Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] use tshark as part of one application

[Eloy Paris <peloy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

On 03/11/2010 05:19 PM, Jeff Morriss wrote:

[...]

> libwireshark is NOT thread safe.  If you're using multiple threads,
> you'd need one lock to prevent more than one thread from entering
> libwireshark simultaneously.

Indeed. I personally found that out while integrating libwireshark into 
netexpect. For one particular feature netexpect needs to dissect two 
packet simultaneously (or keep two dissection results in memory at the 
same time) so I ended up using a very ugly hack, which I still have had 
a chance to fix in a better way.

Are there any plans, or at least a desire, to make it thread-safe at 
some point in the future? Is there any README or wiki page that gives at 
least a big picture overview of what such a project would entail? I 
understand it's a big undertaking...

Cheers,

Eloy Paris.-
netexpect.org