netdev - Re: [PATCH] XFRM: assorted IPsec fixups

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Date:	Fri, 7 Dec 2007 15:45:41 -0500
From:	Paul Moore <paul.moore@...com>
To:	Eric Paris <eparis@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-audit@...hat.com,
	selinux@...ho.nsa.gov
Subject: Re: [PATCH] XFRM: assorted IPsec fixups

On Friday 07 December 2007 3:36:08 pm Eric Paris wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 12:11 -0500, Paul Moore wrote:
> > This patch fixes a number of small but potentially troublesome things in
> > the XFRM/IPsec code:
> >
> >  * Use the 'audit_enabled' variable already in include/linux/audit.h
> >    Removed the need for extern declarations local to each XFRM audit
> > fuction

{snip}

> although it does make me wonder why audit_log_start doesn't just check
> audit_enabled itself....

/me shrugs ... I have no idea, I've just always followed the lead of what was 
already written, but now that you mention it - it doesn't make much sense.  I 
suppose at some point we can go through and change all the 'audit_enabled' 
users, but I wonder if there is some point (?performance?) to having the 
callers check?

-- 
paul moore
linux security @ hp
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