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-rw-r--r--kernel/audit.c14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 8cc580316948..f9c6506536e6 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -644,6 +644,16 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
if (err)
return err;
+ /* As soon as there's any sign of userspace auditd,
+ * start kauditd to talk to it */
+ if (!kauditd_task)
+ kauditd_task = kthread_run(kauditd_thread, NULL, "kauditd");
+ if (IS_ERR(kauditd_task)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(kauditd_task);
+ kauditd_task = NULL;
+ return err;
+ }
+
seq = nlh->nlmsg_seq;
data = nlmsg_data(nlh);
@@ -895,10 +905,6 @@ static int __init audit_init(void)
else
audit_sock->sk_sndtimeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
- kauditd_task = kthread_run(kauditd_thread, NULL, "kauditd");
- if (IS_ERR(kauditd_task))
- return PTR_ERR(kauditd_task);
-
skb_queue_head_init(&audit_skb_queue);
skb_queue_head_init(&audit_skb_hold_queue);
audit_initialized = AUDIT_INITIALIZED;