https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7639
--- Comment #80 from Michal Labedzki <michal.labedzki@xxxxxxxxx> 2012-09-24 00:31:32 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #79)
> (In reply to comment #78)
>
> > Coulden't the newly added feature of adding data to the protocol calls usable
> > in this case? P2 - P4 would have to "know" that data is (to be) passed
> > But as was disscused the data structure and magic number is defined in packet.h
> > that wouldn't be a problem - would it?
> > The data part could be void* and casted to p1_data_t at the end points
> > P2 - P4 should perhaps check the magic number
>
> For me it's sound quite complicated, can we do it simpler?
> (don't know how, I'm just asking...)
My idea: use pinfo->private_table instead of pinfo->private_data.
For now private_table does not exist by defaults, but we can create it before
dissecting packet, so dissector may not check and creating it
// pinfo->private_table = g_hash_table_new(g_str_hash, g_str_equal);
Dissectors add interesting fields to the array, like that:
g_hash_table_insert(pinfo->private_table, "btbnep.type",
GUINT_TO_POINTER(bnep_type));
Then another dissector may get this value if need:
type = GPOINTER_TO_UINT(g_hash_table_lookup(pinfo->private_table,
"btbnep.type"));
So there is no need to do anything by intermediate dissectors.
I guess this can be used to transfer non-fields data too, maybe reserved one
middle name like "private_data", so can transfer... for example structure by:
g_hash_table_insert(pinfo->private_table, "btbnep.private_data.foo", foo);
What do you think abut that?
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