Am 03.01.2011 18:41, schrieb Guy Harris:
On Jan 3, 2011, at 3:49 AM, news.gmane.com wrote:
"Guy Harris"<guy-FrUbXkNCsVf2fBVCVOL8/A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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No - Wireshark doesn't do garbage collection
Yes, you're right. But see this:
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/epan/emem.h
It should be fixed to use another term for it.
<Excerpt source="emem.h (wireshark-1.6.0.tar.bz2)">
/* Functions for handling memory allocation and garbage collection with
* a packet lifetime scope.
* These functions are used to allocate memory that will only remain
persistent
* until Wireshark starts dissecting the next packet in the list.
* Everytime Wireshark starts decoding the next packet all memory allocated
* through these functions will be released back to the free pool.
*
* These functions are very fast and offer automatic garbage collection:
* Everytime a new packet is dissected, all memory allocations done in
* the previous packet is freed.
*/
</Excerpt>
Andy