linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] tty_audit: invert the condition in tty_audit

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Date:   Wed, 21 Jun 2023 12:16:08 +0200
From:   "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
To:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
Cc:     linux-serial@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Jiri Slaby (SUSE)" <jirislaby@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] tty_audit: invert the condition in tty_audit_log()

If we cannot obtain an audit buffer in tty_audit_log(), simply return
from the function. Apart this is mostly preferred in the kernel, it
allows to merge the split audit string while still keeping it readable.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/tty/tty_audit.c | 24 ++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c b/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c
index 43f34465b9df..c6c27acad2ad 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c
@@ -66,20 +66,20 @@ static void tty_audit_log(const char *description, dev_t dev,
 	uid_t uid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, task_uid(current));
 	uid_t loginuid = from_kuid(&init_user_ns, audit_get_loginuid(current));
 	unsigned int sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(current);
+	char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
 
 	ab = audit_log_start(audit_context(), GFP_KERNEL, AUDIT_TTY);
-	if (ab) {
-		char name[TASK_COMM_LEN];
-
-		audit_log_format(ab, "%s pid=%u uid=%u auid=%u ses=%u major=%d"
-				 " minor=%d comm=", description, pid, uid,
-				 loginuid, sessionid, MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
-		get_task_comm(name, current);
-		audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, name);
-		audit_log_format(ab, " data=");
-		audit_log_n_hex(ab, data, size);
-		audit_log_end(ab);
-	}
+	if (!ab)
+		return;
+
+	audit_log_format(ab, "%s pid=%u uid=%u auid=%u ses=%u major=%d minor=%d comm=",
+			 description, pid, uid, loginuid, sessionid,
+			 MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev));
+	get_task_comm(name, current);
+	audit_log_untrustedstring(ab, name);
+	audit_log_format(ab, " data=");
+	audit_log_n_hex(ab, data, size);
+	audit_log_end(ab);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.41.0