We only need to check if kauditd is valid after we start it, if kauditd is invalid, we will set kauditd_task to NULL. So next time, we will start kauditd again.
It means if kauditd_task is not NULL,it must be valid. Signed-off-by: Gao feng <gaof...@cn.fujitsu.com> --- kernel/audit.c | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index d596e53..9816a1b 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -660,14 +660,14 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh) /* As soon as there's any sign of userspace auditd, * start kauditd to talk to it */ - if (!kauditd_task) + if (!kauditd_task) { kauditd_task = kthread_run(kauditd_thread, NULL, "kauditd"); - if (IS_ERR(kauditd_task)) { - err = PTR_ERR(kauditd_task); - kauditd_task = NULL; - return err; + if (IS_ERR(kauditd_task)) { + err = PTR_ERR(kauditd_task); + kauditd_task = NULL; + return err; + } } - loginuid = audit_get_loginuid(current); sessionid = audit_get_sessionid(current); security_task_getsecid(current, &sid); -- 1.7.11.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/