linux-stable/include/linux/syslog.h
Kees Cook d78ca3cd73 syslog: use defined constants instead of raw numbers
Right now the syslog "type" action are just raw numbers which makes
the source difficult to follow.  This patch replaces the raw numbers
with defined constants for some level of sanity.

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
Acked-by: John Johansen <john.johansen@canonical.com>
Acked-by: Serge Hallyn <serue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
2010-02-04 14:20:41 +11:00

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/* Syslog internals
*
* Copyright 2010 Canonical, Ltd.
* Author: Kees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
* the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
*/
#ifndef _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
#define _LINUX_SYSLOG_H
/* Close the log. Currently a NOP. */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CLOSE 0
/* Open the log. Currently a NOP. */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_OPEN 1
/* Read from the log. */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_READ 2
/* Read all messages remaining in the ring buffer. */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_ALL 3
/* Read and clear all messages remaining in the ring buffer */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR 4
/* Clear ring buffer. */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CLEAR 5
/* Disable printk's to console */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_OFF 6
/* Enable printk's to console */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_ON 7
/* Set level of messages printed to console */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_CONSOLE_LEVEL 8
/* Return number of unread characters in the log buffer */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_UNREAD 9
/* Return size of the log buffer */
#define SYSLOG_ACTION_SIZE_BUFFER 10
#define SYSLOG_FROM_CALL 0
#define SYSLOG_FROM_FILE 1
int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int count, bool from_file);
#endif /* _LINUX_SYSLOG_H */