linux-kernel - [patch] audit: fix audit_filter_user

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Date:	Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:48:42 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] audit: fix audit_filter_user_rules() initialization bug

From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: [patch] audit: fix audit_filter_user_rules() initialization bug

gcc emits this warning:

 kernel/auditfilter.c: In function 'audit_filter_user':
 kernel/auditfilter.c:1611: warning: 'state' is used uninitialized in this function

i tend to agree with gcc - there are a couple of plausible exit paths 
from audit_filter_user_rules() where it does not set 'state', keeping 
the variable uninitialized. For example if a filter rule has an 
AUDIT_POSSIBLE action. Initialize to 'wont audit'. Fix whitespace damage 
too.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>

Index: linux/kernel/auditfilter.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ linux/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -1601,8 +1601,8 @@ static int audit_filter_user_rules(struc
 
 int audit_filter_user(struct netlink_skb_parms *cb, int type)
 {
+	enum audit_state state = AUDIT_DISABLED;
 	struct audit_entry *e;
-	enum audit_state   state;
 	int ret = 1;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-
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