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From: hsultan@thefroid.net
To: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: ABI guarantee for auditd
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:24:38 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3fbf5caa9cacbccadda7623eabadbc05@thefroid.net> (raw)

Hi,

Sorry for the deluge of questions :)

Regarding auditd, what is the ABI guarantee ? Do you guarantee that the 
text contained in audit_reply->msg.data will always be the same format ? 
I imagine you reserve the right to add fields, but how about removing 
any or even reordering them ?

Or are people simply required to use auparse to guarantee they get 
records properly ?

Also, regarding 'unofficial' ABI compatibility, when has the 
audit_reply->msg.data format changed last ? Say these past 3-4 years, 
were there any changes in the format or could I use a faster, but 
specifically focused parser on the msgs when detecting older releases at 
least ?

Thanks,

Hassan

             reply	other threads:[~2015-01-15 20:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-01-15 20:24 hsultan [this message]
2015-01-15 20:44 ` ABI guarantee for auditd Steve Grubb
2015-01-15 22:34   ` hsultan
2015-01-15 22:59     ` Steve Grubb
2015-01-16  2:20       ` hsultan
2015-01-16  4:45         ` Hassan Sultan
2015-01-16 13:48         ` Steve Grubb
2015-01-16 21:34           ` hsultan

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