The patch below does not apply to the 3.10-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From f12cb2893069495726c21a4b0178705dacfecfe0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pontus Fuchs <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:00:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] nl80211: Reset split_start when netlink skb is exhausted When the netlink skb is exhausted split_start is left set. In the subsequent retry, with a larger buffer, the dump is continued from the failing point instead of from the beginning. This was causing my rt28xx based USB dongle to now show up when running "iw list" with an old iw version without split dump support. Cc: [email protected] Fixes: 3713b4e364ef ("nl80211: allow splitting wiphy information in dumps") Signed-off-by: Pontus Fuchs <[email protected]> [avoid the entire workaround when state->split is set] Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <[email protected]> diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index 7a742594916e..6ea960b1a8eb 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -1719,9 +1719,10 @@ static int nl80211_dump_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb) * We can then retry with the larger buffer. */ if ((ret == -ENOBUFS || ret == -EMSGSIZE) && - !skb->len && + !skb->len && !state->split && cb->min_dump_alloc < 4096) { cb->min_dump_alloc = 4096; + state->split_start = 0; rtnl_unlock(); return 1; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
