Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-21 Thread Paul Moore
On Monday, December 21, 2015 05:18:15 PM Steve Grubb wrote: > On Monday, December 21, 2015 04:48:00 PM Paul Moore wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:23:19 AM Steve Grubb wrote: > > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > > Nothing prevents a new

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-21 Thread Steve Grubb
On Monday, December 21, 2015 04:48:00 PM Paul Moore wrote: > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:23:19 AM Steve Grubb wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid > > > audit_pid when an old

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-21 Thread Paul Moore
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:23:19 AM Steve Grubb wrote: > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid > > audit_pid when an old auditd is still running, effectively starving out > > the old auditd

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-21 Thread Paul Moore
On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:23:19 AM Steve Grubb wrote: > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid > > audit_pid when an old auditd is still running, effectively starving out > > the old auditd

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-21 Thread Paul Moore
On Monday, December 21, 2015 05:18:15 PM Steve Grubb wrote: > On Monday, December 21, 2015 04:48:00 PM Paul Moore wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:23:19 AM Steve Grubb wrote: > > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > > Nothing prevents a new

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-21 Thread Steve Grubb
On Monday, December 21, 2015 04:48:00 PM Paul Moore wrote: > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:23:19 AM Steve Grubb wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > > Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid > > > audit_pid when an old

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-16 Thread Steve Grubb
Hello Richard, Public reply this time. :-) On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid > audit_pid when an old auditd is still running, effectively starving out > the old auditd since audit_pid no longer

[PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-16 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid audit_pid when an old auditd is still running, effectively starving out the old auditd since audit_pid no longer points to the old valid auditd. If no message to auditd has been attempted since auditd died unnaturally or got killed,

[PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-16 Thread Richard Guy Briggs
Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid audit_pid when an old auditd is still running, effectively starving out the old auditd since audit_pid no longer points to the old valid auditd. If no message to auditd has been attempted since auditd died unnaturally or got killed,

Re: [PATCH V2 1/2] audit: stop an old auditd being starved out by a new auditd

2015-12-16 Thread Steve Grubb
Hello Richard, Public reply this time. :-) On Wednesday, December 16, 2015 10:42:32 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > Nothing prevents a new auditd starting up and replacing a valid > audit_pid when an old auditd is still running, effectively starving out > the old auditd since audit_pid no longer