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authorKees Cook <kees.cook@canonical.com>2010-02-03 15:37:13 -0800
committerJames Morris <jmorris@namei.org>2010-02-04 14:20:41 +1100
commitd78ca3cd733d8a2c3dcd88471beb1a15d973eed8 (patch)
treea27ccf86f5f7df3cc987d0203ed0bff2db46db57 /include/linux/syslog.h
parent002345925e6c45861f60db6f4fc6236713fd8847 (diff)
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/syslog.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/syslog.h23
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/syslog.h b/include/linux/syslog.h
index 5f02b1817be..38911391a13 100644
--- a/include/linux/syslog.h
+++ b/include/linux/syslog.h
@@ -21,6 +21,29 @@
#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