[Linux-kernel-mentees] [PATCH v2] kernel: audit.c: Add __rcu notation to RCU pointer

[Richard Guy Briggs]

On 2019-11-29 21:07, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 09:02:03PM +0530, Amol Grover wrote:
> > add __rcu notation to RCU protected global pointer auditd_conn
> 
> Again, please use proper punctuation and captilization. This is unacceptable.
> Please put more effort into changelog.
> 
> Otherwise the patch diff itself looks good to me, with the above nit
> corrected, you could add my tag to the next revision:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel at joelfernandes.org>
> 
> thanks,
> 
>  - Joel
> 
> > 
> > Fixes multiple instances of sparse error:
> > error: incompatible types in comparison expression
> > (different address spaces)

Amol or Joel: Is there a reproducer recipe for this?

> > Signed-off-by: Amol Grover <frextrite at gmail.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > - fix erroneous RCU pointer initialization
> > 
> >  kernel/audit.c | 5 +++--
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
> > index da8dc0db5bd3..ff7cfc61f53d 100644
> > --- a/kernel/audit.c
> > +++ b/kernel/audit.c
> > @@ -102,12 +102,13 @@ struct audit_net {
> >   * This struct is RCU protected; you must either hold the RCU lock for reading
> >   * or the associated spinlock for writing.
> >   */
> > -static struct auditd_connection {
> > +struct auditd_connection {
> >  	struct pid *pid;
> >  	u32 portid;
> >  	struct net *net;
> >  	struct rcu_head rcu;
> > -} *auditd_conn = NULL;
> > +};
> > +static struct auditd_connection __rcu *auditd_conn;
> >  static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(auditd_conn_lock);
> >  
> >  /* If audit_rate_limit is non-zero, limit the rate of sending audit records
> > -- 
> > 2.24.0

- RGB

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