Re: Multiple call to pcap_open_live

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

On Nov 17, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Benjamin Vanheuverzwijn <bvanheu () gmail com> wrote:

> libpcap version: 1.4.0 (on archlinux)
>
> Is it possible to have multiple call to "pcap_open_live()" followed by
> pcap_close() ?

Yes, modulo bugs in libpcap or libraries it uses.

> It seems like pcap_close() doesn't cleanly close opened resources, if you
> strace the following program, you will see file descriptors growing up.

Bug in the "support on Linux for USB-attached CANbus devices" code; fixed in the libpcap trunk, and will be fixed in 
the 1.5 release when it comes out.

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