Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Filebacked-tvbuffs : GSoC'13

From: Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:04:30 -0400
On 04/20/13 17:13, Ambarisha B wrote:
Hi Anders,

On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 2:05 AM, Anders Broman <a.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:a.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:

    Not necessarily if we can hide the fact in the tvb or reassembly
    functions.


But the dissectors create the tvb from the reassembled data. So, if we
define a new type of tvbuff which has to be used, wouldn't that effect
the dissectors?

It shouldn't: dissectors should be using the TVB-accessor functions so they shouldn't care what kind of TVB they are handed.