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Re: [Wireshark-commits] rev 39775: /trunk/ /trunk/: CMakeLists.txt dumpcap.c


From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 13:30:11 -0800


On Nov 9, 2011, at 1:09 PM, Bill Meier wrote:

Any reason not to remove all the 'if (use_threads)' tests (just leaving the threads branches of the code) ??

I think the threading code was introduced by Michael Tuexen and Irene Rüngeler - Michael?  It appears that capturing on 
multiple interfaces simultaneously requires threads, so the question is whether there's any disadvantage to using a 
capture thread if you're only capturing on one interface.
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