It's a libpcap issue. tcpdump just uses that lib and is not responsible for the problem introduced by libpcap. Other programs, not just tcpdump, will may show the described behaviour.
This report should stay here for reference. I've mailed to the libpcap people today a report, diagnostic and my approach to a fix. If I get no response, I'll open a libpcap report here. 2009-08-07 Thomas Osterried -- tcpdump consumes 100% CPU power https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/369288 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
