Re: audit function doc. question

[Chris Wright <chrisw@osdl.org>]

* randy_dunlap (rdunlap@xenotime.net) wrote:
> kernel/audit.c (2.6.13-rc1-git5) audit_log_start() says:
> 
> /* Obtain an audit buffer.  This routine does locking to obtain the
>  * audit buffer, but then no locking is required for calls to
>  * audit_log_*format.  If the tsk is a task that is currently in a
>  * syscall, then the syscall is marked as auditable and an audit record
>  * will be written at syscall exit.  If there is no associated task, tsk
>  * should be NULL. */
> struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, int type)
> {
> 
> What does <tsk> refer to in the function description?
> There is no <tsk> in this function.

It refers to tsk, tsk, stale comment.  It's task->audit_context (which is
ctx there).  Interested in preparing a patch, could even move to proper
kerneldoc format ;-)

thanks,
-chris