Re: [PATCH V6 2/2] audit: eliminate unnecessary extra layer of watch parent references

[Paul Moore <pmoore@redhat.com>]

On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:40:42 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> The audit watch parent count was imbalanced, adding an unnecessary layer of
> watch parent references.  Decrement the additional parent reference when a
> watch is reused, already having a reference to the parent.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@redhat.com>
> ---
>  kernel/audit_watch.c |    6 ++----
>  1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/kernel/audit_watch.c b/kernel/audit_watch.c
> index f33f54c..8f123d7 100644
> --- a/kernel/audit_watch.c
> +++ b/kernel/audit_watch.c
> @@ -391,11 +391,12 @@ static void audit_add_to_parent(struct audit_krule
> *krule,
> 
>  		audit_get_watch(w);
>  		krule->watch = watch = w;
> +
> +		audit_put_parent(parent);
>  		break;
>  	}
> 
>  	if (!watch_found) {
> -		audit_get_parent(parent);
>  		watch->parent = parent;

I understand removing the get() here and the put() in audit_add_watch, but I 
don't understand adding the put() above, can you help me understand?

>  		audit_get_watch(watch);
> @@ -436,9 +437,6 @@ int audit_add_watch(struct audit_krule *krule, struct
> list_head **list)
> 
>  	audit_add_to_parent(krule, parent);
> 
> -	/* match get in audit_find_parent or audit_init_parent */
> -	audit_put_parent(parent);
> -
>  	h = audit_hash_ino((u32)watch->ino);
>  	*list = &audit_inode_hash[h];
>  error:

-- 
paul moore
security @ redhat