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-rw-r--r--kernel/auditsc.c10
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index d3d499272d13..b613ec89e99c 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -704,10 +704,14 @@ void audit_free(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
struct audit_context *context;
- task_lock(tsk);
+ /*
+ * No need to lock the task - when we execute audit_free()
+ * then the task has no external references anymore, and
+ * we are tearing it down. (The locking also confuses
+ * DEBUG_LOCKDEP - this freeing may occur in softirq
+ * contexts as well, via RCU.)
+ */
context = audit_get_context(tsk, 0, 0);
- task_unlock(tsk);
-
if (likely(!context))
return;