262.git.rgb@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 11:40:51 -0500
From:   Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:     Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] audit: document /proc/PID/sessionid

Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
was added 2008-03-13 in commit 1e0bd7550ea9 ("[PATCH] export sessionid
alongside the loginuid in procfs")

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
---
 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
index fae63bef2970..175ee6ec3695 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
@@ -13,3 +13,15 @@ Description:
 		AUDIT_FEATURE_LOGINUID_IMMUTABLE is enabled.  It cannot be
 		unset if AUDIT_FEATURE_ONLY_UNSET_LOGINUID is enabled.
 
+
+What:		Audit Login Session ID
+Date:		2008-03-13
+KernelVersion:	2.6.25-rc7 1e0bd7550ea9 ("[PATCH] export sessionid alongside the loginuid in procfs")
+Contact:	linux-audit@...hat.com
+Format:		u32
+Users:		auditd, libaudit, audit-testsuite, login
+Description:
+		The /proc/$pid/sessionid pseudofile is read to get the
+		audit login session ID of process $pid.  It is set
+		automatically, serially assigned with each new login.
+
-- 
2.27.0