pcap_set_immediate_mode(3pcap) — Linux manual page

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PCAP_SET_IMMEDIATE_MODE(3PCAP)            PCAP_SET_IMMEDIATE_MODE(3PCAP)

NAME         top

       pcap_set_immediate_mode - set immediate mode for a not-yet-
       activated capture handle

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <pcap/pcap.h>

       int pcap_set_immediate_mode(pcap_t *p, int immediate_mode);

DESCRIPTION         top

       pcap_set_immediate_mode() sets whether immediate mode should be
       set on a capture handle when the handle is activated.  In
       immediate mode, packets are always delivered as soon as they
       arrive, with no buffering.  If immediate_mode is non-zero,
       immediate mode will be set, otherwise it will not be set.

RETURN VALUE         top

       pcap_set_immediate_mode() returns 0 on success or
       PCAP_ERROR_ACTIVATED if called on a capture handle that has been
       activated.

BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY         top

       This function became available in libpcap release 1.5.0.  In
       previous releases, if immediate delivery of packets is required:

              on FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFly BSD, macOS, and
              Solaris 11, immediate mode must be turned on with a
              BIOCIMMEDIATE ioctl(2), as documented in bpf(4), on the
              descriptor returned by pcap_fileno(3PCAP), after
              pcap_activate(3PCAP) is called;

              on Solaris 10 and earlier versions of Solaris, immediate
              mode must be turned on by using a read timeout of 0 when
              opening the device (this will not provide immediate
              delivery of packets on other platforms, so don't assume
              it's sufficient);

              on Windows, immediate mode must be turned on by calling
              pcap_setmintocopy() with a size of 0.

       On Linux, with previous releases of libpcap, capture devices are
       always in immediate mode; however, in 1.5.0 and later, they are,
       by default, not in immediate mode, so if
       pcap_set_immediate_mode() is available, it should be used.

       On other platforms, capture devices are always in immediate mode.

SEE ALSO         top

       pcap(3PCAP), pcap_create(3PCAP), pcap_activate(3PCAP)

COLOPHON         top

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