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| -rw-r--r-- | pcap-linux.c | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pcap-linux.c b/pcap-linux.c index 9b126a3a..0444d574 100644 --- a/pcap-linux.c +++ b/pcap-linux.c @@ -1412,8 +1412,7 @@ get_if_ioctl_socket(void) * kernels without IPv4 support. * * AF_INET6 will work *if* you have IPv6 configured into the - * kernel, but if you don't have AF_INET, you might not have - * AF_INET6, either. + * kernel. * * AF_PACKET would work, except that some of these calls should * work even if you *don't* have capture permission (you should be @@ -1440,6 +1439,8 @@ get_if_ioctl_socket(void) * likely to be configured out on a networking-capable system * than is IP; * + * if that fails, we try an AF_INET6 socket; + * * if that fails, we try an AF_INET socket. */ fd = socket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, NETLINK_GENERIC); @@ -1482,6 +1483,14 @@ get_if_ioctl_socket(void) } /* + * Now try an AF_INET6 socket. + */ + fd = socket(AF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); + if (fd != -1) { + return (fd); + } + + /* * Now try an AF_INET socket. * * XXX - if that fails, is there anything else we should try? |