proc_create() was called with mode 0, so I'm guessing it is 777.
Actually, it is 444.  That should be changed to 400 (S_IRUSR) for use on
a system that matters, but again, this is a debug patch set giving
internal read-only stats, not intended for upstream or production use.
Nice catch.
 -Steve
 
 On Thursday, October 22, 2015 02:58:49 PM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
 > Add a /proc/audit entry for debugging to instrument many audit subsystem
 > internal parameters not normally visible.
 > 
 > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb(a)redhat.com>
 > ---
 >  include/linux/skbuff.h |   16 ++++++++++++++++
 >  kernel/audit.c         |   48
 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 64
 > insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 > 
 > diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
 > index f54d665..bcde922 100644
 > --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
 > +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
 > @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct sk_buff_head {
 > 
 >  	__u32		qlen;
 >  	spinlock_t	lock;
 > +	__u32		qlen_max;
 >  };
 > 
 >  struct sk_buff;
 > @@ -1301,6 +1302,11 @@ static inline __u32 skb_queue_len(const struct
 > sk_buff_head *list_) return list_->qlen;
 >  }
 > 
 > +static inline __u32 skb_queue_len_max(const struct sk_buff_head *list_)
 > +{
 > +	return list_->qlen_max;
 > +}
 > +
 >  /**
 >   *	__skb_queue_head_init - initialize non-spinlock portions of sk_buff_head
 > *	@list: queue to initialize
 > @@ -1354,6 +1360,8 @@ static inline void __skb_insert(struct sk_buff *newsk,
 > newsk->prev = prev;
 >  	next->prev  = prev->next = newsk;
 >  	list->qlen++;
 > +	if(list->qlen > list->qlen_max)
 > +		list->qlen_max = list->qlen;
 >  }
 > 
 >  static inline void __skb_queue_splice(const struct sk_buff_head *list,
 > @@ -1381,6 +1389,8 @@ static inline void skb_queue_splice(const struct
 > sk_buff_head *list, if (!skb_queue_empty(list)) {
 >  		__skb_queue_splice(list, (struct sk_buff *) head, head->next);
 >  		head->qlen += list->qlen;
 > +		if(head->qlen > head->qlen_max)
 > +			head->qlen_max = head->qlen;
 >  	}
 >  }
 > 
 > @@ -1397,6 +1407,8 @@ static inline void skb_queue_splice_init(struct
 > sk_buff_head *list, if (!skb_queue_empty(list)) {
 >  		__skb_queue_splice(list, (struct sk_buff *) head, head->next);
 >  		head->qlen += list->qlen;
 > +		if(head->qlen > head->qlen_max)
 > +			head->qlen_max = head->qlen;
 >  		__skb_queue_head_init(list);
 >  	}
 >  }
 > @@ -1412,6 +1424,8 @@ static inline void skb_queue_splice_tail(const struct
 > sk_buff_head *list, if (!skb_queue_empty(list)) {
 >  		__skb_queue_splice(list, head->prev, (struct sk_buff *) head);
 >  		head->qlen += list->qlen;
 > +		if(head->qlen > head->qlen_max)
 > +			head->qlen_max = head->qlen;
 >  	}
 >  }
 > 
 > @@ -1429,6 +1443,8 @@ static inline void skb_queue_splice_tail_init(struct
 > sk_buff_head *list, if (!skb_queue_empty(list)) {
 >  		__skb_queue_splice(list, head->prev, (struct sk_buff *) head);
 >  		head->qlen += list->qlen;
 > +		if(head->qlen > head->qlen_max)
 > +			head->qlen_max = head->qlen;
 >  		__skb_queue_head_init(list);
 >  	}
 >  }
 > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
 > index d4e19fc..82df9fd 100644
 > --- a/kernel/audit.c
 > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
 > @@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ u32		audit_sig_sid = 0;
 >     4) suppressed due to audit_backlog_limit
 >  */
 >  static atomic_t    audit_lost = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 > +static atomic_t    audit_hold_lost = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 > 
 >  /* The netlink socket. */
 >  static struct sock *audit_sock;
 > @@ -381,7 +382,10 @@ static void audit_hold_skb(struct sk_buff *skb)
 >  	     skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_hold_queue) < audit_backlog_limit))
 >  		skb_queue_tail(&audit_skb_hold_queue, skb);
 >  	else
 > +	{
 >  		kfree_skb(skb);
 > +		atomic_inc(&audit_hold_lost);
 > +	}
 >  }
 > 
 >  /*
 > @@ -510,7 +514,10 @@ static void flush_hold_queue(void)
 >  	 * dequeued an skb we need to drop ref
 >  	 */
 >  	if (skb)
 > +	{
 >  		consume_skb(skb);
 > +		atomic_inc(&audit_hold_lost);
 > +	}
 >  }
 > 
 >  static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 > @@ -1174,6 +1181,45 @@ static struct pernet_operations audit_net_ops
 > __net_initdata = { .size = sizeof(struct audit_net),
 >  };
 > 
 > +/* Display information about audit subsystem */
 > +static int proc_auditstats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 > +{
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_initialized\t%d\n", audit_initialized);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_enabled\t%u\n", audit_enabled);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_ever_enabled\t%u\n", audit_ever_enabled);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_default\t%u\n", audit_default);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_failure\t%u\n", audit_failure);
 > +	seq_printf(m, "audit_pid\t\t\t%d\n", audit_pid);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_nlk_portid\t%u\n", audit_nlk_portid);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_rate_limit\t%u\n", audit_rate_limit);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_backlog_limit\t%u\n", audit_backlog_limit);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_backlog_wait_time\t%u\n",
audit_backlog_wait_time);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_sig_uid\t%u\n", from_kuid(&init_user_ns,
 > audit_sig_uid)); +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_sig_pid\t%d\n", audit_sig_pid);
 > +	//seq_printf(m, "audit_sig_sid\t%u\n", audit_sig_sid);
 > +	seq_printf(m, "audit_lost\t\t\t%d\n", atomic_read(&audit_lost));
 > +	seq_printf(m, "audit_hold_lost\t\t\t%d\n",
atomic_read(&audit_hold_lost));
 > +	seq_printf(m, "audit_freelist_count\t\t%u\n", audit_freelist_count);
 > +	seq_printf(m, "audit_skb_queue len\t\t%d\n",
 > skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue)); +	seq_printf(m, "audit_skb_queue
 > len_max\t\t%d\n", skb_queue_len_max(&audit_skb_queue)); +	seq_printf(m,
 > "audit_skb_hold_queue len\t%d\n",
skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_hold_queue));
 > +	seq_printf(m, "audit_skb_hold_queue len_max\t%d\n",
 > skb_queue_len_max(&audit_skb_hold_queue)); +
 > +	return 0;
 > +}
 > +
 > +static int auditstats_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 > +{
 > +	return single_open(file, proc_auditstats_show, NULL);
 > +}
 > +
 > +static const struct file_operations proc_auditstats_operations = {
 > +	.open = auditstats_open,
 > +	.read = seq_read,
 > +	.llseek = seq_lseek,
 > +	.release = single_release,
 > +};
 > +
 >  /* Initialize audit support at boot time. */
 >  static int __init audit_init(void)
 >  {
 > @@ -1197,6 +1243,8 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
 >  	for (i = 0; i < AUDIT_INODE_BUCKETS; i++)
 >  		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&audit_inode_hash[i]);
 > 
 > +	proc_create("audit", 0, NULL, &proc_auditstats_operations);
 > +
 >  	return 0;
 >  }
 >  __initcall(audit_init);
 
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