Re: [PATCH 1/2] audit: print error message when fail to create audit socket

print the error message and then return -ENOMEM. ... --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1083,12 +1083,11 @@ static int __net_init audit_net_init(struct net *net) pr_info("audit: initializing netlink socket in namespace\n"); aunet->nlsk = netlink_kernel_create(net, NETLINK_AUDIT, &cfg); - if (aunet->nlsk == NULL) - return -ENOMEM; - if (!aunet->nlsk) + if (aunet->nlsk == NULL) { audit_panic("cannot initialize netlink socket in namespace"); - else - aunet->nlsk->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; + return -ENOMEM; + } + aunet->nlsk->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT; return 0; }