On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 11:00:27 AM EST Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > On 2017-03-07 10:41, Steven Rostedt wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2017 22:39:54 -0500 > > > > Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > >From the output I've seen, it doesn't look particularly useful, but it > > > > > > was useful to finally see the source of those huge numbers of PATH > > > > > > records. Here's an fpaste: > > > https://paste.fedoraproject.org/paste/ UpZoYuokojR0es1ayNdx5l5M1UNdIGYhy > > > RLivL9gydE=/> > > Those are the files for the module's trace events that are created. > > > > I'm still confused about what the issue is. > > The issue is the audit subsystem being overwhelmed by potentially > useless information. > > The initial report was "there's a bunch of null PATH records, please > make them go away", which was anywhere from 500 to 6000 records. > > Once I found out what they generally were and a way to enumerate the > contents, we're reviewing that assessment to see if they really should > be tossed, or listed out in full.
They should be tossed. They do not help in any way. What we need for an auxiliary record is simply the module's name. That's all. -Steve
