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)
committerJohannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com>
Thu, 6 Feb 2014 08:55:17 +0000 (09:55 +0100)
commitf12cb2893069495726c21a4b0178705dacfecfe0
tree5678173217dedde3d552221d9c7c602d50d75a61
parent2f617435c3a6fe3f39efb9ae2baa77de2d6c97b8
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: stable@vger.kernel.org
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>
net/wireless/nl80211.c