linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH ghak138 v2 3/4] audit: free audit

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:20:30 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
Cc:     Linux-Audit Mailing List <linux-audit@...hat.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Eric Paris <eparis@...isplace.org>,
        Steve Grubb <sgrubb@...hat.com>, omosnace@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH ghak138 v2 3/4] audit: free audit_proctitle only on task exit

On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 3:33 PM Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Since audit_proctitle is generated at syscall exit time, its value is
> used immediately and cached for the next syscall.  Since this is the
> case, then only clear it at task exit time.  Otherwise, there is no
> point in caching the value OR bearing the overhead of regenerating it.
>
> Fixes: 12c5e81d3fd0 ("audit: prepare audit_context for use in calling contexts beyond syscalls")
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@...hat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/auditsc.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Merged into audit/next, thanks.

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