This improves the time to get the DUMP response across to user space. Signed-off-by: Chaitanya T K <chaitanya.mgit@xxxxxxxxx> --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c index c264eff..152bd0c 100644 --- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c +++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c @@ -7636,6 +7636,10 @@ static int nl80211_testmode_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, } genlmsg_end(skb, hdr); + + /* Don't re-use skb, when we know nla_put fails*/ + if (skb->len > NLMSG_GOODSIZE / 2) + break; } err = skb->len; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html