3.11-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 8ac1c8d5deba65513b6a82c35e89e73996c8e0d6 upstream. After commit 829199197a43 ("kernel/audit.c: avoid negative sleep durations") audit emitters will block forever if userspace daemon cannot handle backlog. After the timeout the waiting loop turns into busy loop and runs until daemon dies or returns back to work. This is a minimal patch for that bug. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Luiz Capitulino <lcapitulino@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Richard Guy Briggs <rgb@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Chuck Anderson <chuck.anderson@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Duval <dan.duval@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jonghwan Choi <jhbird.choi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- kernel/audit.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/kernel/audit.c +++ b/kernel/audit.c @@ -1117,9 +1117,10 @@ struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(str sleep_time = timeout_start + audit_backlog_wait_time - jiffies; - if ((long)sleep_time > 0) + if ((long)sleep_time > 0) { wait_for_auditd(sleep_time); - continue; + continue; + } } if (audit_rate_check() && printk_ratelimit()) printk(KERN_WARNING -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html