Peeking BPF
Lev Walkin
vlm at netli.com
Tue Jun 29 10:07:25 PDT 2004
Ivan Voras wrote:
>
> I need to convert this code:
>
> ret = recvfrom(thisint->sockInt, &resultframe, 1520, MSG_PEEK, 0, 0);
> if (ret > 0) return TRUE;
>
> to use BPF. Essentialy, how to find out if a packet is available over
> the BPF interface?
try to read() it and read() will hang there until there is data in it.
alternatively, use poll() or select() to check for readability event.
char resultBuffer[65536];
ret = read(thisint->bpfInt, resultBuffer, sizeof(resultBuffer));
if(ret > 0) return TRUE;
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Lev Walkin
vlm at netli.com
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