It seems much more obvious and readable to simply use "0". Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <pmoore(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 5a3ae37..6b4ae65 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static u32 audit_backlog_limit = 64; #define AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME (60 * HZ) static u32 audit_backlog_wait_time_master = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME; static u32 audit_backlog_wait_time = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME; -static u32 audit_backlog_wait_overflow = 0; /* The identity of the user shutting down the audit system. */ kuid_t audit_sig_uid = INVALID_UID; @@ -1395,7 +1394,7 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue), audit_backlog_limit); audit_log_lost("backlog limit exceeded"); - audit_backlog_wait_time = audit_backlog_wait_overflow; + audit_backlog_wait_time = 0; wake_up(&audit_backlog_wait); return NULL; }