When the audit queue overflows and times out (audit_backlog_wait_time), the audit queue overflow timeout is set to zero. Once the audit queue overflow timeout condition recovers, the timeout should be reset to the original value.
See also: https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/9/2/473 Signed-off-by: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitul...@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Dan Duval <dan.du...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Chuck Anderson <chuck.ander...@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <r...@redhat.com> --- kernel/audit.c | 5 ++++- 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c index 7b0e23a..772725e 100644 --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -103,7 +103,8 @@ static int audit_rate_limit; /* Number of outstanding audit_buffers allowed. */ static int audit_backlog_limit = 64; -static int audit_backlog_wait_time = 60 * HZ; +#define AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME (60 * HZ) +static int audit_backlog_wait_time = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME; static int audit_backlog_wait_overflow = 0; /* The identity of the user shutting down the audit system. */ @@ -1134,6 +1135,8 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp_mask, return NULL; } + audit_backlog_wait_time = AUDIT_BACKLOG_WAIT_TIME; + ab = audit_buffer_alloc(ctx, gfp_mask, type); if (!ab) { audit_log_lost("out of memory in audit_log_start"); -- 1.7.1 -- 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/