It has become apparent that the name of the function currently labeled "audit_panic" might mislead some developers. This is due to the operation of the function, which may or may not necessarily panic the kernel. A look at the function shows that there are currently three different paths the function can take, only one of which will cause a kernel panic: static void audit_panic(const char *message) { switch (audit_failure) { case AUDIT_FAIL_SILENT: break; case AUDIT_FAIL_PRINTK: printk(KERN_ERR "audit: %s\n", message); break; case AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC: panic("audit: %s\n", message); break; } } The following simple patch renames the function "audit_panic" to "audit_handle_failure" and updates all references to the function. :-Dustin