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authornbd <nbd@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>2009-04-25 03:30:10 +0000
committernbd <nbd@3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73>2009-04-25 03:30:10 +0000
commitf1f21f8cef03d3df90454231ead06e7aefedb69d (patch)
tree0cb8cf2a6c37c2332e6c40f86b354db39253f62c /package/libpcap/patches/101-debian_fix_any_intf.patch
parent44c224833e54d6c11a747c991048bdc7270337f7 (diff)
pcap: update to version 1.0.0, add extension for changing the desired protocol for the internal raw socket (useful for reducing the cpu overhead of capture)
git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@15398 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73
Diffstat (limited to 'package/libpcap/patches/101-debian_fix_any_intf.patch')
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1 files changed, 149 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/libpcap/patches/101-debian_fix_any_intf.patch b/package/libpcap/patches/101-debian_fix_any_intf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8da6ef2237
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libpcap/patches/101-debian_fix_any_intf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+--- a/pcap-linux.c
++++ b/pcap-linux.c
+@@ -297,6 +297,12 @@ pcap_create(const char *device, char *eb
+ {
+ pcap_t *handle;
+
++ /*
++ * A null device name is equivalent to the "any" device.
++ */
++ if (device == NULL)
++ device = "any";
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_DAG_API
+ if (strstr(device, "dag")) {
+ return dag_create(device, ebuf);
+@@ -338,10 +344,9 @@ pcap_can_set_rfmon_linux(pcap_t *p)
+ struct iwreq ireq;
+ #endif
+
+- if (p->opt.source == NULL) {
++ if (strcmp(p->opt.source, "any") == 0) {
+ /*
+- * This is equivalent to the "any" device, and we don't
+- * support monitor mode on it.
++ * Monitor mode makes no sense on the "any" device.
+ */
+ return 0;
+ }
+@@ -518,12 +523,11 @@ pcap_activate_linux(pcap_t *handle)
+ handle->stats_op = pcap_stats_linux;
+
+ /*
+- * NULL and "any" are special devices which give us the hint to
+- * monitor all devices.
++ * The "any" device is a special device which causes us not
++ * to bind to a particular device and thus to look at all
++ * devices.
+ */
+- if (!device || strcmp(device, "any") == 0) {
+- device = NULL;
+- handle->md.device = strdup("any");
++ if (strcmp(device, "any") == 0) {
+ if (handle->opt.promisc) {
+ handle->opt.promisc = 0;
+ /* Just a warning. */
+@@ -531,10 +535,9 @@ pcap_activate_linux(pcap_t *handle)
+ "Promiscuous mode not supported on the \"any\" device");
+ status = PCAP_WARNING_PROMISC_NOTSUP;
+ }
++ }
+
+- } else
+- handle->md.device = strdup(device);
+-
++ handle->md.device = strdup(device);
+ if (handle->md.device == NULL) {
+ snprintf(handle->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "strdup: %s",
+ pcap_strerror(errno) );
+@@ -1657,19 +1660,21 @@ static int
+ activate_new(pcap_t *handle)
+ {
+ #ifdef HAVE_PF_PACKET_SOCKETS
++ const char *device = handle->opt.source;
++ int is_any_device = (strcmp(device, "any") == 0);
+ int sock_fd = -1, arptype, val;
+ int err = 0;
+ struct packet_mreq mr;
+- const char* device = handle->opt.source;
+
+ /*
+- * Open a socket with protocol family packet. If a device is
+- * given we try to open it in raw mode otherwise we use
+- * the cooked interface.
+- */
+- sock_fd = device ?
+- socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL))
+- : socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
++ * Open a socket with protocol family packet. If the
++ * "any" device was specified, we open a SOCK_DGRAM
++ * socket for the cooked interface, otherwise we first
++ * try a SOCK_RAW socket for the raw interface.
++ */
++ sock_fd = is_any_device ?
++ socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_DGRAM, htons(ETH_P_ALL)) :
++ socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, htons(ETH_P_ALL));
+
+ if (sock_fd == -1) {
+ snprintf(handle->errbuf, PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, "socket: %s",
+@@ -1704,7 +1709,7 @@ activate_new(pcap_t *handle)
+ * to cooked mode if we have an unknown interface type
+ * or a type we know doesn't work well in raw mode.
+ */
+- if (device) {
++ if (!is_any_device) {
+ /* Assume for now we don't need cooked mode. */
+ handle->md.cooked = 0;
+
+@@ -1819,15 +1824,23 @@ activate_new(pcap_t *handle)
+ }
+ } else {
+ /*
+- * This is cooked mode.
++ * The "any" device.
++ */
++ if (handle->opt.rfmon) {
++ /*
++ * It doesn't support monitor mode.
++ */
++ return PCAP_ERROR_RFMON_NOTSUP;
++ }
++
++ /*
++ * It uses cooked mode.
+ */
+ handle->md.cooked = 1;
+ handle->linktype = DLT_LINUX_SLL;
+
+ /*
+ * We're not bound to a device.
+- * XXX - true? Or true only if we're using
+- * the "any" device?
+ * For now, we're using this as an indication
+ * that we can't transmit; stop doing that only
+ * if we figure out how to transmit in cooked
+@@ -1852,10 +1865,13 @@ activate_new(pcap_t *handle)
+
+ /*
+ * Hmm, how can we set promiscuous mode on all interfaces?
+- * I am not sure if that is possible at all.
++ * I am not sure if that is possible at all. For now, we
++ * silently ignore attempts to turn promiscuous mode on
++ * for the "any" device (so you don't have to explicitly
++ * disable it in programs such as tcpdump).
+ */
+
+- if (device && handle->opt.promisc) {
++ if (!is_any_device && handle->opt.promisc) {
+ memset(&mr, 0, sizeof(mr));
+ mr.mr_ifindex = handle->md.ifindex;
+ mr.mr_type = PACKET_MR_PROMISC;
+@@ -3118,7 +3134,7 @@ activate_old(pcap_t *handle)
+
+ /* Bind to the given device */
+
+- if (!device) {
++ if (strcmp(device, "any") == 0) {
+ strncpy(handle->errbuf, "pcap_activate: The \"any\" device isn't supported on 2.0[.x]-kernel systems",
+ PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE);
+ return PCAP_ERROR;