Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] IMA: Add audit log for failure conditions

[Lakshmi Ramasubramanian <nramas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/23/20 12:58 PM, Mimi Zohar wrote:

Hi Steve\Paul,

> > Sample audit messages:
> >
> > [    6.303048] audit: type=1804 audit(1592506281.627:2): pid=1 uid=0
> > auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=kernel op=measuring_key
> > cause=ENOMEM comm="swapper/0" name=".builtin_trusted_keys" res=0
> > errno=-12
>
> My only concern is that auditing -ENOMEM will put additional memory
> pressure on the system.  I'm not sure if this is a concern and, if so,
> how it should be handled.

Do you have any concerns with respect to adding audit messages in low 
memory conditions?

> Reviewed-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks Mimi

 -lakshmi