2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 1823b7c63156..2cbf1682f63d 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1426,7 +1426,12 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
         netlink_dump(sk);
         sock_put(sk);
-        return 0;
+
+        /* We successfully started a dump, by returning -EINTR we
+         * signal the queue mangement to interrupt processing of
+         * any netlink messages so userspace gets a chance to read
+         * the results. */
+        return -EINTR;
 }
 
 void netlink_ack(struct sk_buff *in_skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, int err)
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 1b897bc92e61..fac2e7a6dbe4 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -323,11 +323,8 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
                 if (ops->dumpit == NULL)
                         return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-                err = netlink_dump_start(genl_sock, skb, nlh,
-                                         ops->dumpit, ops->done);
-                if (err == 0)
-                        err = -EINTR;
-                return err;
+                return netlink_dump_start(genl_sock, skb, nlh,
+                                          ops->dumpit, ops->done);
         }
 
         if (ops->doit == NULL)