Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Patch] Re: capture from a fifo

[Richard van der Hoff <richardv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Richard van der Hoff wrote:
> Richard van der Hoff wrote:
> > [tshark from a fifo]
> > Ulf - I notice you made the relevant change here (r16787) - is there 
> > any reason why tshark shouldn't use capture_loop_dispatch to do its 
> > processing, rather than attempting to use cap_pipe_dispatch or 
> > pcap_dispatch directly?
>
> well, there didn't seem to be, so I've made a patch which does exactly 
> this, and which fixes the problem.
>
> I've even gone so far as to add a unit test for it :).
>
> Please could this be applied?

oh, this patch also fixes a segfault in dumpcap's signal handler when 
you stop capturing from a fifo. I meant to submit it separately - but, 
well, it's done now...

Cheers

Rich


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