Revert "Don't rescan packets when a display filter is added if we are capturing witho...

This reverts commit a11f7a75486abe3b2fdb7e8ba61e41b40b738dee.

Change-Id: If3ae617c8e35439d0a77d2a2ded50288e2e6f5d7
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/7961
Reviewed-by: Michael Mann <mmann78@netscape.net>

diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 8dc9a3512230f6d8d07cb844756a6c0de21e2ea0..bee2adfe30a1947fcd98eb88146c6c4f17f424f5 100644 (file)
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -1688,9 +1688,6 @@ cf_filter_packets(capture_file *cf, gchar *dftext, gboolean force)
   cf->dfilter = dftext;
   g_get_current_time(&start_time);
 
-  /* if we are capturing without displaying packets, there is nothing to filter */
-  if (cf->frames == NULL)
-    return CF_ERROR;
 
   /* Now rescan the packet list, applying the new filter, but not
      throwing away information constructed on a previous pass. */