linux-kernel - [PATCH ghak138 v2 1/4] audit: audit_context pid unused, context enum comment fix

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:32:37 -0400
From:   Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
To:     Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>,
        Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH ghak138 v2 1/4] audit: audit_context pid unused, context enum comment fix

The pid member of struct audit_context is never used.  Remove it.

The audit_reset_context() comment about unconditionally resetting
"ctx->state" should read "ctx->context".

Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/audit.h   | 2 +-
 kernel/auditsc.c | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h
index 58b66543b4d5..d6eb7b59c791 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.h
+++ b/kernel/audit.h
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ struct audit_context {
 	struct sockaddr_storage *sockaddr;
 	size_t sockaddr_len;
 				/* Save things to print about task_struct */
-	pid_t		    pid, ppid;
+	pid_t		    ppid;
 	kuid_t		    uid, euid, suid, fsuid;
 	kgid_t		    gid, egid, sgid, fsgid;
 	unsigned long	    personality;
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 9226746dcf0a..21e50e6d0fc0 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -965,7 +965,7 @@ static void audit_reset_context(struct audit_context *ctx)
 	if (!ctx)
 		return;
 
-	/* if ctx is non-null, reset the "ctx->state" regardless */
+	/* if ctx is non-null, reset the "ctx->context" regardless */
 	ctx->context = AUDIT_CTX_UNUSED;
 	if (ctx->dummy)
 		return;
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static void audit_reset_context(struct audit_context *ctx)
 	kfree(ctx->sockaddr);
 	ctx->sockaddr = NULL;
 	ctx->sockaddr_len = 0;
-	ctx->pid = ctx->ppid = 0;
+	ctx->ppid = 0;
 	ctx->uid = ctx->euid = ctx->suid = ctx->fsuid = KUIDT_INIT(0);
 	ctx->gid = ctx->egid = ctx->sgid = ctx->fsgid = KGIDT_INIT(0);
 	ctx->personality = 0;
-- 
2.27.0