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Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.dissector | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.tapping | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.dissector b/doc/README.dissector index 3bbb342798..7a3f9ffab3 100644 --- a/doc/README.dissector +++ b/doc/README.dissector @@ -312,16 +312,16 @@ information). Byte Array Accessors: -gchar *tvb_bytes_to_str(tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint len); +gchar *tvb_bytes_to_str(wmem_allocator_t *scope, tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint len); Formats a bunch of data from a tvbuff as bytes, returning a pointer to the string with the data formatted as two hex digits for each byte. -The string pointed to is stored in an "ep_alloc'd" buffer which will be freed -before the next frame is dissected. The formatted string will contain the hex digits -for at most the first 16 bytes of the data. If len is greater than 16 bytes, a -trailing "..." will be added to the string. +The string pointed to is stored in an "wmem_alloc'd" buffer which will be freed +depending on its scope (typically wmem_packet_scope which is freed after the frame). +The formatted string will contain the hex digits for at most the first 16 bytes of +the data. If len is greater than 16 bytes, a trailing "..." will be added to the string. -gchar *tvb_bytes_to_str_punct(tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint len, gchar punct); +gchar *tvb_bytes_to_str_punct(wmem_allocator_t *scope, tvbuff_t *tvb, gint offset, gint len, gchar punct); This function is similar to tvb_bytes_to_str(...) except that 'punct' is inserted between the hex representation of each byte. diff --git a/doc/README.tapping b/doc/README.tapping index bc460a400c..75b99ac69c 100644 --- a/doc/README.tapping +++ b/doc/README.tapping @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ tap_queue_packet() is using its own instance of private struct variable so they don't overwrite each other. See packet-ip.c which has a simple solution to the problem. It creates -a unique instance of the IP header using ep_alloc(). +a unique instance of the IP header using wmem_alloc(). Previous versions used a static struct of 4 instances of the IP header struct and cycled through them each time the dissector was called. (4 was just a number taken out of the blue but it should be enough for most |