On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 12:37:46PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:44:59 +0100 > Stefan Hajnoczi <stefa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 05:56:20PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote: > > > diff --git a/net/net.c b/net/net.c > > > index cc36c7b..8871b77 100644 > > > --- a/net/net.c > > > +++ b/net/net.c > > > @@ -568,6 +568,12 @@ ssize_t qemu_deliver_packet(NetClientState *sender, > > > return 0; > > > } > > > > > > + if (nc->netdev_dump_enabled) { > > > + net_dump_receive(nc, data, size); > > > + } else if (sender->netdev_dump_enabled) { > > > + net_dump_receive(sender, data, size); > > > + } > ... > > Perhaps dumping should happen after ->receive() has returned size. If > > ->receive() returns -1 the packet is discarded, and if it returns 0 the > > packet is queued (not delivered yet). > > > > If you dump unconditionally before ->receive() you will see queued > > packets dumped multiple times (each time the queue gets flushed). > > I've now tried this, but then I suddenly get the packets in the wrong > order in the dump file (when using slirp networking), e.g.: > > 1 0.000000 10.0.2.2 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP 590 DHCP Offer > 2 0.000012 0.0.0.0 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP 342 DHCP Discover > > instead of: > > 1 0.000000 0.0.0.0 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP 342 DHCP Discover > 2 0.000035 10.0.2.2 -> 255.255.255.255 DHCP 590 DHCP Offer > > Looks like with slirp, the answer is already sent before the initial > receive() function returns? > > Any idea how to avoid that issue? If not, I think I'll simply keep the > dump hooks before calling the receive functions.
I see. So either way the packet capture will be misleading. Please leave add a comment to the code mentioning that either queued packets are duplicated or slirp traffic is out-of-order. That way we won't forget why the code is the way it is. Stefan
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