Ethereal-dev: Re: [ethereal-dev] Modifying the packet buffer in dissectors

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From: Bert Driehuis <driehuis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 05:16:25 +0200 (CEST)
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Guy Harris wrote:

> That might be faster (unless you're unlucky and the target and
> source map to the same cache line and the copying code handles that
> well but the decryption code doesn't).

Errrr.... 'scuse me, but aren't cache lines supposed to be transparent
to the code? Of course, you can bust caching efficiency, but getting
wrong results is new to me.

Cheers,

					-- Bert

Bert Driehuis -- driehuis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- +31-20-3116119
If the only tool you've got is an axe, every problem looks like fun!