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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: The second argument "type" is not used in audit_filter_user()
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 13:11:48 -0400
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On Friday 16 May 2008 05:10:11 am Peng Haitao wrote:
> I find the second argument "type" is not used in audit_filter_user().

I researched this all the way back to our RHEL4 kernel. This appears to be in 
every kernel I can find. I don't know what its original purpose is, but it 
does appear to be unused. Its not on a performance critical path, but should 
be cleaned up just on the principal of it. Someone should submit a patch 
deleting this argument.

-Steve