Re: pcap_read_linux_mmap is always blocking

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

On Jul 6, 2009, at 11:08 AM, Dragos Ilie wrote:

> My application is not setting the timeout.  This corresponds to the  
> case
> where p->md.timeout == 0. The function pcap_setnonblock_mmap first
> checks the nonblock flag and if it is set *and* if p->md.timeout > 0  
> it
> maps the value to p->md.timeout*-1 - 1

That should be "...*and* if p->md.timeout >= 0"; i.e.,  
pcap_setnonblock_mmap() should, when turning non-blocking mode on,  
treat all non-negative values, including 0, as meaning that non- 
blocking mode is currently not on.

I've checked into the main branch, and pushed, a change to do that.
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