Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:18:18 +0200 (EET) From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: mlaier@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/118150: pcap_stats() should be rate-limited Message-ID: <200711201518.lAKFIIHT004657@kobe.laptop> Resent-Message-ID: <200711201520.lAKFK1j4027938@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 118150 >Category: bin >Synopsis: pcap_stats() should be rate-limited >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 20 15:20:01 UTC 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Giorgos Keramidas >Release: FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD kobe 8.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT #0: Sun Nov 18 19:34:36 EET 2007 build@kobe:/home/build/obj/home/build/src/sys/KOBE i386 >Description: When tcpdump reads captured data from a file, hitting ^T results in an endless stream of: pcap_stats: Statistics aren't available from savefiles presumably one for each packet processed. These can generate a *lot* of output when processing large pcap input files, so we should try to limit their number or even better, to print the error just once. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: (working on it) >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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