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Date:	Fri, 7 Jun 2013 13:52:04 +0200
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Guy Streeter <streeter@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -mm 1/1] audit: cleanup audit_log_start/wait_for_auditd
	mess

On 06/06, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Jun 2013 22:46:20 +0200 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> > audit_log_start() tries to obfusticate the code/logic and
> > reimplements wait_event_timeout() in a very confusing way.
> >
> > Just change wait_for_auditd() to use wait_event_timeout()
> > and return bool.
> >
> > Also remove the unnecessary "ab = NULL" initialization.
>
> I would prefer that this be nicely tested - for a cosmetic thing I
> don't think it's worth the risk as-is.

OK, agreed. Please ignore.

Oleg.

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