Re: Unexpected primitive ack DL_UNITDATA_IND

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Jun 11, 2004, at 9:03 AM, Gordon Tyler wrote:

> So, the rough summary of all this is that it was unlucky timing that
> libpcap received a packet which it wasn't expecting?

The rough summary is that it's unlucky timing, but libpcap is *perhaps* 
doing something it doesn't need to do and, if it didn't do that, this 
might not happen.  I haven't had time to look at the DLPI 
specifications in detail to see whether either of the assertions in the 
second clause of the previous sentence are correct; Rick Jones probably 
hasn't had time, either.

> Is there anything I can do protect my application from this?

Not in your application.  A change to libpcap *might* make it not 
happen, although it *might* also cause other problems; we haven't had 
time to construct such a change or to, for example, test it on Solaris 
(and even if it works on some version of Solaris, it might not work on 
other versions or on other OSes that use DLPI).

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