Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] audit: document /proc/PID/loginuid

From: Richard Guy Briggs
Date: Thu Apr 01 2021 - 14:03:16 EST


On 2021-04-01 09:57, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 1, 2021 at 9:48 AM Mauro Carvalho Chehab
> <mchehab+huawei@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Em Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:19:10 -0400
> > Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> escreveu:
> > > Describe the /proc/PID/loginuid interface in Documentation/ABI/stable that
> > > was added 2005-02-01 by commit 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle
> > > loginuid through proc")
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> > > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..e7c100b9ab18
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> > > +What: Audit Login UID
> > > +Date: 2005-02-01
> > > +KernelVersion: 2.6.11-rc2 1e2d1492e178 ("[PATCH] audit: handle loginuid through proc")
> > > +Contact: linux-audit@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > +Format: %u
> >
> > The ABI definition doesn't include a "Format:" symbol. See:
> >
> > Documentation/ABI/README
> >
> > For the valid ones.
> >
> > This change causes a warning at the ABI parser:
> >
> >
> > $ ./scripts/get_abi.pl validate
> > Warning: file Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid#5:
> > tag 'contact' is invalid. Line
> > Format: %u
> > Warning: file Documentation/ABI/stable/procfs-audit_loginuid#21:
> > tag 'contact' is invalid. Line
> > Format: %u
> >
> > You should either drop it or add it to the parser and to the README
> > file, if the ABI maintainers are ok with such new field.
>
> Thanks Mauro, I didn't realize there were tools that parsed these files.
>
> Richard, please post a patch that drops the 'Format:' line from the
> newly added audit files as soon as possible so I can merge it into
> audit/next.

Ok. I'll roll it into the description so we don't lose that
information.

> paul moore

- RGB

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