nl80211: Reset split_start when netlink skb is exhausted
authorPontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>
Thu, 16 Jan 2014 14:00:40 +0000 (15:00 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sat, 22 Feb 2014 21:32:25 +0000 (13:32 -0800)
commit f12cb2893069495726c21a4b0178705dacfecfe0 upstream.

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.

Fixes: 3713b4e364ef ("nl80211: allow splitting wiphy information in dumps")
Signed-off-by: Pontus Fuchs <pontus.fuchs@gmail.com>
[avoid the entire workaround when state->split is set]
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
net/wireless/nl80211.c

index 626dc3b5fd8d205305b8ddfecaf106c33adcb9d6..c2853bbf805963a1190b42bd108a8d1f2dceda11 100644 (file)
@@ -1655,9 +1655,10 @@ 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;
                                }