On Tuesday 29 January 2008 7:43:11 pm James Morris wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Paul Moore wrote:
> > That seems reasonable.  By the way, this isn't really related, but is it
> > possible to change the NF_IP_PRI_SELINUX_* constants to
> > NF_IP_PRI_SECURITY_* for the sake of consistency or are those values
> > already visible to userspace?
>
> They are visible to userspace, and included in glibc headers, but I don't
> see any userland use of them via google codesearch or know of a possible
> valid use.
>
> > I suppose we could always rename them anyway and just add a #define for
> > compatibility ...
>
> Yep, if you want to.

Hey, let's not forget I'm the guy that gets into arguments over names that 
span months :)  I think it's a worthwhile change, but only once we have a 
reason to do so.  In my mind this means either another user (not unlikely 
considering recent events) or something like you are proposing.  I'll keep my 
eyes peeled and throw a patch out when I see an opportunity.

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp
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