linux-kernel - [PATCH] audit: use union for audit_field values since they are mutually exclusive

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jun 2014 15:57:10 -0400
From:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:	linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH] audit: use union for audit_field values since they are mutually exclusive

Since only one of val, uid and gid are used at any given time, combine them to
reduce the size of the struct audit_field.

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/audit.h |    8 +++++---
 kernel/auditfilter.c  |    2 --
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 1ae0089..06141b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ struct audit_krule {
 
 struct audit_field {
 	u32				type;
-	u32				val;
-	kuid_t				uid;
-	kgid_t				gid;
+	union {
+		u32			val;
+		kuid_t			uid;
+		kgid_t			gid;
+	};
 	u32				op;
 	char				*lsm_str;
 	void				*lsm_rule;
diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
index b65a138..ea8d389 100644
--- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
+++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
@@ -422,8 +422,6 @@ static struct audit_entry *audit_data_to_entry(struct audit_rule_data *data,
 
 		f->type = data->fields[i];
 		f->val = data->values[i];
-		f->uid = INVALID_UID;
-		f->gid = INVALID_GID;
 		f->lsm_str = NULL;
 		f->lsm_rule = NULL;
 
-- 
1.7.1

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