linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V1] audit: add warning that an old auditd may be starved out by a new auditd

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Message-ID: <19236209.prUueVMe32@sifl>
Date:	Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:37:56 -0400
From:	Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:	Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:	v.rathor@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-audit@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1] audit: add warning that an old auditd may be starved out by a new auditd

On Sunday, September 13, 2015 12:08:19 PM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> On 15/09/11, Paul Moore wrote:
> > Although I suppose if nothing else we could send a record indicating
> > that another auditd attempted to replace it ... if we can send it
> > great, drop the new request and be glad we audited it, if we can't
> > send it, reset the auditd tracking.
> 
> This is actually a good idea.

This would go well with your last patch to try harder on netlink send 
failures.  On a related note, with the merge window closed I just rotated the 
audit tree so that patch is now in linux-audit#next.

-- 
paul moore
www.paul-moore.com

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