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-rw-r--r--caputils/capture-pcap-util.c43
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/caputils/capture-pcap-util.c b/caputils/capture-pcap-util.c
index 01241158fa..a150ceebfe 100644
--- a/caputils/capture-pcap-util.c
+++ b/caputils/capture-pcap-util.c
@@ -1105,10 +1105,12 @@ open_capture_device_pcap_create(capture_options *capture_opts
g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
"pcap_create() returned %p.", (void *)pcap_h);
if (pcap_h != NULL) {
- g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
- "Calling pcap_set_snaplen() with snaplen %d.",
- interface_opts->snaplen);
- pcap_set_snaplen(pcap_h, interface_opts->snaplen);
+ if (interface_opts->has_snaplen) {
+ g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
+ "Calling pcap_set_snaplen() with snaplen %d.",
+ interface_opts->snaplen);
+ pcap_set_snaplen(pcap_h, interface_opts->snaplen);
+ }
g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
"Calling pcap_set_promisc() with promisc_mode %d.",
interface_opts->promisc_mode);
@@ -1205,12 +1207,24 @@ open_capture_device_pcap_open_live(interface_options *interface_opts,
int timeout, char (*open_err_str)[PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE])
{
pcap_t *pcap_h;
+ int snaplen;
+ if (interface_opts->have_snaplen)
+ snaplen = interface_opts->snaplen;
+ else {
+ /*
+ * Default - use the old maximum snapshot length, which
+ * should be big enough (libpcap didn't get D-Bus support
+ * until after it goet pcap_create()/pcap_activate(), so
+ * we don't have D-Bus support and don't have to worry
+ * about really huge packets).
+ */
+ snaplen = 262144;
+ }
g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
"pcap_open_live() calling using name %s, snaplen %d, promisc_mode %d.",
- interface_opts->name, interface_opts->snaplen,
- interface_opts->promisc_mode);
- pcap_h = pcap_open_live(interface_opts->name, interface_opts->snaplen,
+ interface_opts->name, snaplen, interface_opts->promisc_mode);
+ pcap_h = pcap_open_live(interface_opts->name, snaplen,
interface_opts->promisc_mode, timeout, *open_err_str);
g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
"pcap_open_live() returned %p.", (void *)pcap_h);
@@ -1319,17 +1333,28 @@ open_capture_device(capture_options *capture_opts,
* the only open routine that supports remote devices.
*/
if (strncmp (interface_opts->name, "rpcap://", 8) == 0) {
+ int snaplen;
+
auth.type = interface_opts->auth_type == CAPTURE_AUTH_PWD ?
RPCAP_RMTAUTH_PWD : RPCAP_RMTAUTH_NULL;
auth.username = interface_opts->auth_username;
auth.password = interface_opts->auth_password;
+ if (interface_opts->have_snaplen)
+ snaplen = interface_opts->snaplen;
+ else {
+ /*
+ * Default - use the old maximum snapshot length,
+ * which should be big enough, except for D-Bus.
+ */
+ snaplen = 262144;
+ }
g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG,
"Calling pcap_open() using name %s, snaplen %d, promisc_mode %d, datatx_udp %d, nocap_rpcap %d.",
- interface_opts->name, interface_opts->snaplen,
+ interface_opts->name, snaplen,
interface_opts->promisc_mode, interface_opts->datatx_udp,
interface_opts->nocap_rpcap);
- pcap_h = pcap_open(interface_opts->name, interface_opts->snaplen,
+ pcap_h = pcap_open(interface_opts->name, snaplen,
/* flags */
(interface_opts->promisc_mode ? PCAP_OPENFLAG_PROMISCUOUS : 0) |
(interface_opts->datatx_udp ? PCAP_OPENFLAG_DATATX_UDP : 0) |