Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] selinux: add brief info to policydb

[Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>]

On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 16:59 +0200, Sebastien Buisson wrote:
> 2017-05-16 22:40 GMT+02:00 Stephen Smalley <sds@tycho.nsa.gov>:
> > > +     strcpy(*brief, policydb.policybrief);
> > > +     /* *len is the length of the output string */
> > > +     *len = policybrief_len - 1;
> > 
> > Is there a particular reason to not just return policybrief_len
> > here as
> > well, for consistency in the interface?  How do you intend to use
> > this
> > value in the caller?
> 
> As called in the other patch to expose policy brief via selinuxfs
> (sel_read_policybrief), the intent is to provide the caller with the
> length of the string returned.
> Or should I set *len to policy brief_len here, and just make the
> caller aware that the returned length is in fact the length of the
> buffer (i.e. including terminating NUL byte)?

Looking at the caller usage in the other patch, I guess it makes sense
in its current form.