[PATCH v6 03/10] audit: no need to walk list in audit_inode if name is NULL

If name is NULL then the condition in the loop will never be true. Also, with this change, we can eliminate the check for n->name == NULL since the equivalence check will never be true if it is. Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton(a)redhat.com&gt; --- kernel/auditsc.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c index 5c45b9b..4099440 100644 --- a/kernel/auditsc.c +++ b/kernel/auditsc.c @@ -2161,11 +2161,15 @@ void __audit_inode(const char *name, const struct dentry *dentry) if (!context->in_syscall) return; + if (!name) + goto out_alloc; + list_for_each_entry_reverse(n, &context->names_list, list) { - if (n->name && (n->name == name)) + if (n->name == name) goto out; } +out_alloc: /* unable to find the name from a previous getname() */ n = audit_alloc_name(context); if (!n) -- 1.7.11.4