[tcpdump-workers] Re: Setting BPF_SPECIAL_VLAN_HANDLING on a "dead" handle

2025-07-08 Thread Stephen Hemminger via tcpdump-workers
--- Begin Message --- On Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:05:01 -0700 Guy Harris wrote: > On Jul 4, 2025, at 8:55 AM, Bill Fenner wrote: > > > We may know that we will be using this code on a kernel that > > requires BPF_SPECIAL_VLAN_HANDLING, and so I'd like to be able to set that > > flag on a "dead" handl

Re: [tcpdump-workers] vlan tagged packets and libpcap breakage

2012-12-13 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:36:33 -0800 (PST) Ani Sinha wrote: > > > > It is possible to test for the presence of support of the new vlan bpf > > extensions by attempting to load a filter that uses them. As only valid > > filters can be loaded, old kernels that do not support filtering of vlan > > ta

Re: [tcpdump-workers] twice past the taps, thence out to net?

2011-12-15 Thread Stephen Hemminger
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:32:56 -0800 Rick Jones wrote: > > > More exactly, we call dev_queue_xmit_nit() from dev_hard_start_xmit() > > _before_ giving skb to device driver. > > > > If device driver returns NETDEV_TX_BUSY, and a qdisc was setup on the > > device, packet is requeued. > > > > Later,