linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] audit: refactor queue full checks

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Message-ID: <1be99c1ede70b5c385acc16b59347d02.paul@paul-moore.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 May 2023 16:54:36 -0400
From:   Paul Moore <paul@...l-moore.com>
To:     Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@...anix.com>, eparis@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, audit@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/5] audit: refactor queue full checks

On May 11, 2023 Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@...anix.com> wrote:
> 
> Currently audit queue full checks are done in multiple places.
> Consolidate them into one audit_queue_full().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eiichi Tsukata <eiichi.tsukata@...anix.com>
> ---
>  kernel/audit.c | 21 +++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> index 9bc0b0301198..c15694e1a76b 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> @@ -341,6 +341,12 @@ static inline int audit_rate_check(void)
>  	return retval;
>  }
>  
> +static inline int audit_queue_full(const struct sk_buff_head *queue)
> +{
> +	return audit_backlog_limit &&
> +	       (skb_queue_len(queue) > audit_backlog_limit);
> +}

Regardless of the other patches in this series, this seems like a
good candidate to merge, but could you make it return a 'bool'
instead of an 'int'?

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