audit_value_needs_encoding - check a string to see if it needs encoding

Steve Grubb Red Hat Apr 2021 AUDIT_VALUE_NEEDS_ENCODING(3)

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.

audit_value_needs_encoding - check a string to see if it needs encoding

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

audit_encode_nv_string(3).