If wait_for_auditd() times out, go immediately to the error function rather than retesting the loop conditions. Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/audit.c | 12 ++++++++---- 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 772725e..42c68db 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1054,18 +1054,21 @@ static inline void audit_get_stamp(struct audit_context *ctx, /* * Wait for auditd to drain the queue a little */ -static void wait_for_auditd(unsigned long sleep_time) +static unsigned long wait_for_auditd(unsigned long sleep_time) { + unsigned long timeout = sleep_time; DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current); set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); add_wait_queue(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait); if (audit_backlog_limit && skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue) > audit_backlog_limit) - schedule_timeout(sleep_time); + timeout = schedule_timeout(sleep_time); __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); remove_wait_queue(&audit_backlog_wait, &wait); + + return timeout; } /* Obtain an audit buffer. This routine does locking to obtain the @@ -1119,8 +1122,9 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, sleep_time = timeout_start + audit_backlog_wait_time - jiffies; if ((long)sleep_time > 0) { - wait_for_auditd(sleep_time); - continue; + sleep_time = wait_for_auditd(sleep_time); + if ((long)sleep_time > 0) + continue; } } if (audit_rate_check() && printk_ratelimit()) -- 1.7.1