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Refactor reentrant flag to be set during channel creation. #1738

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Renamed private overload of `openSingleRxChannel` to `openSingleRxCha…
Dimi1010 Mar 23, 2025
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Changed `m_ReentrantMode` to be set when opening the channels instead…
Dimi1010 Mar 23, 2025
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Dimi1010 Apr 2, 2025
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Merge branch 'dev' into refactor/pf-ring-reenterant-flag
Dimi1010 Apr 2, 2025
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Merge 'dev' into 'refactor/pf-ring-reenterant-flag'
Dimi1010 Apr 4, 2025
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Pcap++/header/PfRingDevice.h
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Expand Up @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ namespace pcpp
bool initCoreConfigurationByCoreMask(CoreMask coreMask);
void captureThreadMain(std::shared_ptr<StartupBlock> startupBlock);

int openSingleRxChannel(const char* deviceName, pfring*& ring);
int openSingleRxChannelImpl(const char* deviceName, pfring*& ring, bool useReenterant = false);

bool getIsHwClockEnable()
{
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26 changes: 17 additions & 9 deletions Pcap++/src/PfRingDevice.cpp
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Expand Up @@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ namespace pcpp
m_NumOfOpenedRxChannels = 0;

PCPP_LOG_DEBUG("Trying to open device [" << m_DeviceName << "]");
int res = openSingleRxChannel(m_DeviceName.c_str(), m_PfRingDescriptors[0]);
int res = openSingleRxChannelImpl(m_DeviceName.c_str(), m_PfRingDescriptors[0]);
if (res == 0)
{
PCPP_LOG_DEBUG("Succeeded opening device [" << m_DeviceName << "]");
m_NumOfOpenedRxChannels = 1;
// Set reentrant mode to false as the channel is opened without the PF_RING_REENTRANT flag.
m_ReentrantMode = false;
m_DeviceOpened = true;
return true;
}
Expand All @@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ namespace pcpp
return openMultiRxChannels(channelIds, 1);
}

int PfRingDevice::openSingleRxChannel(const char* deviceName, pfring*& ring)
int PfRingDevice::openSingleRxChannelImpl(const char* deviceName, pfring*& ring, bool useReenterant)
{
if (m_DeviceOpened)
{
Expand All @@ -102,6 +104,11 @@ namespace pcpp
}

uint32_t flags = PF_RING_PROMISC | PF_RING_HW_TIMESTAMP | PF_RING_DNA_SYMMETRIC_RSS;
if (useReenterant)
{
flags |= PF_RING_REENTRANT;
}

ring = pfring_open(deviceName, DEFAULT_PF_RING_SNAPLEN, flags);

if (ring == nullptr)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -177,7 +184,9 @@ namespace pcpp
std::string ringName = ringNameStream.str();
PCPP_LOG_DEBUG("Trying to open device [" << m_DeviceName << "] on channel [" << channelId
<< "]. Channel name [" << ringName << "]");
int res = openSingleRxChannel(ringName.c_str(), m_PfRingDescriptors[i]);
// todo: Shouldn't we use the reentrant mode here? We are opening multiple channels?
// todo: Potentially only open in reenterant mode if creating N > 1 channels?
int res = openSingleRxChannelImpl(ringName.c_str(), m_PfRingDescriptors[i]);
if (res == 0)
{
PCPP_LOG_DEBUG("Succeeded opening device [" << m_DeviceName << "] on channel [" << channelId
Expand All @@ -199,7 +208,7 @@ namespace pcpp
{
// if an error occurred, close all rings from index=0 to index=m_NumOfOpenedRxChannels-1
// there's no need to close m_PfRingDescriptors[m_NumOfOpenedRxChannels] because it has already been
// closed by openSingleRxChannel
// closed by openSingleRxChannelImpl
for (int i = 0; i < m_NumOfOpenedRxChannels - 1; i++)
{
pfring_close(m_PfRingDescriptors[i]);
Expand All @@ -209,6 +218,8 @@ namespace pcpp
return false;
}

// Set reentrant mode to false as the channels are opened without the PF_RING_REENTRANT flag.
m_ReentrantMode = false;
m_DeviceOpened = true;

return true;
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}

m_NumOfOpenedRxChannels = ringsOpen;

// Set reentrant mode to true as the channels are opened with the PF_RING_REENTRANT flag.
m_ReentrantMode = true;
m_DeviceOpened = true;
return true;
}
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if (!m_CoreConfiguration[coreId].IsInUse)
continue;

m_ReentrantMode = true;

m_OnPacketsArriveCallback = onPacketsArrive;
m_OnPacketsArriveUserCookie = onPacketsArriveUserCookie;

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -545,8 +555,6 @@ namespace pcpp

m_StopThread = false;

m_ReentrantMode = false;

std::shared_ptr<StartupBlock> startupBlock = std::make_shared<StartupBlock>();

m_CoreConfiguration[0].IsInUse = true;
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