linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 2/7] audit: include auditd's threads in audit_log

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Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:53:15 -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>, sgrubb@...hat.com,
	pmoore@...hat.com, eparis@...hat.com, v.rathor@...il.com,
	ctcard@...mail.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/7] audit: include auditd's threads in audit_log_start() wait exception

Should auditd spawn threads, allow all members of its thread group to
use the audit_backlog_limit reserves to bypass the queue limits too.

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

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index daefd81..3917aad 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask,
 		return NULL;
 
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_WAIT) {
-		if (audit_pid && audit_pid == current->pid)
+		if (audit_pid && audit_pid == current->tgid)
 			gfp_mask &= ~__GFP_WAIT;
 		else
 			reserve = 0;
-- 
1.7.1

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