Re: [RFC PATCH 4/7] audit: wake up threads if queue switched from limited to unlimited

If the audit_backlog_limit is changed from a limited value to an unlimited value (zero) while the queue was overflowed, wake up the audit_backlog_wait queue to allow those processes to continue. Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 384a1a1..02a5ec0 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -523,7 +523,8 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy) skb = skb_dequeue(&audit_skb_queue); if (skb) { - if (skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue) <= audit_backlog_limit) + if (!audit_backlog_limit || + (skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue) <= audit_backlog_limit)) wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait); if (audit_pid) kauditd_send_skb(skb);