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| author | Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> | 2022-12-08 12:25:40 -0800 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <gharris@sonic.net> | 2022-12-08 12:25:40 -0800 |
| commit | 44e5b6527690b1f7f74ce828da4cbe06bc7b0acf (patch) | |
| tree | 32dfc455707eff96d436dd1638fca1d7af29138b | |
| parent | 6795eae85bd54980c78c085591bafe7436bae174 (diff) | |
pcap_breakloop(3PCAP): describe behavior of versions in older libpcaps. [skip cp]
| -rw-r--r-- | pcap_breakloop.3pcap | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pcap_breakloop.3pcap b/pcap_breakloop.3pcap index f2fc6e80..6b7e38fc 100644 --- a/pcap_breakloop.3pcap +++ b/pcap_breakloop.3pcap @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ .\" WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. .\" -.TH PCAP_BREAKLOOP 3PCAP "7 December 2022" +.TH PCAP_BREAKLOOP 3PCAP "8 December 2022" .SH NAME pcap_breakloop \- force a pcap_dispatch() or pcap_loop() call to return .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -137,5 +137,12 @@ If a positive number is returned, the flag is not cleared, so a subsequent call will return .B PCAP_ERROR_BREAK and clear the flag. +.SH BACKWARD COMPATIBILITY +.PP +This function became available in libpcap release 0.8.1. +.PP +In releases prior to libpcap 1.10.0, +.BR pcap_breakloop () +will not wake up a blocked thread on any platform. .SH SEE ALSO .BR pcap (3PCAP) |