On Monday 10 April 2006 19:46, Amy Griffis wrote:
> > While testing the watch performance, I noticed that selinux_task_ctxid()
> > was creeping into the results more than it should. Investigation showed
> > that the function call was being called whether it was needed or not. The
> > below patch fixes this.
>
> You've moved selinux_task_ctxid() inside a for loop.  Now it will be
> called for each selinux field in a rule.  I don't think that's what
> you want.  
>
> A better solution would be to set a rule flag in
> audit_data_to_entry(), then check that flag outside the for loop.

Yes, you are right - Thanks!  New patch below.

Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


diff -urp linux-2.6.16.x86_64.orig/kernel/auditsc.c 
linux-2.6.16.x86_64/kernel/auditsc.c
--- linux-2.6.16.x86_64.orig/kernel/auditsc.c   2006-04-11 08:44:02.000000000 
-0400
+++ linux-2.6.16.x86_64/kernel/auditsc.c        2006-04-11 08:43:17.000000000 
-0400
@@ -189,11 +189,9 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct tas
                              struct audit_context *ctx,
                              enum audit_state *state)
 {
-       int i, j;
+       int i, j, need_sid = 1;
        u32 sid;
 
-       selinux_task_ctxid(tsk, &sid);
-
        for (i = 0; i < rule->field_count; i++) {
                struct audit_field *f = &rule->fields[i];
                int result = 0;
@@ -295,11 +293,16 @@ static int audit_filter_rules(struct tas
                           match for now to avoid losing information that
                           may be wanted.   An error message will also be
                           logged upon error */
-                       if (f->se_rule)
+                       if (f->se_rule) {
+                               if (need_sid) {
+                                       selinux_task_ctxid(tsk, &sid);
+                                       need_sid = 0;
+                               }
                                result = selinux_audit_rule_match(sid, f->type,
                                                                  f->op,
                                                                  f->se_rule,
                                                                  ctx);
+                       }
                        break;
                case AUDIT_ARG0:
                case AUDIT_ARG1:

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