Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8287] HTTP dissector: add timespan between req/res, add li

Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:38:19 +0000

Comment # 21 on bug 8287 from
your comments were helpful in rethinking the current state. My previous code
has evolved over time as more "lookup" stuff was added. I agree that everything
should be combined into a simple struct object describing the state of a
request/response. I've rewritten that part and the code looks much better. It
now only has a single lookup function which can return pointers to the
previous, current and next struct with one iteration. I've also used a single
linked list, this has ironically removed the need for wmem_realloc() in this
code.

If the capture file has too much packet loss and retransmission and the TCP
stream reassembly is not clean, my request/response tracking can get confused.
I think however that our users are aware that with problematic capture files
Wireshark's analysis may be flawed and there's also nothing I can do about it.

I've included your suggestions, except for reformatting the definitions of the
new hf_* variables. I personally don't like the arbitrary line breaks used in a
lot of existing dissectors and prefer to have one hf_ variable defined on a
single line. (If whoever likes to commit these changes eventually has another
strong opinion I'm fine if the comitter reformats those)


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