[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 05/16/2010 03:36 PM, Ari Yoskovitz wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am using the pinfo->fd->flags.visited bit in my dissector.
> I have discovered (after a lot of debugging...) the sometimes this bit
> is asserted even on the first run, namely when the packet was not visited...
> It happens very rarely, but when it does the results are destructive.
>
> Am I missing anything? Is this a bug?

This should never happen. If this is true, that's a bug.
Now the question is, can you define the circumstances when this happens?

> Thanks.
>
> BTW It looks to me that this bit has to be manually set to 1 when the
> packet is being visited for the first time. Again, am I wrong here? Thanks.

This is *incorrect*
The EPAN dissection engine handles setting of this bit after the frame was 
handed off to the frame dissector. See dissect_packet() in epan/packet.c. You're 
supposed to treat this as a readonly value. Maybe this is the cause for the bug 
you see?

Thanks,
Jaap