diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rawshark.pod | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/tshark.pod | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/wireshark.pod.template | 12 |
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/rawshark.pod b/doc/rawshark.pod index 5500cd2476..da425a0dbf 100644 --- a/doc/rawshark.pod +++ b/doc/rawshark.pod @@ -484,6 +484,18 @@ your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. +=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_TOO_MANY_ITEMS + +If this environment variable is set, B<Rawshark> will call abort(3) +if a dissector tries to add too many items to a tree (generally this +is an indication of the dissector not breaking out of a loop soon enough). +abort(3) will cause the program to exit abnormally; if you are running +B<Rawshark> in a debugger, it should halt in the debugger and allow +inspection of the process, and, if you are not running it in a debugger, +it will, on some OSes, assuming your environment is configured correctly, +generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to +troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. + =item WIRESHARK_EP_VERIFY_POINTERS This environment variable, if set, causes certain uses of pointers to be diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod index 44d488a4ae..3e7b0d15cd 100644 --- a/doc/tshark.pod +++ b/doc/tshark.pod @@ -1642,6 +1642,18 @@ your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. +=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_TOO_MANY_ITEMS + +If this environment variable is set, B<TShark> will call abort(3) +if a dissector tries to add too many items to a tree (generally this +is an indication of the dissector not breaking out of a loop soon enough). +abort(3) will cause the program to exit abnormally; if you are running +B<TShark> in a debugger, it should halt in the debugger and allow +inspection of the process, and, if you are not running it in a debugger, +it will, on some OSes, assuming your environment is configured correctly, +generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to +troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. + =item WIRESHARK_EP_VERIFY_POINTERS This environment variable, if present, causes certain uses of pointers to be diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template index 44afe294f1..3bc15cd3ad 100644 --- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template +++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template @@ -2790,6 +2790,18 @@ your environment is configured correctly, generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. +=item WIRESHARK_ABORT_ON_TOO_MANY_ITEMS + +If this environment variable is set, B<Wireshark> will call abort(3) +if a dissector tries to add too many items to a tree (generally this +is an indication of the dissector not breaking out of a loop soon enough). +abort(3) will cause the program to exit abnormally; if you are running +B<Wireshark> in a debugger, it should halt in the debugger and allow +inspection of the process, and, if you are not running it in a debugger, +it will, on some OSes, assuming your environment is configured correctly, +generate a core dump file. This can be useful to developers attempting to +troubleshoot a problem with a protocol dissector. + =item WIRESHARK_EP_VERIFY_POINTERS This environment variable, if set, causes certain uses of pointers to be |