private void BackgroundThread()
{
while (!_backgroundThreadStop)
{
bool shouldSleep = true;
lock (_queueLock)
{
if (_packetQueue.Count != 0)
{
shouldSleep = false;
}
}
if (shouldSleep)
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(250);
}
else
{
List <RawCapture> ourQueue;
lock (_queueLock)
{
ourQueue = _packetQueue;
_packetQueue = new List <RawCapture>();
}
//Console.WriteLine("BackgroundThread: ourQueue.Count is {0}", ourQueue.Count);
foreach (RawCapture rawCapture in ourQueue)
{
// NOTE: If the incoming packet rate is greater than
// the packet processing rate these queues will grow
// to enormous sizes. Packets should be dropped in these
// cases
if (_bEveryPacket)
{
PacketWrapper2 pw = new PacketWrapper2(rawCapture);
BeginInvoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate { bs.Add(pw); }));
}
else
{
_tcpRecon.ReassemblePacket(rawCapture);
}
}
if (_statisticsUiNeedsUpdate)
{
UpdateCaptureStatistics();
_statisticsUiNeedsUpdate = false;
}
}
}
}
