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Re: [PATCH] nl80211: Don't touch split_start when split dump is not used

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On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 14:18 +0100, Pontus Fuchs wrote:
> On 2014-01-16 14:16, Johannes Berg wrote:
> > On Thu, 2014-01-16 at 14:06 +0100, Pontus Fuchs wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> >> +static void split_start_inc(struct nl80211_dump_wiphy_state *state)
> >> +{
> >> +	if (state->split)
> >> +		state->split_start++;
> >> +}
> >
> > Wouldn't it be easier to just reset it in this case?
> 
> Sure. If you prefer that I can do that instead.

Just thinking that it'd be smaller and easier for stable, since it
should probably be tagged for there.

johannes

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