Eliminate some unneeded header checks.
[metze/wireshark/wip.git] / dumpcap.c
index 05c0ed6a9e337b759716a9a37db63a67ae4d98be..3b5592cd8b65a92515adeec63523b5c5bcbb2d41 100644 (file)
--- a/dumpcap.c
+++ b/dumpcap.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org>
  * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
  *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
- * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
- * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
  */
 
 #include <config.h>
@@ -27,9 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <string.h>
 
-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
-# include <sys/types.h>
-#endif
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include "wsutil/os_version_info.h"
 #include "wsutil/str_util.h"
 #include "wsutil/inet_addr.h"
+#include "wsutil/time_util.h"
 
 #include "caputils/ws80211_utils.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
 #include "extcap.h"
-#endif
 
 /*
  * Get information about libpcap format from "wiretap/libpcap.h".
  */
 #include "wiretap/libpcap.h"
 #include "wiretap/pcapng_module.h"
+#include "wiretap/pcapng.h"
 
 /**#define DEBUG_DUMPCAP**/
 /**#define DEBUG_CHILD_DUMPCAP**/
@@ -159,32 +145,6 @@ static void capture_loop_stop(void);
 /** Close a pipe, or socket if \a from_socket is TRUE */
 static void cap_pipe_close(int pipe_fd, gboolean from_socket _U_);
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-/*
- * Enable kernel BPF JIT compiler if available.
- * If any calls fail, just drive on - the JIT compiler might not be
- * enabled, but filtering will still work, and it's not clear what
- * we could do if the calls fail; should we just report the error
- * and not continue to capture, should we report it as a warning, or
- * what?
- */
-static void
-enable_kernel_bpf_jit_compiler(void)
-{
-    int fd;
-    ssize_t written _U_;
-    static const char file[] = "/proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable";
-
-    fd = ws_open(file, O_WRONLY);
-    if (fd < 0)
-        return;
-
-    written = ws_write(fd, "1", strlen("1"));
-
-    ws_close(fd);
-}
-#endif
-
 #if !defined (__linux__)
 #ifndef HAVE_PCAP_BREAKLOOP
 /*
@@ -262,6 +222,19 @@ typedef enum {
     PIPNEXIST
 } cap_pipe_err_t;
 
+typedef struct _pcap_pipe_info {
+    struct pcap_hdr              hdr;       /**< Pcap header when capturing from a pipe */
+    struct pcaprec_modified_hdr  rechdr;    /**< Pcap record header when capturing from a pipe */
+} pcap_pipe_info_t;
+
+typedef struct _pcapng_pipe_info {
+    struct pcapng_block_header_s         bh;  /**< Pcapng general block header when capturing from a pipe */
+    struct pcapng_section_header_block_s shb; /**< Pcapng section header when capturing from a pipe */
+    GList  *saved_blocks;                     /**< Pcapng block list of SHB and IDBs for multi_file_on */
+} pcapng_pipe_info_t;
+
+struct _loop_data; /* forward declaration so we can use it in the cap_pipe_dispatch function pointer */
+
 /*
  * A source of packets from which we're capturing.
  */
@@ -282,8 +255,11 @@ typedef struct _capture_src {
                                                          /**< capture pipe (unix only "input file") */
     gboolean                     from_cap_pipe;          /**< TRUE if we are capturing data from a capture pipe */
     gboolean                     from_cap_socket;        /**< TRUE if we're capturing from socket */
-    struct pcap_hdr              cap_pipe_hdr;           /**< Pcap header when capturing from a pipe */
-    struct pcaprec_modified_hdr  cap_pipe_rechdr;        /**< Pcap record header when capturing from a pipe */
+    gboolean                     from_pcapng;            /**< TRUE if we're capturing from pcapng format */
+    union {
+        pcap_pipe_info_t         pcap;                   /**< Pcap info when capturing from a pipe */
+        pcapng_pipe_info_t       pcapng;                 /**< Pcapng info when capturing from a pipe */
+    } cap_pipe_info;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     HANDLE                       cap_pipe_h;             /**< The handle of the capture pipe */
 #endif
@@ -301,6 +277,7 @@ typedef struct _capture_src {
     size_t                       cap_pipe_bytes_to_read; /**< Used by cap_pipe_dispatch */
     size_t                       cap_pipe_bytes_read;    /**< Used by cap_pipe_dispatch */
 #endif
+    int (*cap_pipe_dispatch)(struct _loop_data *, struct _capture_src *, char *, int);
     cap_pipe_state_t cap_pipe_state;
     cap_pipe_err_t cap_pipe_err;
 
@@ -333,7 +310,10 @@ typedef struct _loop_data {
 
 typedef struct _pcap_queue_element {
     capture_src        *pcap_src;
-    struct pcap_pkthdr  phdr;
+    union {
+        struct pcap_pkthdr  phdr;
+        struct pcapng_block_header_s  bh;
+    } u;
     u_char             *pd;
 } pcap_queue_element;
 
@@ -400,8 +380,13 @@ static void capture_loop_write_packet_cb(u_char *pcap_src_p, const struct pcap_p
                                          const u_char *pd);
 static void capture_loop_queue_packet_cb(u_char *pcap_src_p, const struct pcap_pkthdr *phdr,
                                          const u_char *pd);
-static void capture_loop_get_errmsg(char *errmsg, int errmsglen, const char *fname,
-                                    int err, gboolean is_close);
+static void capture_loop_write_pcapng_cb(capture_src *pcap_src, const struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh, const u_char *pd);
+static void capture_loop_queue_pcapng_cb(capture_src *pcap_src, const struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh, const u_char *pd);
+static void capture_loop_get_errmsg(char *errmsg, size_t errmsglen,
+                                    char *secondary_errmsg,
+                                    size_t secondary_errmsglen,
+                                    const char *fname, int err,
+                                    gboolean is_close);
 
 static void WS_NORETURN exit_main(int err);
 
@@ -413,58 +398,6 @@ static void report_cfilter_error(capture_options *capture_opts, guint i, const c
 
 #define MSG_MAX_LENGTH 4096
 
-/* Copied from pcapio.c pcapng_write_interface_statistics_block()*/
-static guint64
-create_timestamp(void) {
-    guint64  timestamp;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    FILETIME now;
-#else
-    struct timeval now;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    /*
-     * Current time, represented as 100-nanosecond intervals since
-     * January 1, 1601, 00:00:00 UTC.
-     *
-     * I think DWORD might be signed, so cast both parts of "now"
-     * to guint32 so that the sign bit doesn't get treated specially.
-     *
-     * Windows 8 provides GetSystemTimePreciseAsFileTime which we
-     * might want to use instead.
-     */
-    GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(&now);
-    timestamp = (((guint64)(guint32)now.dwHighDateTime) << 32) +
-                (guint32)now.dwLowDateTime;
-
-    /*
-     * Convert to same thing but as 1-microsecond, i.e. 1000-nanosecond,
-     * intervals.
-     */
-    timestamp /= 10;
-
-    /*
-     * Subtract difference, in microseconds, between January 1, 1601
-     * 00:00:00 UTC and January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
-     */
-    timestamp -= G_GUINT64_CONSTANT(11644473600000000);
-#else
-    /*
-     * Current time, represented as seconds and microseconds since
-     * January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC.
-     */
-    gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-
-    /*
-     * Convert to delta in microseconds.
-     */
-    timestamp = (guint64)(now.tv_sec) * 1000000 +
-                (guint64)(now.tv_usec);
-#endif
-    return timestamp;
-}
-
 static void
 print_usage(FILE *output)
 {
@@ -541,9 +474,10 @@ print_usage(FILE *output)
     fprintf(output, "  -h                       display this help and exit\n");
     fprintf(output, "\n");
 #ifdef __linux__
-    fprintf(output, "WARNING: dumpcap will enable kernel BPF JIT compiler if available.\n");
-    fprintf(output, "You might want to reset it\n");
-    fprintf(output, "By doing \"echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable\"\n");
+    fprintf(output, "Dumpcap can benefit from an enabled BPF JIT compiler if available.\n");
+    fprintf(output, "You might want to enable it by executing:\n");
+    fprintf(output, " \"echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable\"\n");
+    fprintf(output, "Note that this can make your system less secure!\n");
     fprintf(output, "\n");
 #endif
     fprintf(output, "Example: dumpcap -i eth0 -a duration:60 -w output.pcapng\n");
@@ -881,9 +815,7 @@ print_machine_readable_interfaces(GList *if_list)
             printf("\tloopback");
         else
             printf("\tnetwork");
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
         printf("\t%s", if_info->extcap);
-#endif
         printf("\n");
     }
 }
@@ -1273,11 +1205,11 @@ static void *cap_thread_read(void *arg)
     capture_src *pcap_src;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     BOOL res;
-    DWORD b, last_err, bytes_read;
+    DWORD last_err, bytes_read;
 #else /* _WIN32 */
     size_t bytes_read;
-    int b;
 #endif /* _WIN32 */
+    ssize_t b;
 
     pcap_src = (capture_src *)arg;
     while (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPOK) {
@@ -1464,6 +1396,53 @@ cap_pipe_close(int pipe_fd, gboolean from_socket _U_)
 #endif
 }
 
+static int
+cap_pipe_read_data_bytes(capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsgl)
+{
+    int sel_ret;
+    int fd = pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    DWORD sz, bytes_read = 0;
+#else /* _WIN32 */
+    size_t sz, bytes_read = 0;
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
+    ssize_t b;
+
+    sz = pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read - pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read;
+    while (bytes_read < sz) {
+        if (fd == -1) {
+            g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Invalid file descriptor.");
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        sel_ret = cap_pipe_select(fd);
+        if (sel_ret < 0) {
+            g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl,
+                        "Unexpected error from select: %s.", g_strerror(errno));
+            return -1;
+        } else if (sel_ret > 0) {
+            b = cap_pipe_read(fd, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf+pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read+bytes_read,
+                              sz-bytes_read, pcap_src->from_cap_socket);
+            if (b <= 0) {
+                if (b == 0)
+                    g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "End of file on pipe magic during open.");
+                else
+                    g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Error on pipe magic during open: %s.",
+                                g_strerror(errno));
+                return -1;
+            }
+            bytes_read += b;
+        }
+    }
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read += bytes_read;
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Some forward declarations for breaking up cap_pipe_open_live for pcap and pcapng formats */
+static void pcap_pipe_open_live(int fd, capture_src *pcap_src, struct pcap_hdr *hdr, char *errmsg, int errmsgl);
+static void pcapng_pipe_open_live(int fd, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsgl);
+static int pcapng_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsgl);
+
 /* Mimic pcap_open_live() for pipe captures
 
  * We check if "pipename" is "-" (stdin), a AF_UNIX socket, or a FIFO,
@@ -1474,7 +1453,7 @@ cap_pipe_close(int pipe_fd, gboolean from_socket _U_)
 static void
 cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
                    capture_src *pcap_src,
-                   struct pcap_hdr *hdr,
+                   void *hdr,
                    char *errmsg, int errmsgl)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
@@ -1483,13 +1462,9 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
 #else /* _WIN32 */
     char    *pncopy, *pos;
     wchar_t *err_str;
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
     char* extcap_pipe_name;
 #endif
-#endif
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
     gboolean extcap_pipe = FALSE;
-#endif
     ssize_t  b;
     int      fd = -1, sel_ret;
     size_t   bytes_read;
@@ -1517,10 +1492,8 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
        }
     } else {
 #ifndef _WIN32
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
         if ( g_strrstr(pipename, EXTCAP_PIPE_PREFIX) != NULL )
             extcap_pipe = TRUE;
-#endif
 
         if (ws_stat64(pipename, &pipe_stat) < 0) {
             if (errno == ENOENT || errno == ENOTDIR)
@@ -1630,20 +1603,15 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
             pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPNEXIST;
             return;
         }
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
         extcap_pipe_name = g_strconcat("\\\\.\\pipe\\", EXTCAP_PIPE_PREFIX, NULL);
         extcap_pipe = strstr(pipename, extcap_pipe_name) ? TRUE : FALSE;
         g_free(extcap_pipe_name);
-#endif
 
         /* Wait for the pipe to appear */
         while (1) {
-
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
             if(extcap_pipe)
                 pcap_src->cap_pipe_h = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
             else
-#endif
                 pcap_src->cap_pipe_h = CreateFile(utf_8to16(pipename), GENERIC_READ, 0, NULL,
                                                    OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
 
@@ -1694,11 +1662,6 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
         /* read the pcap header */
         bytes_read = 0;
         while (bytes_read < sizeof magic) {
-            if (fd == -1) {
-                g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Invalid file descriptor.");
-                goto error;
-            }
-
             sel_ret = cap_pipe_select(fd);
             if (sel_ret < 0) {
                 g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl,
@@ -1708,11 +1671,10 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
                 b = cap_pipe_read(fd, ((char *)&magic)+bytes_read,
                                   sizeof magic-bytes_read,
                                   pcap_src->from_cap_socket);
-#ifdef HAVE_EXTCAP
                 /* jump messaging, if extcap had an error, stderr will provide the correct message */
                 if (extcap_pipe && b <= 0)
                     goto error;
-#endif
+
                 if (b <= 0) {
                     if (b == 0)
                         g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "End of file on pipe magic during open.");
@@ -1727,11 +1689,7 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
     }
 #ifdef _WIN32
     else {
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,0)
         g_thread_new("cap_pipe_open_live", &cap_thread_read, pcap_src);
-#else
-        g_thread_create(&cap_thread_read, pcap_src, FALSE, NULL);
-#endif
 
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = (char *) &magic;
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
@@ -1786,16 +1744,40 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_modified = TRUE;
         break;
     case BLOCK_TYPE_SHB:
-        /* This isn't pcap, it's pcapng.  We don't yet support
-           reading it. */
-        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Capturing from a pipe doesn't support pcapng format.");
-        goto error;
+        /* This isn't pcap, it's pcapng. */
+        pcap_src->from_pcapng = TRUE;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_dispatch = pcapng_pipe_dispatch;
+        global_capture_opts.use_pcapng = TRUE;      /* we can only output in pcapng format */
+        pcapng_pipe_open_live(fd, pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl);
+        return;
     default:
         /* Not a pcap type we know about, or not pcap at all. */
         g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Unrecognized libpcap format or not libpcap data.");
         goto error;
     }
 
+    pcap_pipe_open_live(fd, pcap_src, (struct pcap_hdr *) hdr, errmsg, errmsgl);
+    return;
+
+error:
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "cap_pipe_open_live: error %s", errmsg);
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPERR;
+    cap_pipe_close(fd, pcap_src->from_cap_socket);
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd = -1;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_h = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+#endif
+}
+
+static void
+pcap_pipe_open_live(int fd,
+                    capture_src *pcap_src,
+                    struct pcap_hdr *hdr,
+                    char *errmsg, int errmsgl)
+{
+    size_t   bytes_read;
+    ssize_t  b;
+    int      sel_ret;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     if (pcap_src->from_cap_socket)
 #endif
@@ -1862,7 +1844,8 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_max_pkt_size = WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_STANDARD;
 
     if (hdr->version_major < 2) {
-        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Unable to read old libpcap format");
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Unable to read old libpcap format version %d.%d",
+                   hdr->version_major, hdr->version_minor);
         goto error;
     }
 
@@ -1872,7 +1855,7 @@ cap_pipe_open_live(char *pipename,
     return;
 
 error:
-    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "cap_pipe_open_live: error %s", errmsg);
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "pcap_pipe_open_live: error %s", errmsg);
     pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPERR;
     cap_pipe_close(fd, pcap_src->from_cap_socket);
     pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd = -1;
@@ -1881,27 +1864,198 @@ error:
 #endif
 }
 
+/* Read the pcapng section header block */
+static int
+pcapng_read_shb(capture_src *pcap_src,
+                char *errmsg,
+                int errmsgl)
+{
+    struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh = &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.bh;
+    struct pcapng_section_header_block_s *shb = &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.shb;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (pcap_src->from_cap_socket)
+#endif
+    {
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s) + sizeof(struct pcapng_section_header_block_s);
+        if (cap_pipe_read_data_bytes(pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    else {
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf + sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s);
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = sizeof(struct pcapng_section_header_block_s);
+        g_async_queue_push(pcap_src->cap_pipe_pending_q, pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf);
+        g_async_queue_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q);
+        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read <= 0) {
+            if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read == 0)
+                g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "End of file on pipe section header during open.");
+            else
+                g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Error on pipe section header during open: %s.",
+                           g_strerror(errno));
+            return -1;
+        }
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s) + sizeof(struct pcapng_section_header_block_s);
+    }
+#endif
+    memcpy(shb, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf + sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s), sizeof(struct pcapng_section_header_block_s));
+    switch (shb->magic)
+    {
+    case PCAPNG_MAGIC:
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped = FALSE;
+        break;
+    case PCAPNG_SWAPPED_MAGIC:
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped = TRUE;
+        break;
+    default:
+        /* Not a pcapng type we know about, or not pcapng at all. */
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Unrecognized pcapng format or not pcapng data.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped) {
+        /* Byte-swap the header fields about which we care. */
+        shb->version_major = GUINT16_SWAP_LE_BE(shb->version_major);
+        shb->version_minor = GUINT16_SWAP_LE_BE(shb->version_minor);
+        shb->section_length = GUINT64_SWAP_LE_BE(shb->section_length);
+        bh->block_total_length = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE(bh->block_total_length);
+    }
+
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_max_pkt_size = WTAP_MAX_PACKET_SIZE_STANDARD;
+
+    /* Setup state to capture the rest of the section header block */
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_EXPECT_DATA;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+pcapng_write_saved_block(capture_src *pcap_src, struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh)
+{
+    guint32 length = bh->block_total_length;
+
+    if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped) {
+        length = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE(length);
+    }
+
+    return pcapng_write_block(global_ld.pdh,
+                       (const guint8 *) bh,
+                       length,
+                       &global_ld.bytes_written, &global_ld.err);
+}
+
+/* Save SHB and IDB blocks to playback whenever we change output files. */
+/* The list is saved in reverse order of blocks added */
+static gboolean
+pcapng_block_save(capture_src *pcap_src)
+{
+    pcapng_pipe_info_t *pcapng = &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng;
+    struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh = &pcapng->bh;
+
+    /* Delete all the old blocks first whenever we get a SHB */
+    if (bh->block_type == BLOCK_TYPE_SHB) {
+        g_list_free_full(pcapng->saved_blocks, g_free);
+        pcapng->saved_blocks = NULL;
+    } else if (bh->block_type != BLOCK_TYPE_IDB) {
+        return TRUE;
+    }
+
+    gpointer data = g_malloc(bh->block_total_length);
+    if (data == NULL) {
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+    memcpy(data, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf, bh->block_total_length);
+
+    pcapng->saved_blocks = g_list_prepend(pcapng->saved_blocks, data);
+
+    return TRUE;
+}
+
+static void
+pcapng_pipe_open_live(int fd,
+                      capture_src *pcap_src,
+                      char *errmsg,
+                      int errmsgl)
+{
+    guint32 type = BLOCK_TYPE_SHB;
+    struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh = &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.bh;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    if (pcap_src->from_cap_socket)
+#endif
+    {
+        memcpy(pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf, &type, sizeof(guint32));
+        /* read the rest of the pcapng general block header */
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = sizeof(guint32);
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s);
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPOK;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd = fd;
+        if (cap_pipe_read_data_bytes(pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl)) {
+            goto error;
+        }
+        memcpy(bh, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf, sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s));
+    }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    else {
+        g_thread_new("cap_pipe_open_live", &cap_thread_read, pcap_src);
+
+        bh->block_type = type;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = (char *) &bh->block_total_length;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = sizeof(bh->block_total_length);
+        /* We don't have to worry about cap_pipe_read_mtx here */
+        g_async_queue_push(pcap_src->cap_pipe_pending_q, pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf);
+        g_async_queue_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q);
+        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read <= 0) {
+            if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read == 0)
+                g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "End of file on pipe block_total_length during open.");
+            else
+                g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Error on pipe block_total_length during open: %s.",
+                           g_strerror(errno));
+            goto error;
+        }
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s);
+        memcpy(pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf, bh, sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s));
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPOK;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd = fd;
+    }
+#endif
+    if (pcapng_read_shb(pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl)) {
+        goto error;
+    }
+
+    return;
+
+error:
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "pcapng_pipe_open_live: error %s", errmsg);
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPERR;
+    cap_pipe_close(fd, pcap_src->from_cap_socket);
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd = -1;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_h = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
+#endif
+}
 
 /* We read one record from the pipe, take care of byte order in the record
  * header, write the record to the capture file, and update capture statistics. */
 static int
-cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsgl)
+pcap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsgl)
 {
     struct pcap_pkthdr  phdr;
     enum { PD_REC_HDR_READ, PD_DATA_READ, PD_PIPE_EOF, PD_PIPE_ERR,
            PD_ERR } result;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,18)
-    GTimeVal  wait_time;
-#endif
     gpointer  q_status;
     wchar_t  *err_str;
 #endif
     ssize_t   b;
     guint new_bufsize;
+    pcap_pipe_info_t *pcap_info = &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcap;
 
 #ifdef LOG_CAPTURE_VERBOSE
-    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "cap_pipe_dispatch");
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "pcap_pipe_dispatch");
 #endif
 
     switch (pcap_src->cap_pipe_state) {
@@ -1917,7 +2071,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
             pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-            pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = (char *) &pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr;
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = (char *) &pcap_info->rechdr;
             g_async_queue_push(pcap_src->cap_pipe_pending_q, pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf);
             g_mutex_unlock(pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx);
         }
@@ -1929,7 +2083,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
         if (pcap_src->from_cap_socket)
 #endif
         {
-            b = cap_pipe_read(pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd, ((char *)&pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr)+pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read,
+            b = cap_pipe_read(pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd, ((char *)&pcap_info->rechdr)+pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read,
                  pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read - pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read, pcap_src->from_cap_socket);
             if (b <= 0) {
                 if (b == 0)
@@ -1942,13 +2096,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
         }
 #ifdef _WIN32
         else {
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,18)
             q_status = g_async_queue_timeout_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q, PIPE_READ_TIMEOUT);
-#else
-            g_get_current_time(&wait_time);
-            g_time_val_add(&wait_time, PIPE_READ_TIMEOUT);
-            q_status = g_async_queue_timed_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q, &wait_time);
-#endif
             if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPEOF) {
                 result = PD_PIPE_EOF;
                 break;
@@ -1972,7 +2120,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
 #endif
 
             pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_READ_DATA;
-            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len;
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len;
             pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -2004,13 +2152,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
 #ifdef _WIN32
         else {
 
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,18)
             q_status = g_async_queue_timeout_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q, PIPE_READ_TIMEOUT);
-#else
-            g_get_current_time(&wait_time);
-            g_time_val_add(&wait_time, PIPE_READ_TIMEOUT);
-            q_status = g_async_queue_timed_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q, &wait_time);
-#endif /* GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,18) */
             if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPEOF) {
                 result = PD_PIPE_EOF;
                 break;
@@ -2029,7 +2171,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
         break;
 
     default:
-        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "cap_pipe_dispatch: invalid state");
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "pcap_pipe_dispatch: invalid state");
         result = PD_ERR;
 
     } /* switch (pcap_src->cap_pipe_state) */
@@ -2041,9 +2183,9 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
 
     case PD_REC_HDR_READ:
         /* We've read the header. Take care of byte order. */
-        cap_pipe_adjust_header(pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped, &pcap_src->cap_pipe_hdr,
-                               &pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr);
-        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len > pcap_src->cap_pipe_max_pkt_size) {
+        cap_pipe_adjust_header(pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped, &pcap_info->hdr,
+                               &pcap_info->rechdr.hdr);
+        if (pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len > pcap_src->cap_pipe_max_pkt_size) {
             /*
              * The record contains more data than the advertised/allowed in the
              * pcap header, do not try to read more data (do not change to
@@ -2051,16 +2193,16 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
              * instead stop with an error.
              */
             g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Frame %u too long (%d bytes)",
-                       ld->packet_count+1, pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len);
+                       ld->packet_count+1, pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len);
             break;
         }
 
-        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len > pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf_size) {
+        if (pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len > pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf_size) {
             /*
              * Grow the buffer to the packet size, rounded up to a power of
              * 2.
              */
-            new_bufsize = pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len;
+            new_bufsize = pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len;
             /*
              * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#RoundUpPowerOf2
              */
@@ -2079,7 +2221,7 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
          * The record has some data following the header, try to read it next
          * time.
          */
-        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len) {
+        if (pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len) {
             pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_EXPECT_DATA;
             return 0;
         }
@@ -2091,10 +2233,10 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
     case PD_DATA_READ:
         /* Fill in a "struct pcap_pkthdr", and process the packet. */
-        phdr.ts.tv_sec = pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.ts_sec;
-        phdr.ts.tv_usec = pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.ts_usec;
-        phdr.caplen = pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.incl_len;
-        phdr.len = pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr.hdr.orig_len;
+        phdr.ts.tv_sec = pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.ts_sec;
+        phdr.ts.tv_usec = pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.ts_usec;
+        phdr.caplen = pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.incl_len;
+        phdr.len = pcap_info->rechdr.hdr.orig_len;
 
         if (use_threads) {
             capture_loop_queue_packet_cb((u_char *)pcap_src, &phdr, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf);
@@ -2130,6 +2272,224 @@ cap_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsg
     return -1;
 }
 
+static int
+pcapng_pipe_dispatch(loop_data *ld, capture_src *pcap_src, char *errmsg, int errmsgl)
+{
+    enum { PD_REC_HDR_READ, PD_DATA_READ, PD_PIPE_EOF, PD_PIPE_ERR,
+           PD_ERR } result;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    gpointer  q_status;
+    wchar_t  *err_str;
+#endif
+    guint new_bufsize;
+    struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh = &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.bh;
+
+#ifdef LOG_CAPTURE_VERBOSE
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "pcapng_pipe_dispatch");
+#endif
+
+    switch (pcap_src->cap_pipe_state) {
+
+    case STATE_EXPECT_REC_HDR:
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        if (g_mutex_trylock(pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx)) {
+#endif
+
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_READ_REC_HDR;
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s);
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf;
+            g_async_queue_push(pcap_src->cap_pipe_pending_q, pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf);
+            g_mutex_unlock(pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx);
+        }
+#endif
+        /* Fall through */
+
+    case STATE_READ_REC_HDR:
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        if (pcap_src->from_cap_socket)
+#endif
+        {
+            if (cap_pipe_read_data_bytes(pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl)) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+        }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        else {
+            q_status = g_async_queue_timeout_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q, PIPE_READ_TIMEOUT);
+            if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPEOF) {
+                result = PD_PIPE_EOF;
+                break;
+            } else if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPERR) {
+                result = PD_PIPE_ERR;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (!q_status) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+#endif
+        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read < pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read)
+            return 0;
+        memcpy(bh, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf, sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s));
+        result = PD_REC_HDR_READ;
+        break;
+
+    case STATE_EXPECT_DATA:
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        if (g_mutex_trylock(pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx)) {
+#endif
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_READ_DATA;
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = bh->block_total_length;
+
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read -= pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read;
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf + pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read;
+            g_async_queue_push(pcap_src->cap_pipe_pending_q, pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf);
+            g_mutex_unlock(pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx);
+        }
+#endif
+        /* Fall through */
+
+    case STATE_READ_DATA:
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        if (pcap_src->from_cap_socket)
+#endif
+        {
+            if (cap_pipe_read_data_bytes(pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl)) {
+                return -1;
+            }
+            if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read < pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read)
+                return 0;
+        }
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        else {
+
+            q_status = g_async_queue_timeout_pop(pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q, PIPE_READ_TIMEOUT);
+            if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPEOF) {
+                result = PD_PIPE_EOF;
+                break;
+            } else if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_err == PIPERR) {
+                result = PD_PIPE_ERR;
+                break;
+            }
+            if (!q_status) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read < pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read) {
+                return 0;
+            }
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = bh->block_total_length;
+        }
+#endif /* _WIN32 */
+        result = PD_DATA_READ;
+        break;
+
+    default:
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "pcapng_pipe_dispatch: invalid state");
+        result = PD_ERR;
+
+    } /* switch (pcap_src->cap_pipe_state) */
+
+    /*
+     * We've now read as much data as we were expecting, so process it.
+     */
+    switch (result) {
+
+    case PD_REC_HDR_READ:
+        if (bh->block_type == BLOCK_TYPE_SHB) {
+            /* we need to read ahead to get the endianess before getting the block type and length */
+            pcapng_read_shb(pcap_src, errmsg, errmsgl);
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        /* We've read the header. Take care of byte order. */
+        if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped) {
+            /* Byte-swap the record header fields. */
+            bh->block_type = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE(bh->block_type);
+            bh->block_total_length = GUINT32_SWAP_LE_BE(bh->block_total_length);
+        }
+        if (bh->block_total_length > pcap_src->cap_pipe_max_pkt_size) {
+            /*
+            * The record contains more data than the advertised/allowed in the
+            * pcapng header, do not try to read more data (do not change to
+            * STATE_EXPECT_DATA) as that would not fit in the buffer and
+            * instead stop with an error.
+            */
+            g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Frame %u too long (%d bytes)",
+                    ld->packet_count+1, bh->block_total_length);
+            break;
+        }
+
+        if (bh->block_total_length > pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf_size) {
+            /*
+            * Grow the buffer to the packet size, rounded up to a power of
+            * 2.
+            */
+            new_bufsize = bh->block_total_length;
+            /*
+            * http://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#RoundUpPowerOf2
+            */
+            new_bufsize--;
+            new_bufsize |= new_bufsize >> 1;
+            new_bufsize |= new_bufsize >> 2;
+            new_bufsize |= new_bufsize >> 4;
+            new_bufsize |= new_bufsize >> 8;
+            new_bufsize |= new_bufsize >> 16;
+            new_bufsize++;
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf = (guchar*)g_realloc(pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf, new_bufsize);
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf_size = new_bufsize;
+        }
+
+        /* The record always has at least the block total length following the header */
+        if (bh->block_total_length < sizeof(struct pcapng_block_header_s)+sizeof(guint32)) {
+            g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "malformed pcapng block_total_length < minimum");
+            pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPEOF;
+            return -1;
+        }
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_EXPECT_DATA;
+        return 0;
+
+    case PD_DATA_READ:
+        if (!pcapng_block_save(pcap_src)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (use_threads) {
+            capture_loop_queue_pcapng_cb(pcap_src, bh, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf);
+        } else {
+            capture_loop_write_pcapng_cb(pcap_src, bh, pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf);
+        }
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_EXPECT_REC_HDR;
+        return 1;
+
+    case PD_PIPE_EOF:
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPEOF;
+        return -1;
+
+    case PD_PIPE_ERR:
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+                      NULL, GetLastError(), 0, (LPTSTR) &err_str, 0, NULL);
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl,
+                   "Error reading from pipe: %s (error %d)",
+                   utf_16to8(err_str), GetLastError());
+        LocalFree(err_str);
+#else
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsgl, "Error reading from pipe: %s",
+                   g_strerror(errno));
+#endif
+        /* Fall through */
+    case PD_ERR:
+        break;
+    }
+
+    pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPERR;
+    /* Return here rather than inside the switch to prevent GCC warning */
+    return -1;
+}
 
 /** Open the capture input file (pcap or capture pipe).
  *  Returns TRUE if it succeeds, FALSE otherwise. */
@@ -2211,43 +2571,22 @@ capture_loop_open_input(capture_options *capture_opts, loop_data *ld,
                    "Could not allocate memory.");
             return FALSE;
         }
-        pcap_src->received = 0;
-        pcap_src->dropped = 0;
-        pcap_src->flushed = 0;
-        pcap_src->pcap_h = NULL;
+        memset(pcap_src, 0, sizeof(capture_src));
 #ifdef MUST_DO_SELECT
         pcap_src->pcap_fd = -1;
 #endif
-        pcap_src->pcap_err = FALSE;
         pcap_src->interface_id = i;
-        pcap_src->tid = NULL;
-        pcap_src->snaplen = 0;
         pcap_src->linktype = -1;
-        pcap_src->ts_nsec = FALSE;
-        pcap_src->from_cap_pipe = FALSE;
-        pcap_src->from_cap_socket = FALSE;
-        memset(&pcap_src->cap_pipe_hdr, 0, sizeof(struct pcap_hdr));
-        memset(&pcap_src->cap_pipe_rechdr, 0, sizeof(struct pcaprec_modified_hdr));
 #ifdef _WIN32
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_h = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 #endif
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd = -1;
-        pcap_src->cap_pipe_modified = FALSE;
-        pcap_src->cap_pipe_byte_swapped = FALSE;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-        pcap_src->cap_pipe_buf = NULL;
-#endif
-        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_to_read = 0;
-        pcap_src->cap_pipe_bytes_read = 0;
+        pcap_src->cap_pipe_dispatch = pcap_pipe_dispatch;
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_state = STATE_EXPECT_REC_HDR;
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_err = PIPOK;
 #ifdef _WIN32
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,0)
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx = g_malloc(sizeof(GMutex));
         g_mutex_init(pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx);
-#else
-        pcap_src->cap_pipe_read_mtx = g_mutex_new();
-#endif
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_pending_q = g_async_queue_new();
         pcap_src->cap_pipe_done_q = g_async_queue_new();
 #endif
@@ -2307,7 +2646,7 @@ capture_loop_open_input(capture_options *capture_opts, loop_data *ld,
         } else {
             /* We couldn't open "iface" as a network device. */
             /* Try to open it as a pipe */
-            cap_pipe_open_live(interface_opts->name, pcap_src, &pcap_src->cap_pipe_hdr, errmsg, (int) errmsg_len);
+            cap_pipe_open_live(interface_opts->name, pcap_src, &pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcap.hdr, errmsg, (int) errmsg_len);
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
             if (pcap_src->cap_pipe_fd == -1) {
@@ -2401,8 +2740,12 @@ static void capture_loop_close_input(loop_data *ld)
                 g_free(pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf);
                 pcap_src->cap_pipe_databuf = NULL;
             }
-       } else {
-           /* Capture device.  If open, close the pcap_t. */
+            if (pcap_src->from_pcapng) {
+                g_list_free_full(pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.saved_blocks, g_free);
+                pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.saved_blocks = NULL;
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Capture device.  If open, close the pcap_t. */
             if (pcap_src->pcap_h != NULL) {
                 g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_DEBUG, "capture_loop_close_input: closing %p", (void *)pcap_src->pcap_h);
                 pcap_close(pcap_src->pcap_h);
@@ -2482,6 +2825,11 @@ capture_loop_init_output(capture_options *capture_opts, loop_data *ld, char *err
         }
     }
     if (ld->pdh) {
+        pcap_src = g_array_index(ld->pcaps, capture_src *, 0);
+        if (pcap_src->from_pcapng) {
+            /* We are just going to rewrite the source SHB and IDB blocks */
+            return TRUE;
+        }
         if (capture_opts->use_pcapng) {
             char    *appname;
             GString *cpu_info_str;
@@ -2508,22 +2856,22 @@ capture_loop_init_output(capture_options *capture_opts, loop_data *ld, char *err
                 interface_opts = &g_array_index(capture_opts->ifaces, interface_options, i);
                 pcap_src = g_array_index(ld->pcaps, capture_src *, i);
                 if (pcap_src->from_cap_pipe) {
-                    pcap_src->snaplen = pcap_src->cap_pipe_hdr.snaplen;
+                    pcap_src->snaplen = pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcap.hdr.snaplen;
                 } else {
                     pcap_src->snaplen = pcap_snapshot(pcap_src->pcap_h);
                 }
                 successful = pcapng_write_interface_description_block(global_ld.pdh,
-                                                                      NULL,                       /* OPT_COMMENT       1 */
-                                                                      interface_opts->name,       /* IDB_NAME          2 */
-                                                                      interface_opts->descr,      /* IDB_DESCRIPTION   3 */
-                                                                      interface_opts->cfilter,    /* IDB_FILTER       11 */
-                                                                      os_info_str->str,           /* IDB_OS           12 */
-                                                                      pcap_src->linktype,
-                                                                      pcap_src->snaplen,
-                                                                      &(global_ld.bytes_written),
-                                                                      0,                          /* IDB_IF_SPEED      8 */
-                                                                      pcap_src->ts_nsec ? 9 : 6,  /* IDB_TSRESOL       9 */
-                                                                      &global_ld.err);
+                                                                    NULL,                       /* OPT_COMMENT       1 */
+                                                                    interface_opts->name,       /* IDB_NAME          2 */
+                                                                    interface_opts->descr,      /* IDB_DESCRIPTION   3 */
+                                                                    interface_opts->cfilter,    /* IDB_FILTER       11 */
+                                                                    os_info_str->str,           /* IDB_OS           12 */
+                                                                    pcap_src->linktype,
+                                                                    pcap_src->snaplen,
+                                                                    &(global_ld.bytes_written),
+                                                                    0,                          /* IDB_IF_SPEED      8 */
+                                                                    pcap_src->ts_nsec ? 9 : 6,  /* IDB_TSRESOL       9 */
+                                                                    &global_ld.err);
             }
 
             g_string_free(os_info_str, TRUE);
@@ -2531,12 +2879,12 @@ capture_loop_init_output(capture_options *capture_opts, loop_data *ld, char *err
         } else {
             pcap_src = g_array_index(ld->pcaps, capture_src *, 0);
             if (pcap_src->from_cap_pipe) {
-                pcap_src->snaplen = pcap_src->cap_pipe_hdr.snaplen;
+                pcap_src->snaplen = pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcap.hdr.snaplen;
             } else {
                 pcap_src->snaplen = pcap_snapshot(pcap_src->pcap_h);
             }
             successful = libpcap_write_file_header(ld->pdh, pcap_src->linktype, pcap_src->snaplen,
-                                                   pcap_src->ts_nsec, &ld->bytes_written, &err);
+                                                pcap_src->ts_nsec, &ld->bytes_written, &err);
         }
         if (!successful) {
             fclose(ld->pdh);
@@ -2661,7 +3009,7 @@ capture_loop_dispatch(loop_data *ld,
              * "select()" says we can read from the pipe without blocking
              */
 #endif
-            inpkts = cap_pipe_dispatch(ld, pcap_src, errmsg, errmsg_len);
+            inpkts = pcap_src->cap_pipe_dispatch(ld, pcap_src, errmsg, errmsg_len);
             if (inpkts < 0) {
                 ld->go = FALSE;
             }
@@ -2864,6 +3212,11 @@ capture_loop_open_output(capture_options *capture_opts, int *save_file_fd,
                 /* set output pipe to binary mode to avoid Windows text-mode processing (eg: for CR/LF)  */
                 _setmode(1, O_BINARY);
 #endif
+            } else {
+                /* Try to open the specified FIFO for use as a capture buffer.
+                   Do *not* create it if it doesn't exist.  There's nothing
+                   to truncate. If we need to read it, We Have A Problem. */
+                *save_file_fd = ws_open(capfile_name, O_WRONLY|O_BINARY, 0);
             }
         } /* if (...output_to_pipe ... */
 
@@ -2881,7 +3234,7 @@ capture_loop_open_output(capture_options *capture_opts, int *save_file_fd,
                 }
             } else {
                 /* Try to open/create the specified file for use as a capture buffer. */
-                *save_file_fd = ws_open(capfile_name, O_RDWR|O_BINARY|O_TRUNC|O_CREAT,
+                *save_file_fd = ws_open(capfile_name, O_WRONLY|O_BINARY|O_TRUNC|O_CREAT,
                                         (capture_opts->group_read_access) ? 0640 : 0600);
             }
         }
@@ -2985,51 +3338,65 @@ do_file_switch_or_stop(capture_options *capture_opts,
 
             /* File switch succeeded: reset the conditions */
             global_ld.bytes_written = 0;
-            if (capture_opts->use_pcapng) {
-                char    *appname;
-                GString *cpu_info_str;
-                GString *os_info_str;
-
-                cpu_info_str = g_string_new("");
-                os_info_str = g_string_new("");
-                get_cpu_info(cpu_info_str);
-                get_os_version_info(os_info_str);
-
-                appname = g_strdup_printf("Dumpcap (Wireshark) %s", get_ws_vcs_version_info());
-                successful = pcapng_write_session_header_block(global_ld.pdh,
-                                (const char *)capture_opts->capture_comment,   /* Comment */
-                                cpu_info_str->str,           /* HW */
-                                os_info_str->str,            /* OS */
-                                appname,
-                                -1,                          /* section_length */
-                                &(global_ld.bytes_written),
-                                &global_ld.err);
-                g_string_free(cpu_info_str, TRUE);
-                g_free(appname);
-
-                for (i = 0; successful && (i < capture_opts->ifaces->len); i++) {
-                    interface_opts = &g_array_index(capture_opts->ifaces, interface_options, i);
-                    pcap_src = g_array_index(global_ld.pcaps, capture_src *, i);
-                    successful = pcapng_write_interface_description_block(global_ld.pdh,
-                                                                          NULL,                        /* OPT_COMMENT       1 */
-                                                                          interface_opts->name,        /* IDB_NAME          2 */
-                                                                          interface_opts->descr,       /* IDB_DESCRIPTION   3 */
-                                                                          interface_opts->cfilter,     /* IDB_FILTER       11 */
-                                                                          os_info_str->str,            /* IDB_OS           12 */
-                                                                          pcap_src->linktype,
-                                                                          pcap_src->snaplen,
-                                                                          &(global_ld.bytes_written),
-                                                                          0,                          /* IDB_IF_SPEED      8 */
-                                                                          pcap_src->ts_nsec ? 9 : 6,  /* IDB_TSRESOL       9 */
-                                                                          &global_ld.err);
+            pcap_src = g_array_index(global_ld.pcaps, capture_src *, 0);
+            if (pcap_src->from_pcapng) {
+                /* Write the saved SHB and all IDBs to start of next file */
+                /* The blocks were saved in reverse so reverse it before iterating */
+                GList *rlist = g_list_reverse(pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.saved_blocks);
+                GList *list = rlist;
+                successful = TRUE;
+                while (list && successful) {
+                    successful = pcapng_write_saved_block(pcap_src, (struct pcapng_block_header_s *) list->data);
+                    list = g_list_next(list);
                 }
+                pcap_src->cap_pipe_info.pcapng.saved_blocks = g_list_reverse(rlist);
+            } else {
+                if (capture_opts->use_pcapng) {
+                    char    *appname;
+                    GString *cpu_info_str;
+                    GString *os_info_str;
+
+                    cpu_info_str = g_string_new("");
+                    os_info_str = g_string_new("");
+                    get_cpu_info(cpu_info_str);
+                    get_os_version_info(os_info_str);
+
+                    appname = g_strdup_printf("Dumpcap (Wireshark) %s", get_ws_vcs_version_info());
+                    successful = pcapng_write_session_header_block(global_ld.pdh,
+                                    (const char *)capture_opts->capture_comment,   /* Comment */
+                                    cpu_info_str->str,           /* HW */
+                                    os_info_str->str,            /* OS */
+                                    appname,
+                                    -1,                          /* section_length */
+                                    &(global_ld.bytes_written),
+                                    &global_ld.err);
+                    g_string_free(cpu_info_str, TRUE);
+                    g_free(appname);
+
+                    for (i = 0; successful && (i < capture_opts->ifaces->len); i++) {
+                        interface_opts = &g_array_index(capture_opts->ifaces, interface_options, i);
+                        pcap_src = g_array_index(global_ld.pcaps, capture_src *, i);
+                        successful = pcapng_write_interface_description_block(global_ld.pdh,
+                                                                            NULL,                        /* OPT_COMMENT       1 */
+                                                                            interface_opts->name,        /* IDB_NAME          2 */
+                                                                            interface_opts->descr,       /* IDB_DESCRIPTION   3 */
+                                                                            interface_opts->cfilter,     /* IDB_FILTER       11 */
+                                                                            os_info_str->str,            /* IDB_OS           12 */
+                                                                            pcap_src->linktype,
+                                                                            pcap_src->snaplen,
+                                                                            &(global_ld.bytes_written),
+                                                                            0,                          /* IDB_IF_SPEED      8 */
+                                                                            pcap_src->ts_nsec ? 9 : 6,  /* IDB_TSRESOL       9 */
+                                                                            &global_ld.err);
+                    }
 
-                g_string_free(os_info_str, TRUE);
+                    g_string_free(os_info_str, TRUE);
 
-            } else {
-                pcap_src = g_array_index(global_ld.pcaps, capture_src *, 0);
-                successful = libpcap_write_file_header(global_ld.pdh, pcap_src->linktype, pcap_src->snaplen,
-                                                       pcap_src->ts_nsec, &global_ld.bytes_written, &global_ld.err);
+                } else {
+                    pcap_src = g_array_index(global_ld.pcaps, capture_src *, 0);
+                    successful = libpcap_write_file_header(global_ld.pdh, pcap_src->linktype, pcap_src->snaplen,
+                                                        pcap_src->ts_nsec, &global_ld.bytes_written, &global_ld.err);
+                }
             }
             if (!successful) {
                 fclose(global_ld.pdh);
@@ -3245,43 +3612,45 @@ capture_loop_start(capture_options *capture_opts, gboolean *stats_known, struct
         pcap_queue_packets = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < global_ld.pcaps->len; i++) {
             pcap_src = g_array_index(global_ld.pcaps, capture_src *, i);
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,0)
             /* XXX - Add an interface name here? */
             pcap_src->tid = g_thread_new("Capture read", pcap_read_handler, pcap_src);
-#else
-            pcap_src->tid = g_thread_create(pcap_read_handler, pcap_src, TRUE, NULL);
-#endif
         }
     }
     while (global_ld.go) {
         /* dispatch incoming packets */
         if (use_threads) {
             pcap_queue_element *queue_element;
-#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,18)
 
             g_async_queue_lock(pcap_queue);
             queue_element = (pcap_queue_element *)g_async_queue_timeout_pop_unlocked(pcap_queue, WRITER_THREAD_TIMEOUT);
-#else
-            GTimeVal write_thread_time;
-
-            g_get_current_time(&write_thread_time);
-            g_time_val_add(&write_thread_time, WRITER_THREAD_TIMEOUT);
-            g_async_queue_lock(pcap_queue);
-            queue_element = (pcap_queue_element *)g_async_queue_timed_pop_unlocked(pcap_queue, &write_thread_time);
-#endif
             if (queue_element) {
-                pcap_queue_bytes -= queue_element->phdr.caplen;
-                pcap_queue_packets -= 1;
+                if (queue_element->pcap_src->from_pcapng) {
+                    pcap_queue_bytes -= queue_element->u.bh.block_total_length;
+                    pcap_queue_packets -= 1;
+                } else {
+                    pcap_queue_bytes -= queue_element->u.phdr.caplen;
+                    pcap_queue_packets -= 1;
+                }
             }
             g_async_queue_unlock(pcap_queue);
             if (queue_element) {
-                g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
-                      "Dequeued a packet of length %d captured on interface %d.",
-                      queue_element->phdr.caplen, queue_element->pcap_src->interface_id);
+                if (queue_element->pcap_src->from_pcapng) {
+                    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+                        "Dequeued a block of length %d captured on interface %d.",
+                        queue_element->u.bh.block_total_length, queue_element->pcap_src->interface_id);
+
+                    capture_loop_write_pcapng_cb(queue_element->pcap_src,
+                                                &queue_element->u.bh,
+                                                queue_element->pd);
+                } else {
+                    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+                        "Dequeued a packet of length %d captured on interface %d.",
+                        queue_element->u.phdr.caplen, queue_element->pcap_src->interface_id);
 
-                capture_loop_write_packet_cb((u_char *) queue_element->pcap_src,
-                                             &queue_element->phdr,
-                                             queue_element->pd);
+                    capture_loop_write_packet_cb((u_char *) queue_element->pcap_src,
+                                                &queue_element->u.phdr,
+                                                queue_element->pd);
+                }
                 g_free(queue_element->pd);
                 g_free(queue_element);
                 inpkts = 1;
@@ -3410,7 +3779,7 @@ capture_loop_start(capture_options *capture_opts, gboolean *stats_known, struct
             g_async_queue_lock(pcap_queue);
             queue_element = (pcap_queue_element *)g_async_queue_try_pop_unlocked(pcap_queue);
             if (queue_element) {
-                pcap_queue_bytes -= queue_element->phdr.caplen;
+                pcap_queue_bytes -= queue_element->u.phdr.caplen;
                 pcap_queue_packets -= 1;
             }
             g_async_queue_unlock(pcap_queue);
@@ -3419,9 +3788,9 @@ capture_loop_start(capture_options *capture_opts, gboolean *stats_known, struct
             }
             g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
                   "Dequeued a packet of length %d captured on interface %d.",
-                  queue_element->phdr.caplen, queue_element->pcap_src->interface_id);
+                  queue_element->u.phdr.caplen, queue_element->pcap_src->interface_id);
             capture_loop_write_packet_cb((u_char *)queue_element->pcap_src,
-                                         &queue_element->phdr,
+                                         &queue_element->u.phdr,
                                          queue_element->pd);
             g_free(queue_element->pd);
             g_free(queue_element);
@@ -3489,9 +3858,10 @@ capture_loop_start(capture_options *capture_opts, gboolean *stats_known, struct
     if (global_ld.err == 0) {
         write_ok = TRUE;
     } else {
-        capture_loop_get_errmsg(errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), capture_opts->save_file,
-                                global_ld.err, FALSE);
-        report_capture_error(errmsg, please_report);
+        capture_loop_get_errmsg(errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), secondary_errmsg,
+                                sizeof(secondary_errmsg),
+                                capture_opts->save_file, global_ld.err, FALSE);
+        report_capture_error(errmsg, secondary_errmsg);
         write_ok = FALSE;
     }
 
@@ -3512,9 +3882,10 @@ capture_loop_start(capture_options *capture_opts, gboolean *stats_known, struct
     /* If we've displayed a message about a write error, there's no point
        in displaying another message about an error on close. */
     if (!close_ok && write_ok) {
-        capture_loop_get_errmsg(errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), capture_opts->save_file, err_close,
-                                TRUE);
-        report_capture_error(errmsg, "");
+        capture_loop_get_errmsg(errmsg, sizeof(errmsg), secondary_errmsg,
+                                sizeof(secondary_errmsg),
+                                capture_opts->save_file, err_close, TRUE);
+        report_capture_error(errmsg, secondary_errmsg);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -3617,49 +3988,109 @@ capture_loop_stop(void)
 
 
 static void
-capture_loop_get_errmsg(char *errmsg, int errmsglen, const char *fname,
+capture_loop_get_errmsg(char *errmsg, size_t errmsglen, char *secondary_errmsg,
+                        size_t secondary_errmsglen, const char *fname,
                         int err, gboolean is_close)
 {
+    static const char find_space[] =
+        "You will need to free up space on that file system"
+        " or put the capture file on a different file system.";
+
     switch (err) {
 
     case ENOSPC:
-        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsglen,
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, (gulong)errmsglen,
                    "Not all the packets could be written to the file"
                    " to which the capture was being saved\n"
                    "(\"%s\") because there is no space left on the file system\n"
                    "on which that file resides.",
                    fname);
+        g_snprintf(secondary_errmsg, (gulong)secondary_errmsglen, "%s",
+                   find_space);
         break;
 
 #ifdef EDQUOT
     case EDQUOT:
-        g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsglen,
+        g_snprintf(errmsg, (gulong)errmsglen,
                    "Not all the packets could be written to the file"
                    " to which the capture was being saved\n"
                    "(\"%s\") because you are too close to, or over,"
                    " your disk quota\n"
                    "on the file system on which that file resides.",
                    fname);
+        g_snprintf(secondary_errmsg, (gulong)secondary_errmsglen, "%s",
+                   find_space);
         break;
 #endif
 
     default:
         if (is_close) {
-            g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsglen,
+            g_snprintf(errmsg, (gulong)errmsglen,
                        "The file to which the capture was being saved\n"
                        "(\"%s\") could not be closed: %s.",
                        fname, g_strerror(err));
         } else {
-            g_snprintf(errmsg, errmsglen,
+            g_snprintf(errmsg, (gulong)errmsglen,
                        "An error occurred while writing to the file"
                        " to which the capture was being saved\n"
                        "(\"%s\"): %s.",
                        fname, g_strerror(err));
         }
+        g_snprintf(secondary_errmsg, (gulong)secondary_errmsglen,
+                   "%s", please_report);
         break;
     }
 }
 
+/* one pcapng block was captured, process it */
+static void
+capture_loop_write_pcapng_cb(capture_src *pcap_src, const struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh, const u_char *pd)
+{
+    int          err;
+
+    if (!global_capture_opts.use_pcapng) {
+        return;
+    }
+    /* We may be called multiple times from pcap_dispatch(); if we've set
+       the "stop capturing" flag, ignore this packet, as we're not
+       supposed to be saving any more packets. */
+    if (!global_ld.go) {
+        pcap_src->flushed++;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (global_ld.pdh) {
+        gboolean successful;
+
+        /* We're supposed to write the packet to a file; do so.
+           If this fails, set "ld->go" to FALSE, to stop the capture, and set
+           "ld->err" to the error. */
+        successful = pcapng_write_block(global_ld.pdh,
+                                       pd,
+                                       bh->block_total_length,
+                                       &global_ld.bytes_written, &err);
+
+        fflush(global_ld.pdh);
+        if (!successful) {
+            global_ld.go = FALSE;
+            global_ld.err = err;
+            pcap_src->dropped++;
+        } else if (bh->block_type == BLOCK_TYPE_EPB || bh->block_type == BLOCK_TYPE_SPB) {
+            /* count packet only if we actually have an EPB or SPB */
+#if defined(DEBUG_DUMPCAP) || defined(DEBUG_CHILD_DUMPCAP)
+            g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+                  "Wrote a packet of length %d captured on interface %u.",
+                   phdr->caplen, pcap_src->interface_id);
+#endif
+            global_ld.packet_count++;
+            pcap_src->received++;
+            /* if the user told us to stop after x packets, do we already have enough? */
+            if ((global_ld.packet_max > 0) && (global_ld.packet_count >= global_ld.packet_max)) {
+                global_ld.go = FALSE;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 /* one packet was captured, process it */
 static void
@@ -3743,7 +4174,7 @@ capture_loop_queue_packet_cb(u_char *pcap_src_p, const struct pcap_pkthdr *phdr,
        return;
     }
     queue_element->pcap_src = pcap_src;
-    queue_element->phdr = *phdr;
+    queue_element->u.phdr = *phdr;
     queue_element->pd = (u_char *)g_malloc(phdr->caplen);
     if (queue_element->pd == NULL) {
         pcap_src->dropped++;
@@ -3782,6 +4213,66 @@ capture_loop_queue_packet_cb(u_char *pcap_src_p, const struct pcap_pkthdr *phdr,
           pcap_queue_bytes, pcap_queue_packets);
 }
 
+/* one pcapng block was captured, queue it */
+static void
+capture_loop_queue_pcapng_cb(capture_src *pcap_src, const struct pcapng_block_header_s *bh, const u_char *pd)
+{
+    pcap_queue_element *queue_element;
+    gboolean            limit_reached;
+
+    /* We may be called multiple times from pcap_dispatch(); if we've set
+       the "stop capturing" flag, ignore this packet, as we're not
+       supposed to be saving any more packets. */
+    if (!global_ld.go) {
+        pcap_src->flushed++;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    queue_element = (pcap_queue_element *)g_malloc(sizeof(pcap_queue_element));
+    if (queue_element == NULL) {
+       pcap_src->dropped++;
+       return;
+    }
+    queue_element->pcap_src = pcap_src;
+    queue_element->u.bh = *bh;
+    queue_element->pd = (u_char *)g_malloc(bh->block_total_length);
+    if (queue_element->pd == NULL) {
+        pcap_src->dropped++;
+        g_free(queue_element);
+        return;
+    }
+    memcpy(queue_element->pd, pd, bh->block_total_length);
+    g_async_queue_lock(pcap_queue);
+    if (((pcap_queue_byte_limit == 0) || (pcap_queue_bytes < pcap_queue_byte_limit)) &&
+        ((pcap_queue_packet_limit == 0) || (pcap_queue_packets < pcap_queue_packet_limit))) {
+        limit_reached = FALSE;
+        g_async_queue_push_unlocked(pcap_queue, queue_element);
+        pcap_queue_bytes += bh->block_total_length;
+        pcap_queue_packets += 1;
+    } else {
+        limit_reached = TRUE;
+    }
+    g_async_queue_unlock(pcap_queue);
+    if (limit_reached) {
+        pcap_src->dropped++;
+        g_free(queue_element->pd);
+        g_free(queue_element);
+        g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+              "Dropped a packet of length %d captured on interface %u.",
+              bh->block_total_length, pcap_src->interface_id);
+    } else {
+        pcap_src->received++;
+        g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+              "Queued a packet of length %d captured on interface %u.",
+              bh->block_total_length, pcap_src->interface_id);
+    }
+    /* I don't want to hold the mutex over the debug output. So the
+       output may be wrong */
+    g_log(LOG_DOMAIN_CAPTURE_CHILD, G_LOG_LEVEL_INFO,
+          "Queue size is now %" G_GINT64_MODIFIER "d bytes (%" G_GINT64_MODIFIER "d packets)",
+          pcap_queue_bytes, pcap_queue_packets);
+}
+
 static int
 set_80211_channel(const char *iface, const char *opt)
 {
@@ -4047,11 +4538,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
     /* Initialize the pcaps list */
     global_ld.pcaps = g_array_new(FALSE, FALSE, sizeof(capture_src *));
 
-#if !GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2,31,0)
-    /* Initialize the thread system */
-    g_thread_init(NULL);
-#endif
-
 #ifdef _WIN32
     /* Load wpcap if possible. Do this before collecting the run-time version information */
     load_wpcap();
@@ -4110,10 +4596,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 #endif /* SIGINFO */
 #endif  /* _WIN32 */
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-    enable_kernel_bpf_jit_compiler();
-#endif
-
     /* ----------------------------------------------------------------- */
     /* Privilege and capability handling                                 */
     /* Cases:                                                            */