Re: Setting BPF_SPECIAL_VLAN_HANDLING on a "dead" handle

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Jul 7, 2025, at 3:29 AM, Denis Ovsienko <denis () ovsienko info> wrote:

> Yes, and that version could be the same old pcap_compile() if the
> pcap_t contained the compilation style requests, as it already contains
> the link-layer type and the snapshot.

But that still requires pcap_open_dead(), which is somewhat of a greasy hack, as far as I'm concerned. If all you're 
using libpcap for is to generate cBPF code, a pcap_t seems to be extra baggage.
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