}
out_alloc:
- /* unable to find the name from a previous getname(). Allocate a new
- * anonymous entry.
- */
- n = audit_alloc_name(context, AUDIT_TYPE_NORMAL);
+ /* unable to find an entry with both a matching name and type */
+ n = audit_alloc_name(context, AUDIT_TYPE_UNKNOWN);
if (!n)
return;
+ if (name)
+ /* since name is not NULL we know there is already a matching
+ * name record, see audit_getname(), so there must be a type
+ * mismatch; reuse the string path since the original name
+ * record will keep the string valid until we free it in
+ * audit_free_names() */
+ n->name = name;
+
out:
if (parent) {
n->name_len = n->name ? parent_len(n->name->name) : AUDIT_NAME_FULL;