Debug the unlikely possibility that the audit_backlog_limit reserve is being overflowed too. Make the reserve proportional to the backlog limit.
Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> --- kernel/audit.c | 4 ++-- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 369cfcc..795d604 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1371,8 +1371,8 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, struct audit_buffer *ab = NULL; struct timespec t; unsigned int uninitialized_var(serial); - int reserve = 5; /* Allow atomic callers to go up to five - entries over the normal backlog limit */ + /* reserve: Allow atomic callers to go over the normal backlog limit */ + int reserve = audit_backlog_limit/16; unsigned long timeout_start = jiffies; if (audit_initialized != AUDIT_INITIALIZED) -- 1.7.1 -- Linux-audit mailing list Linux-audit@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-audit