avc_init deprecation vs avc_open + selinux_set_callback()
 

I'm adding support to libvirt for a userspace access controller, and have
been basing my code on that done in DBus (dbus/bus/selinux.c). That code
uses avc_init() and provides the whole set of callbacks that method
requires.

The man page for avc_init(), however, states that is is deprecated and
we should use a combination of avc_open() + selinux_set_callback() in
new code. The selinux_set_callback() function, while able to set the
log & audit callbacks, does not have any way to set the thread, mutex
or memory allocation callbacks. I've verified from looking at the code
that avc_init() is the only API that can set these.

Why is it deprecated, if the replacement quoted can't actually replace
its functionality ? I'm inclined it to use avc_init() despite it being
deprecated.

Daniel
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