Re: detailed description of linux socket filter and sniffing problem

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Fri Jul 06 2001 - 06:23:19 EST

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> 5) so i remove the filter expression by means of setsockopt
> SO_DETACH_FILTER and then regenrate the bpfcode for the nw expression.
>
> 6) now i do a attach operation on the socket by means of setsockopt and
> so attach the new filter.

You can just issue a new SO_ATTACH_FILTER and it will swap them over rather
than having an 'all packets' time. You will have some buffered frames matching
the old filter
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