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Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 20:23:15 -0500 From: Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com> To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> Cc: linux-audit@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, v.rathor@...il.com Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 7/7] audit: wake up kauditd_thread after auditd registers On Thursday, October 22, 2015 02:53:20 PM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > When auditd is restarted, even though the kauditd_thread is present, it > remains dormant until the next audit log message is queued. > > Wake up the kauditd_thread in the kauditd_wait queue immediately when > auditd registers its availability to drain the queue. > > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> > --- > kernel/audit.c | 2 ++ > 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) See my 6/7 comment ... this could/should go in the auditd_register() function. > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c > index 688fa1e..369cfcc 100644 > --- a/kernel/audit.c > +++ b/kernel/audit.c > @@ -885,6 +885,8 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct > nlmsghdr *nlh) audit_sock = skb->sk; > if (!audit_pid) > wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait); > + if (audit_pid) > + wake_up_interruptible(&kauditd_wait); > } > if (s.mask & AUDIT_STATUS_RATE_LIMIT) { > err = audit_set_rate_limit(s.rate_limit); -- paul moore www.paul-moore.com -- 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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