[PATCH] Audit Filter Performance
While testing the watch performance, I noticed that selinux_task_ctxid()
was creeping into the results more than it should. Investigation showed
that the function call was being called whether it was needed or not. The
below patch fixes this.
Signed-off-by: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index a300736..1c03a4e 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -168,11 +168,9 @@
struct audit_context *ctx,
enum audit_state *state)
{
- int i, j;
+ int i, j, need_sid = 1;
u32 sid;
- selinux_task_ctxid(tsk, &sid);
-
for (i = 0; i < rule->field_count; i++) {
struct audit_field *f = &rule->fields[i];
int result = 0;
@@ -271,11 +269,16 @@
match for now to avoid losing information that
may be wanted. An error message will also be
logged upon error */
- if (f->se_rule)
+ if (f->se_rule) {
+ if (need_sid) {
+ selinux_task_ctxid(tsk, &sid);
+ need_sid = 0;
+ }
result = selinux_audit_rule_match(sid, f->type,
f->op,
f->se_rule,
ctx);
+ }
break;
case AUDIT_ARG0:
case AUDIT_ARG1:
