[Guy Harris <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Oct 29, 2003, at 6:50 PM, Dinesh G Dutt wrote:

> > BTW, "tvb_set_reported_length()" throws an exception if you try to 
> > make
> I did this because I thought that you suggested this would be the 
> thing to do
> to allow the errors to be reported as "short frame" instead of 
> "malformed
> frame".

Setting the reported length is the right thing to do.  However, using 
"tvb_set_reported_length()" isn't the right way to do it - 
unfortunately, there isn't a right way.

(Perhaps if I can get around to reworking the whole "packet length" 
stuff I can handle that better - there are cases where you arguably 
*should* be able to set *some* length longer, e.g. if you have an IP 
packet with a bogus length value > the actual length of the link-layer 
payload.)

> I don't have the hardware to test this patch. This seems iffy and so 
> I'd rather
> we remove this patch and introduce it in a subsequent release.

OK, I'll remove that particular part of the change - should I leave in 
the rest of the stuff that dissects the length and the truncated bit?