On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 1:58 PM Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 1/26/2021 10:42 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > > On 2021-01-26 08:41, Casey Schaufler wrote: > >> Standalone audit records have the timestamp and serial number generated > >> on the fly and as such are unique, making them standalone. This new > >> function audit_alloc_local() generates a local audit context that will > >> be used only for a standalone record and its auxiliary record(s). The > >> context is discarded immediately after the local associated records are > >> produced. > >> > >> Signed-off-by: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> > >> Signed-off-by: Casey Schaufler <casey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Cc: linux-audit@xxxxxxxxxx > >> To: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > This has been minorly bothering me for several revisions... Is there a > > way for the development/authorship to be accurately reflected > > if/when this patch is merged before the contid patch set? > > I don't know the right way to do that because I had to pull > some of what was in the original patch out. Any way you would > like it done is fine with me. I'm not sure if there is one perfect way. I typically see either a "From: " line if the author is different from the submitter, or in more complex cases such as this it seems like a simple note giving credit in the description might be the best option. -- paul moore www.paul-moore.com
