linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] TaskTracker : Simplified thread information tracker.

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Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:25:50 -0500
From:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-audit@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] TaskTracker : Simplified thread information tracker.

On 15/01/04, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > > > On 14/09/28, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> > > > > (Q2) Does auxiliary record work with only type=SYSCALL case?
> > > > 
> > > > Auxiliary records don't work with AUDIT_LOGIN because that record has a
> > > > NULL context.  Similarly for core dumps (AUDIT_ANOM_ABEND), AUDIT_SECCOMP,
> > > > configuration changes (AUDIT_CONFIG_CHANGE, AUDIT_FEATURE_CHANGE), most
> > > > (all?) AUDIT_USER_* messages.
> > > > 
> > > I see, thank you.
> > > 
> > > Although I feel that, from the point of view of troubleshooting, emitting
> > > history of thread's comm name into NULL-context records would help sysadmin
> > > to map login session and operations a user did from that login session,
> > > I'm OK with starting history of thread's comm name as auxiliary records
> > > (i.e. not emitted into NULL-context records).
> > > 
> > > Adding LKML for reviewers. What else can I do for merging this patch?
> > 
> > I'm willing to take it with some reflection and no significant
> > objections, in particular from userspace audit.  I'll have a closer look
> > at it.
> 
> Any comments on this patch?

It also occurs to me that the pid_t of that process in init PID
namespace would be useful for each entry.

- RGB

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