Re: [PATCH] improved xfrm_audit_log() patch

Joy Latten
2007-08-23T01:29:17Z

On Wed, 2007-08-22 at 12:51 -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:24:05 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > Looks good, applied to net-2.6.24, thanks Joy.
>
> Something is still buggered up in this patch, you can't add this local
> "audit_info" variable unconditionally to these functions, and
> alternatively you also can't add a bunch of ifdefs to xfrm_user.c to
> cover it up either.
>
I wonder if I am subconsciously trying to break a record or
something! My apologies as time is valuable.

I mean to get this right. My rationale for using audit_info was to
reduce amount of arguments to xfrm_audit_log(). However, I now like
it better when I just called xfrm_audit_log(NETLINK_CB(skb).loginuid,
NETLINK_CB(skb).sid, ...). User determines where/how to get loginuid and
secid and nothing happens when AUDIT not configured. But would make
xfrm_audit_log() have 7 arguments instead of 6.

My alternative is to remove xfrm_get_auditinfo() out of the
#ifdef CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL and always fill in audit_info
regardless if AUDIT is configured or not. Less calls to
xfrm_audit_log() but perhaps unnecessary info when AUDIT
not configured.

Would first solution be acceptable?

Joy