Re: [tcpdump-workers] pcap_loop() not returning after pcap_breakloop()

Hi, Expected, yes. Linux's packet capture mechanism doesn't have the timeouts that the WinPcap driver, BPF, etc. do. I thought (and i have a programm running with this) that you can use the to_ms value in pcap_open_live() to set such a timeout. The value won't be interpreted by some OS'ses

Re: [tcpdump-workers] pcap_loop() not returning after pcap_breakloop()

If pcap_breakloop() is called in a signal handler, and the signal in question isn't set up to restart system calls, that should let the loop terminate cleanly. If it's not called in a signal handler, i.e. if there's no signal that was delivered to the process, that won't help. Can I

Re: [tcpdump-workers] pcap_loop() not returning after

Richard Hansen wrote: If pcap_breakloop() is called in a signal handler, and the signal in question isn't set up to restart system calls, that should let the loop terminate cleanly. If it's not called in a signal handler, i.e. if there's no signal that was delivered to the process, that