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Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 22:51:48 -0500 From: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu Cc: linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov, sgrubb@...hat.com, eparis@...isplace.org, pmoore@...hat.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] audit: use supplied gfp_mask from audit_buffer in kauditd_send_multicast_skb On 14/12/19, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote: > On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 23:09:27 -0500, Richard Guy Briggs said: > > Eric Paris explains: Since kauditd_send_multicast_skb() gets called in > > audit_log_end(), which can come from any context (aka even a sleeping context) > > GFP_KERNEL can't be used. Since the audit_buffer knows what context it should > > use, pass that down and use that. > > > > See: https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/12/16/542 > > > Reported-by: Valdis Kletnieks <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> > > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> > > --- > > kernel/audit.c | 8 ++++---- > > 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c > > index 7b83c55..ce484fb 100644 > > I was reliably triggering 3-4 BUGs an hour, and with this patch applied I've > gone 9 hours without seeing one. > > So feel free to add a Tested-By: when it goes out. Good stuff. Thanks for testing this Valdis! - RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs <rbriggs@...hat.com> Senior Software Engineer, Kernel Security, AMER ENG Base Operating Systems, Red Hat Remote, Ottawa, Canada Voice: +1.647.777.2635, Internal: (81) 32635, Alt: +1.613.693.0684x3545 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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