From 821f885332ba29f68aec7218727e83b5280630ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: evilsocket <evilsocket@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 12:55:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] misc: added debug panic for #500

---
 packets/queue.go | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packets/queue.go b/packets/queue.go
index 9546f738..7007979b 100644
--- a/packets/queue.go
+++ b/packets/queue.go
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ func NewQueue(iface *network.Endpoint) (q *Queue, err error) {
 	q = &Queue{
 		Protos:     sync.Map{},
 		Traffic:    sync.Map{},
+		Stats:      Stats{},
 		Activities: make(chan Activity),
 
 		writes: &sync.WaitGroup{},
@@ -165,6 +166,10 @@ func (q *Queue) trackActivity(eth *layers.Ethernet, ip4 *layers.IPv4, address ne
 }
 
 func (q *Queue) TrackPacket(size uint64) {
+	// https://github.com/bettercap/bettercap/issues/500
+	if q == nil {
+		panic("track packet on nil queue!")
+	}
 	atomic.AddUint64(&q.Stats.PktReceived, 1)
 	atomic.AddUint64(&q.Stats.Received, size)
 }