]> The Tcpdump Group git mirrors - libpcap/blobdiff - pcap-npf.c
Update config.{guess,sub}, timestamps 2023-01-01,2023-01-21
[libpcap] / pcap-npf.c
index 0f220d64ff304b2179e16a8c5fd1df2d77133a3f..99b5981e5a571a97896bcc4ad2ebd5aaa8787c1f 100644 (file)
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ pcap_read_win32_dag(pcap_t *p, int cnt, pcap_handler callback, u_char *user)
                        }
                }
 
-               /* No underlaying filtering system. We need to filter on our own */
+               /* No underlying filtering system. We need to filter on our own */
                if (p->fcode.bf_insns)
                {
                        if (pcap_filter(p->fcode.bf_insns, dp, packet_len, caplen) == 0)
@@ -985,8 +985,6 @@ pcap_breakloop_npf(pcap_t *p)
 }
 
 /*
- * Vendor-specific error codes.
- *
  * These are NTSTATUS values:
  *
  *    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/windows_protocols/ms-erref/87fba13e-bf06-450e-83b1-9241dc81e781
@@ -995,15 +993,28 @@ pcap_breakloop_npf(pcap_t *p)
  * mapped to Windows error values in userland; they're returned by
  * GetLastError().
  *
- * Attempting to set non-promiscuous mode on a Microsoft Surface Pro's
- * Mobile Broadband Adapter returns an error; that error can safely be
- * ignored, as it's always in non-promiscuous mode.
+ * Note that "driver" here includes the Npcap NPF driver, as various
+ * versions would take NT status values and set the "Customer" bit
+ * before returning the status code.  The commit message for the
+ * change that started doing that is
+ *
+ *    Returned a customer-defined NTSTATUS in OID requests to avoid
+ *    NTSTATUS-to-Win32 Error code translation.
+ *
+ * but I don't know why the goal was to avoid that translation.
+ *
+ * Attempting to set the hardware filter on a Microsoft Surface Pro's
+ * Mobile Broadband Adapter returns an error that appears to be
+ * NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED ORed with the "Customer" bit, so it's
+ * probably indicating that it doesn't support that.
  *
  * It is likely that there are other devices which throw spurious errors,
  * at which point this will need refactoring to efficiently check against
- * a list, but for now we can just check this one value.
+ * a list, but for now we can just check this one value.  Perhaps the
+ * right way to do this is compare against various NDIS errors with
+ * the "customer" bit ORed in.
  */
-#define NPF_SURFACE_MOBILE_NONPROMISC  0xe00000bb
+#define NT_STATUS_CUSTOMER_DEFINED     0x20000000
 
 static int
 pcap_activate_npf(pcap_t *p)
@@ -1293,7 +1304,13 @@ pcap_activate_npf(pcap_t *p)
 
                        /*
                         * Suppress spurious error generated by non-compiant
-                        * MS Surface mobile adapters.
+                        * MS Surface mobile adapters that appear to
+                        * return NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED for attempts
+                        * to set the hardware filter.
+                        *
+                        * It appears to be reporting NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+                        * but with the NT status value "Customer" bit set;
+                        * the Npcap NPF driver sets that bit in some cases.
                         *
                         * If we knew that this meant "promiscuous mode
                         * isn't supported", we could add a "promiscuous
@@ -1315,8 +1332,17 @@ pcap_activate_npf(pcap_t *p)
                         * and rejecting it with an error could disrupt
                         * attempts to capture, as many programs (tcpdump,
                         * *shark) default to promiscuous mode.
+                        *
+                        * Alternatively, we could return the "promiscuous
+                        * mode not supported" *warning* value, so that
+                        * correct code will either ignore it or report
+                        * it and continue capturing.  (This may require
+                        * a pcap_init() flag to request that return
+                        * value, so that old incorrect programs that
+                        * assume a non-zero return from pcap_activate()
+                        * is an error don't break.)
                         */
-                       if (errcode != NPF_SURFACE_MOBILE_NONPROMISC)
+                       if (errcode != (NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED|NT_STATUS_CUSTOMER_DEFINED))
                        {
                                pcap_fmt_errmsg_for_win32_err(p->errbuf,
                                    PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, errcode,
@@ -1347,7 +1373,7 @@ pcap_activate_npf(pcap_t *p)
                         * Suppress spurious error generated by non-compiant
                         * MS Surface mobile adapters.
                         */
-                       if (errcode != NPF_SURFACE_MOBILE_NONPROMISC)
+                       if (errcode != (NDIS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED|NT_STATUS_CUSTOMER_DEFINED))
                        {
                                pcap_fmt_errmsg_for_win32_err(p->errbuf,
                                    PCAP_ERRBUF_SIZE, errcode,
@@ -2059,8 +2085,8 @@ get_if_flags(const char *name, bpf_u_int32 *flags, char *errbuf)
   #ifdef OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM_EX
                OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM_EX,
   #endif
-               OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM
-       };
+               OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM
+       };
 #define N_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM_OIDS     (sizeof gen_physical_medium_oids / sizeof gen_physical_medium_oids[0])
        size_t i;
 #endif /* OID_GEN_PHYSICAL_MEDIUM */
@@ -2113,7 +2139,7 @@ get_if_flags(const char *name, bpf_u_int32 *flags, char *errbuf)
                *flags |= PCAP_IF_WIRELESS;
 
                /*
-                * A "network assosiation state" makes no sense for airpcap.
+                * A "network association state" makes no sense for airpcap.
                 */
                *flags |= PCAP_IF_CONNECTION_STATUS_NOT_APPLICABLE;
                PacketCloseAdapter(adapter);
@@ -2372,7 +2398,7 @@ pcap_platform_finddevs(pcap_if_list_t *devlistp, char *errbuf)
                desc++;
 
        /*
-        * Found it - "desc" points to the first of the two
+        * Found it - "desc" points to the first of the two
         * nulls at the end of the list of names, so the
         * first byte of the list of descriptions is two bytes
         * after it.