Hi Chris,
Thus wrote Chris Maynard (Chris.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx):
> Martin Kaiser <lists@...> writes:
> > I was wondering why we need a static buffer at all. It looks like the
> > intention is to keep using the same buffer for each option that we
> > parse. When reading an option, how about checking the length first and
> > then allocating the buffer dynamically? We could then remove the
> > g_strdup() as well and use the allocated buffer to pass the option on to
> > wiretap etc.
> Your suggestion sounds good to me.
> > My understandig is that g_strdup() allocates a copy that the caller must
> > free. I don't think that at the moment, anybody is freeing the copy for
> > the comment (or for any other option).
> If there's a leak, then that should be fixed. Care to open a bug report and
> submit a patch?
sure, I'll look into this. I hope that at FOSDEM, we can discuss my proposed
approach for getting the comment from pcapng->wiretap->capture_file, see
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3096
Once we've agreed on a way forward, I'll see how the g_strdup()s can be
replaced.
Best regards,
Martin