[PATCH 4/7] audit,wait: Fixup kauditd_thread wait loop

[Peter Zijlstra]

The kauditd_thread wait loop is a bit iffy; it has a number of problems:

 - calls try_to_freeze() before schedule(); you typically want the
   thread to re-evaluate the sleep condition when unfreezing, also
   freeze_task() issues a wakeup.

 - it unconditionally does the {add,remove}_wait_queue(), even when the
   sleep condition is false.

Use wait_event_freezable() that does the right thing.

Cc: mingo@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: oleg@xxxxxxxxxx
Cc: torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Eric Paris <eparis@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Mike Galbraith <umgwanakikbuti@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20141002102251.GA6324@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
 kernel/audit.c |   11 +----------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 10 deletions(-)

--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -499,7 +499,6 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 	set_freezable();
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
-		DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
 		flush_hold_queue();
 
@@ -514,16 +513,8 @@ static int kauditd_thread(void *dummy)
 				audit_printk_skb(skb);
 			continue;
 		}
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-		add_wait_queue(&kauditd_wait, &wait);
 
-		if (!skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue)) {
-			try_to_freeze();
-			schedule();
-		}
-
-		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-		remove_wait_queue(&kauditd_wait, &wait);
+		wait_event_freezable(kauditd_wait, skb_queue_len(&audit_skb_queue));
 	}
 	return 0;
 }


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