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Max Englander b43870c74f audit: report audit wait metric in audit status reply 
In environments where the preservation of audit events and predictable
usage of system memory are prioritized, admins may use a combination of
--backlog_wait_time and -b options at the risk of degraded performance
resulting from backlog waiting. In some cases, this risk may be
preferred to lost events or unbounded memory usage. Ideally, this risk
can be mitigated by making adjustments when backlog waiting is detected.

However, detection can be difficult using the currently available
metrics. For example, an admin attempting to debug degraded performance
may falsely believe a full backlog indicates backlog waiting. It may
turn out the backlog frequently fills up but drains quickly.

To make it easier to reliably track degraded performance to backlog
waiting, this patch makes the following changes:

Add a new field backlog_wait_time_total to the audit status reply.
Initialize this field to zero. Add to this field the total time spent
by the current task on scheduled timeouts while the backlog limit is
exceeded. Reset field to zero upon request via AUDIT_SET.

Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 using complementary changes to the
audit-userspace and audit-testsuite:
- https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-userspace/pull/134
- https://github.com/linux-audit/audit-testsuite/pull/97

Signed-off-by: Max Englander <max.englander@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2020-07-21 11:21:44 -04:00
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bpf Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-13 16:27:13 -07:00
cgroup mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
configs compiler: remove CONFIG_OPTIMIZE_INLINING entirely 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
debug kernel: rename show_stack_loglvl() => show_stack() 2020-06-09 09:39:13 -07:00
dma dma-mapping updates for 5.8, part 1 2020-06-06 11:43:23 -07:00
events Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-09 09:54:46 -07:00
gcov treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
irq treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
kcsan kcsan: Support distinguishing volatile accesses 2020-06-11 20:04:01 +02:00
livepatch livepatch: Make klp_apply_object_relocs static 2020-05-11 00:31:38 +02:00
locking The X86 entry, exception and interrupt code rework 2020-06-13 10:05:47 -07:00
power treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
printk One more printk change for 5.8 2020-06-12 12:13:36 -07:00
rcu TTY/Serial driver updates for 5.8-rc1 2020-06-07 09:52:36 -07:00
sched Rebase locking/kcsan to locking/urgent 2020-06-11 20:02:46 +02:00
time The X86 entry, exception and interrupt code rework 2020-06-13 10:05:47 -07:00
trace Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-06-13 16:27:13 -07:00
.gitignore .gitignore: add SPDX License Identifier 2020-03-25 11:50:48 +01:00
acct.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
async.c
audit_fsnotify.c fsnotify: use helpers to access data by data_type 2020-03-23 18:19:06 +01:00
audit_tree.c audit: Use struct_size() helper in alloc_chunk 2020-06-17 16:43:11 -04:00
audit_watch.c \n 2020-04-06 08:58:42 -07:00
audit.c audit: report audit wait metric in audit status reply 2020-07-21 11:21:44 -04:00
audit.h audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditfilter.c audit: fix a net reference leak in audit_list_rules_send() 2020-04-22 15:23:10 -04:00
auditsc.c audit: issue CWD record to accompany LSM_AUDIT_DATA_* records 2020-07-08 19:02:11 -04:00
backtracetest.c
bounds.c
capability.c
compat.c uaccess: Selectively open read or write user access 2020-05-01 12:35:21 +10:00
configs.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
context_tracking.c context_tracking: Ensure that the critical path cannot be instrumented 2020-06-11 15:14:36 +02:00
cpu_pm.c kernel/cpu_pm: Fix uninitted local in cpu_pm 2020-05-15 11:44:34 -07:00
cpu.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
crash_core.c
crash_dump.c crash_dump: Remove no longer used saved_max_pfn 2020-04-15 11:21:54 +02:00
cred.c exec: Teach prepare_exec_creds how exec treats uids & gids 2020-05-20 14:44:21 -05:00
delayacct.c
dma.c
elfcore.c
exec_domain.c
exit.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
extable.c kernel/extable.c: use address-of operator on section symbols 2020-04-07 10:43:42 -07:00
fail_function.c
fork.c mmap locking API: convert nested write lock sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
freezer.c
futex.c mmap locking API: use coccinelle to convert mmap_sem rwsem call sites 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
gen_kheaders.sh kbuild: add variables for compression tools 2020-06-06 23:42:01 +09:00
groups.c mm: remove the pgprot argument to __vmalloc 2020-06-02 10:59:11 -07:00
hung_task.c kernel/hung_task.c: introduce sysctl to print all traces when a hung task is detected 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
iomem.c
irq_work.c irq_work, smp: Allow irq_work on call_single_queue 2020-05-28 10:54:15 +02:00
jump_label.c
kallsyms.c kallsyms: unexport kallsyms_lookup_name() and kallsyms_on_each_symbol() 2020-04-07 10:43:44 -07:00
kcmp.c kernel/kcmp.c: Use new infrastructure to fix deadlocks in execve 2020-03-25 10:04:01 -05:00
Kconfig.freezer
Kconfig.hz
Kconfig.locks
Kconfig.preempt
kcov.c kcov: check kcov_softirq in kcov_remote_stop() 2020-06-10 19:14:17 -07:00
kexec_core.c
kexec_elf.c
kexec_file.c kexec_file: don't place kexec images on IORESOURCE_MEM_DRIVER_MANAGED 2020-06-04 19:06:23 -07:00
kexec_internal.h
kexec.c
kheaders.c
kmod.c kmod: make request_module() return an error when autoloading is disabled 2020-04-10 15:36:22 -07:00
kprobes.c kernel/kprobes.c: convert to use DEFINE_SEQ_ATTRIBUTE macro 2020-06-04 19:06:26 -07:00
ksysfs.c
kthread.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2020-06-11 13:25:53 -07:00
latencytop.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
Makefile Notifications over pipes + Keyring notifications 2020-06-13 09:56:21 -07:00
module_signature.c
module_signing.c
module-internal.h
module.c module: move the set_fs hack for flush_icache_range to m68k 2020-06-08 11:05:58 -07:00
notifier.c mm: remove vmalloc_sync_(un)mappings() 2020-06-02 10:59:12 -07:00
nsproxy.c nsproxy: attach to namespaces via pidfds 2020-05-13 11:41:22 +02:00
padata.c padata: add basic support for multithreaded jobs 2020-06-03 20:09:45 -07:00
panic.c bug: Annotate WARN/BUG/stackfail as noinstr safe 2020-06-11 15:14:36 +02:00
params.c
pid_namespace.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net-next 2020-06-03 16:27:18 -07:00
pid.c remove the no longer needed pid_alive() check in __task_pid_nr_ns() 2020-04-30 06:40:14 -05:00
profile.c proc: convert everything to "struct proc_ops" 2020-02-04 03:05:26 +00:00
ptrace.c ptrace: reintroduce usage of subjective credentials in ptrace_has_cap() 2020-01-18 13:51:39 +01:00
range.c
reboot.c printk: Collapse shutdown types into a single dump reason 2020-05-30 10:34:03 -07:00
relay.c mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
resource.c /dev/mem: Revoke mappings when a driver claims the region 2020-05-27 11:10:05 +02:00
rseq.c
scs.c scs: Report SCS usage in bytes rather than number of entries 2020-06-04 16:14:56 +01:00
seccomp.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
signal.c Merge branch 'work.set_fs-exec' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2020-06-01 16:21:46 -07:00
smp.c The changes in this cycle are: 2020-06-03 13:06:42 -07:00
smpboot.c
smpboot.h
softirq.c x86/entry: Clarify irq_{enter,exit}_rcu() 2020-06-11 15:15:24 +02:00
stackleak.c
stacktrace.c
stop_machine.c stop_machine: Make stop_cpus() static 2020-01-17 10:19:21 +01:00
sys_ni.c
sys.c Add additional LSM hooks for SafeSetID 2020-06-14 11:39:31 -07:00
sysctl_binary.c
sysctl-test.c
sysctl.c kernel/sysctl.c: ignore out-of-range taint bits introduced via kernel.tainted 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
task_work.c task_work_run: don't take ->pi_lock unconditionally 2020-03-02 14:06:33 -07:00
taskstats.c
test_kprobes.c
torture.c CPU (hotplug) updates: 2020-03-30 18:06:39 -07:00
tracepoint.c
tsacct.c
ucount.c ucount: Make sure ucounts in /proc/sys/user don't regress again 2020-04-07 21:51:27 +02:00
uid16.c
uid16.h
umh.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net 2020-05-15 13:48:59 -07:00
up.c smp/up: Make smp_call_function_single() match SMP semantics 2020-02-07 15:34:12 +01:00
user_namespace.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
user-return-notifier.c
user.c user.c: make uidhash_table static 2020-06-04 19:06:24 -07:00
utsname_sysctl.c sysctl: pass kernel pointers to ->proc_handler 2020-04-27 02:07:40 -04:00
utsname.c nsproxy: add struct nsset 2020-05-09 13:57:12 +02:00
watch_queue.c Notifications over pipes + Keyring notifications 2020-06-13 09:56:21 -07:00
watchdog_hld.c
watchdog.c kernel/watchdog.c: convert {soft/hard}lockup boot parameters to sysctl aliases 2020-06-08 11:05:56 -07:00
workqueue_internal.h
workqueue.c workqueue: use BUILD_BUG_ON() for compile time test instead of WARN_ON() 2020-06-01 11:02:42 -04:00