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Diffstat (limited to 'epan/epan.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | epan/epan.h | 19 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/epan/epan.h b/epan/epan.h index 01a8a84957..77bc1bc3f6 100644 --- a/epan/epan.h +++ b/epan/epan.h @@ -46,11 +46,24 @@ void epan_init(void (*register_all_protocols_func)(register_cb cb, gpointer clie /* cleanup the whole epan module, this is used to be called only once in a program */ void epan_cleanup(void); -/* Initialize the table of conversations. */ +/* + * Initialize the table of conversations. Conversations are identified by + * their endpoints; they are used for protocols such as IP, TCP, and UDP, + * where packets contain endpoint information but don't contain a single + * value indicating to which flow the packet belongs. + */ void epan_conversation_init(void); -/* Initialize the table of circuits. */ -/* XXX - what is a circuit and should this better be combined with epan_conversation_init? */ +/* + * Initialize the table of circuits. Circuits are identified by a + * circuit ID; they are used for protocols where packets *do* contain + * a circuit ID value indicating to which flow the packet belongs. + * + * We might want to make a superclass for both endpoint-specified + * conversations and circuit ID-specified circuits, so we can attach + * information either to a circuit or a conversation with common + * code. + */ void epan_circuit_init(void); /* A client will create one epan_t for an entire dissection session. |