linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] smack: call WARN_ONCE() instead of calling audit_log

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Date:	Wed,  4 Dec 2013 21:45:55 -0500
From:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:	linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>,
	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>,
	Gao feng <gaofeng@...fujitsu.com>,
	Toshiyuki Okajima <toshi.okajima@...fujitsu.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] smack: call WARN_ONCE() instead of calling audit_log_start()

Remove the call to audit_log() (which call audit_log_start()) and deal with
the errors in the caller, logging only once if the condition is met.  Calling
audit_log_start() in this location makes buffer allocation and locking more
complicated in the calling tree (audit_filter_user()).

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
---
 security/smack/smack_lsm.c |    5 ++---
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
index 8825375..185e2e7 100644
--- a/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
+++ b/security/smack/smack_lsm.c
@@ -3615,9 +3615,8 @@ static int smack_audit_rule_match(u32 secid, u32 field, u32 op, void *vrule,
 	struct smack_known *skp;
 	char *rule = vrule;
 
-	if (!rule) {
-		audit_log(actx, GFP_ATOMIC, AUDIT_SELINUX_ERR,
-			  "Smack: missing rule\n");
+	if (unlikely(!rule)) {
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "Smack: missing rule\n");
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.1

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