Wireshark · Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] PDML (XML) Export Bug : Memory Leakage

[Ulf Lamping <ulf.lamping@xxxxxx>]

zze-JAVAID Usman RD-CORE-LAN wrote:

>
> While Exporting the large size capture file (more than 40 packet traces)
>
What do you mean by "more than 40 packet traces" ?!?

> into the PDML (XML) format, the Ethereal (v 0.10.10 / 0.10.11) program
> terminates with the Memory leakage error. However, it perfectly
> exports the capture file into the PDML format when the capture file is
> of small size.
>
I don't know a "Memory leakage error", however I know a "Out of Memory"
error, which you probably mean.

In general: if Ethereal is running out of memory, it will terminate, for
an explanation why, see http://wiki.ethereal.com/KnownBugs

I don't think that the PDML export should require significant amount of
memory, so there might be a related bug in that export function ...

> I would like to know, whether it is really a Bug ? If yes, when its
> resolution is expected ?
>
If a program simply terminates, yes I would call it a bug. There's
currently no real solution to this, as explained in the above
"KnownBugs" link.

Regards, ULFL