[RFC] AUDIT: do not panic when printk loses messages

[linux-2.6-omap-h63xx.git] / kernel / audit.c

diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 2eeea9a142408a156f0897a75c81343a5619c07c..6d7175c1e87806b8f8d5c47b13ddb068cbb40299 100644 (file)
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -170,7 +170,9 @@ void audit_panic(const char *message)
                        printk(KERN_ERR "audit: %s\n", message);
                break;
        case AUDIT_FAIL_PANIC:
-               panic("audit: %s\n", message);
+               /* test audit_pid since printk is always losey, why bother? */
+               if (audit_pid)
+                       panic("audit: %s\n", message);
                break;
        }
 }
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
                                if (err < 0) {
                                        BUG_ON(err != -ECONNREFUSED); /* Shoudn't happen */
                                        printk(KERN_ERR "audit: *NO* daemon at audit_pid=%d\n", audit_pid);
+                                       audit_log_lost("auditd dissapeared\n");
                                        audit_pid = 0;
                                }
                        } else {