On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 2:55 PM Ricardo Robaina <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 2:52 PM Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Commit 84470b80b7b0 ("audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in > > audit_dupe_exe()") added a ctx parameter to audit_alloc_mark() and > > audit_dupe_exe() but did not update the macro stubs used when > > CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is not enabled, resulting in a build error for this > > configuration: > > > > kernel/auditfilter.c: In function 'audit_data_to_entry': > > kernel/auditfilter.c:592:85: error: macro 'audit_alloc_mark' passed 4 > > arguments, but takes just 3 > > 592 | audit_mark = > > audit_alloc_mark(&entry->rule, str, f_val, NULL); > > | > > ^ > > In file included from kernel/auditfilter.c:23: > > kernel/audit.h:327:9: note: macro 'audit_alloc_mark' defined here > > 327 | #define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)) > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > kernel/auditfilter.c:592:38: error: 'audit_alloc_mark' undeclared (first > > use in this function) > > 592 | audit_mark = > > audit_alloc_mark(&entry->rule, str, f_val, NULL); > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > kernel/auditfilter.c:592:38: note: 'audit_alloc_mark' is a function-like > > macro and might be used incorrectly > > kernel/auditfilter.c:592:38: note: each undeclared identifier is reported > > only once for each function it appears in > > kernel/auditfilter.c: In function 'audit_dupe_rule': > > kernel/auditfilter.c:879:59: error: macro 'audit_dupe_exe' passed 3 > > arguments, but takes just 2 > > 879 | err = audit_dupe_exe(new, old, ctx); > > | ^ > > kernel/audit.h:333:9: note: macro 'audit_dupe_exe' defined here > > 333 | #define audit_dupe_exe(n, o) (-EINVAL) > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > kernel/auditfilter.c:879:31: error: 'audit_dupe_exe' undeclared (first > > use in this function) > > 879 | err = audit_dupe_exe(new, old, ctx); > > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > kernel/auditfilter.c:879:31: note: 'audit_dupe_exe' is a function-like > > macro and might be used incorrectly > > > > Update the macros with the correct number of parameters to resolve the > > build error. > > > > Cc: [email protected] > > Fixes: 84470b80b7b0 ("audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in > > audit_dupe_exe()") > > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> > > --- > > kernel/audit.h | 4 ++-- > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/kernel/audit.h b/kernel/audit.h > > index f1a77aef4533..92d5e723d570 100644 > > --- a/kernel/audit.h > > +++ b/kernel/audit.h > > @@ -324,13 +324,13 @@ extern struct list_head *audit_killed_trees(void); > > #define audit_watch_path(w) "" > > #define audit_watch_compare(w, i, d) 0 > > > > -#define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)) > > +#define audit_alloc_mark(k, p, l, c) (ERR_PTR(-EINVAL)) > > #define audit_mark_path(m) "" > > #define audit_remove_mark(m) do { } while (0) > > #define audit_remove_mark_rule(k) do { } while (0) > > #define audit_mark_compare(m, i, d) 0 > > #define audit_exe_compare(t, m) (-EINVAL) > > -#define audit_dupe_exe(n, o) (-EINVAL) > > +#define audit_dupe_exe(n, o, c) (-EINVAL) > > > > #define audit_remove_tree_rule(rule) BUG() > > #define audit_add_tree_rule(rule) -EINVAL > > > > --- > > base-commit: 82bc8394b1aa74aedb9827da7730cfa6639716fd > > change-id: 20260527-audit-update-macro-stubs-6e4d8e8a826e > > > > Best regards, > > -- > > Cheers, > > Nathan > > > > Hi Nathan, > > Good catch, I did miss that! Looks good to me, thanks for fixing it. > > Acked-by: Ricardo Robaina <[email protected]>
Thanks Nathan! Do either of you mind if I squash these two patches together in the audit tree? I would preserve Nathan's sign-off line and add a comment at the end of the commit description about the fix provided by Nathan. -- paul-moore.com

