Add comments to "pcap_stats()" indicating what the counters mean on the

[libpcap] / pcap-linux.c

diff --git a/pcap-linux.c b/pcap-linux.c
index fd06df6a3ced532dc2015dd98abbff5e81448afa..ea8b30b9327fb296d1d3bc156d9d257ae7d78cb7 100644 (file)
--- a/pcap-linux.c
+++ b/pcap-linux.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  */
 #ifndef lint
 static const char rcsid[] =
-    "@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap-linux.c,v 1.59 2001-06-18 08:46:30 guy Exp $ (LBL)";
+    "@(#) $Header: /tcpdump/master/libpcap/pcap-linux.c,v 1.60 2001-07-29 01:22:41 guy Exp $ (LBL)";
 #endif
 
 /*
@@ -454,6 +454,11 @@ pcap_read_packet(pcap_t *handle, pcap_handler callback, u_char *userdata)
 int
 pcap_stats(pcap_t *handle, struct pcap_stat *stats)
 {
+       /*
+        * "ps_recv" counts only packets that passed the filter.
+        *
+        * "ps_drop" isn't maintained.
+        */
        *stats = handle->md.stat;
        return 0;
 }