AUDIT_VALUE_NEEDS_ENCODING(3) Linux Audit API AUDIT_VALUE_NEEDS_ENCODING(3)

audit_value_needs_encoding - check a string to see if it needs encoding

#include <libaudit.h>
int audit_value_needs_encoding(const char *str, unsigned int size);

audit_value_needs_encoding() checks a string to see if it needs encoding. Specifically, this function checks if the string contains a space, a double-quote, or a control character. str is the string to check if encoding is needed. size is the length of str.

The return value if encoding is needed is 1. If not needed is 0.

audit_encode_nv_string(3).

Steve Grubb

Apr 2021 Red Hat