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From:   Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
Date:   Mon, 22 Aug 2022 19:42:36 -0400
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Subject: Re: data-race in audit_log_start / audit_receive
To:     Gabriel Ryan <gabe@cs.columbia.edu>
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        linux-audit@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 4:09 PM Gabriel Ryan <gabe@cs.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> Thanks for taking the time to review our report! It sounds like there
> aren't severe negative impacts and patching to eliminate the race
> would impose unnecessary performance penalties so we'll mark this as
> benign for future reference.

I just want to reiterate that if you are seeing a serious problem
please let us know and we'll work with you to find a fix.

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