@@ -7930,7 +7930,15 @@ static int nl80211_dump_scan(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
wdev_lock(wdev);
spin_lock_bh(&rdev->bss_lock);
- cfg80211_bss_expire(rdev);
+
+ /*
+ * dump_scan will be called multiple times to break up the scan results
+ * into multiple messages. It is unlikely that any more bss-es will be
+ * expired after the first call, so only call only call this on the
+ * first dump_scan invocation.
+ */
+ if (start == 0)
+ cfg80211_bss_expire(rdev);
cb->seq = rdev->bss_generation;
Only invoke cfg80211_bss_expire on the first nl80211_dump_scan invocation to avoid (likely) redundant processing. Signed-off-by: Denis Kenzior <denkenz@gmail.com> --- net/wireless/nl80211.c | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)