linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 2/7] audit: include auditd's threads in audit_log

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Date:	Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:08:57 -0500
From:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	v.rathor@...il.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/7] audit: include auditd's threads in audit_log_start() wait exception

On Thursday, October 22, 2015 02:53:15 PM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> Should auditd spawn threads, allow all members of its thread group to
> use the audit_backlog_limit reserves to bypass the queue limits too.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/audit.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

Looks good, applied to audit#next-queue.
 
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index daefd81..3917aad 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct
> audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, return NULL;
> 
>  	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) {
> -		if (audit_pid && audit_pid == current->pid)
> +		if (audit_pid && audit_pid == current->tgid)
>  			gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_WAIT;
>  		else
>  			reserve = 0;

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

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