Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] use tshark as part of one application

From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:19:20 -0500
yassine antir wrote:
Hi,

i am working in one application where am using tshark. i have two issues to fix:

1) i am using the tshark code on my application so we can say in other words thark is the listening part of the application the application is multithreading one where multiple threads share the libwireshark librairies and use the same tshark functions the problem is that an assertion acquired (my case in ftypes file (don*t re-register) and probably there is more assertions afterwards) in case i am trying to create multiple threads

libwireshark is NOT thread safe. If you're using multiple threads, you'd need one lock to prevent more than one thread from entering libwireshark simultaneously.

2) the second issue is that i need to use functions of ringbuffer.h but i got undefined reference of it when linking although ringbuffer.c is part of the application i tried to define function as extern in the header but doesnt resolve problem

You mean that the application is linked against ringbuffer.o? What symbols give the problem?