1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
index 75cef3fd97ad..5dfcd85037e2 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/audit.h
@@ -358,6 +358,12 @@ enum {
 #define AUDIT_PERM_READ         4
 #define AUDIT_PERM_ATTR         8
 
+/* MAX_AUDIT_MESSAGE_LENGTH is set in audit:lib/libaudit.h as:
+ * 8970 // PATH_MAX*2+CONTEXT_SIZE*2+11+256+1
+ * max header+body+tailer: 44 + 29 + 32 + 262 + 7 + pad
+ */
+#define AUDIT_MESSAGE_TEXT_MAX  8560
+
 struct audit_status {
         __u32           mask;           /* Bit mask for valid entries */
         __u32           enabled;        /* 1 = enabled, 0 = disabled */