in function audit_data_to_entry: when failure occurs, need check and free tree and watch. or memory leak.
test: plan: test command: "auditctl -a exit,always -w /etc -F auid=-1" (on fedora17, need modify auditctl to let "-w /etc" has effect) running: under fedora17 x86_64, 2 CPUs 3.20GHz, 2.5GB RAM. let 15 auditctl processes continue running at the same time. monitor command: watch -d -n 1 "cat /proc/meminfo | awk '{print \$2}' \ | head -n 4 | xargs \ | awk '{print \"used \",\$1 - \$2 - \$3 - \$4}'" result: for original version: will use up all memory, within 3 hours. kill all auditctl, the memory still does not free. for new version (apply this patch): after 14 hours later, not find issues. Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.c...@asianux.com> --- kernel/auditfilter.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c index f9fc54b..2674368 100644 --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c @@ -594,6 +594,10 @@ exit_nofree: return entry; exit_free: + if (entry->rule.watch) + audit_put_watch(entry->rule.watch); /* matches initial get */ + if (entry->rule.tree) + audit_put_tree(entry->rule.tree); /* that's the temporary one */ audit_free_rule(entry); return ERR_PTR(err); } -- 1.7.7.6 -- 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/