[PATCH V6 1/2] audit: eliminate unnecessary extra layer of watch references

[Richard Guy Briggs]

On 15/07/16, Paul Moore wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 11:40:41 AM Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > The audit watch count was imbalanced, adding an unnecessary layer of watch
> > references.  Only add the second reference when it is added to a parent.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb at redhat.com>
> > ---
> >  kernel/audit_watch.c |    5 ++---
> >  kernel/auditfilter.c |    9 ---------
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> Nice catch, we never needed that extra refcnt bump in audit_to_watch().  One 
> minor comment below...
> 
> > diff --git a/kernel/auditfilter.c b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > index 72e1660..74cc077 100644
> > --- a/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > +++ b/kernel/auditfilter.c
> > @@ -549,8 +549,6 @@ 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);
> > @@ -933,11 +931,7 @@ static inline int audit_add_rule(struct audit_entry
> > *entry) #endif
> >  	mutex_unlock(&audit_filter_mutex);
> > 
> > - 	return 0;
> > -
> >  error:
> > -	if (watch)
> > -		audit_put_watch(watch); /* tmp watch, matches initial get */
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> 
> Since the error label is now just a "return err;", how about removing the 
> label entirely and replacing the gotos with returns?

Yup, sounds reasonable.

> paul moore

- RGB

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