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-rw-r--r--resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
index 01369f6076..10aecb8604 100644
--- a/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
+++ b/resolv/nss_dns/dns-host.c
@@ -1219,7 +1219,13 @@ gaih_getanswer (const querybuf *answer1, int anslen1, const querybuf *answer2,
&first);
if ((status == NSS_STATUS_SUCCESS || status == NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND
|| (status == NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN
- && (errno != ERANGE || *h_errnop != NO_RECOVERY)))
+ /* We want to look at the second answer in case of an
+ NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN only if the error is non-recoverable, i.e.
+ *h_errnop is NO_RECOVERY. If not, and if the failure was due to
+ an insufficient buffer (ERANGE), then we need to drop the results
+ and pass on the NSS_STATUS_TRYAGAIN to the caller so that it can
+ repeat the query with a larger buffer. */
+ && (*errnop != ERANGE || *h_errnop == NO_RECOVERY)))
&& answer2 != NULL && anslen2 > 0)
{
enum nss_status status2 = gaih_getanswer_slice(answer2, anslen2, qname,