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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] redback dissector update #2

From: Florian Lohoff <flo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 26 May 2007 10:31:50 +0200
Hi Stephen,
here is the promised resend of the redback dissector update. For
me it fixes all issues of non decoded packets for me.

On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 08:52:07PM -0700, Stephen Fisher wrote:
> Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] redback dissector update #2
> 
> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:40:35PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 01:10:04PM -0700, Stephen Fisher wrote:
> > > Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] redback dissector update #2
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 03:18:25PM +0200, Florian Lohoff wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi,
> > > > here is another round - Now we see ISIS again correctly together with
> > > > PPPoE PPP handshakes handed from the Packet Forwarding Asic.
> > > 
> > > Do you want this patch, dated the 17th, applied instea of the one dated 
> > > the 13th or in addition to?
> > 
> > Instead - its a patch against svn current. Sorry it took so long. 
> > Should i resend the patch ?
> 
> Please do, I have my e-mail setup to delete mail older than a month so 
> it must have just deleted it today since the original was April 17th 
> :(.

Flo
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Index: epan/dissectors/packet-redback.c
===================================================================
--- epan/dissectors/packet-redback.c	(revision 21951)
+++ epan/dissectors/packet-redback.c	(working copy)
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * By Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  *
  * Start of RedBack SE400/800 tcpdump trace disassembly
- * Copyright 2005,2006 Florian Lohoff <flo@xxxxxxxxxx>
+ * Copyright 2005-2007 Florian Lohoff <flo@xxxxxxxxxx>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 static dissector_handle_t eth_handle;
 static dissector_handle_t clnp_handle;
 static dissector_handle_t arp_handle;
+static dissector_handle_t ppp_handle;
 
 /* wrapper for passing the PIC type to the generic ATM dissector */
 static void
@@ -81,47 +82,69 @@
                             "Layer3 Offset: %u", l3off);
   tisub = proto_tree_add_text (subtree, tvb, 22, 2,
                             "Data Offset: %u", dataoff);
-  next_tvb = tvb_new_subset(tvb, l3off, -1, -1);
 
   /* Mark the gap as "Data" for now */
   if (dataoff > l3off) {
 	proto_tree_add_text (subtree, tvb, 24, l3off-24, "Data (%d bytes)", l3off-24);	
   }
 
-  /*
-   * Just a guess - In case we see a difference in dataoff vs l3off
-   * we assume there is an ethernet header. Traces from an OC12 didnt
-   * show any header in here
-   */
-  if (dataoff > l3off) {
-    call_dissector(eth_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
-  } else {
-    switch(proto) {
-      case 0x01:
+  switch(proto) {
+    case 0x01:
         /*
 	 * IP - We assume IPv6 has a different protocol although
 	 * i might be wrong - Havent seen any traces
 	 */
-        call_dissector(ipv4_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
-        break;
-      case 0x02:
+      next_tvb = tvb_new_subset(tvb, dataoff, -1, -1);
+      call_dissector(ipv4_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
+      break;
+    case 0x02:
 	/*
-	 * It is CLNP although it seem the Packet Asic fills
-	 * some data in the packet so we have a "broken" packet in
-	 * the trace
+	 * Most of the time i have seen this protocol type
+	 * as 802.3 Ethernet containing CLNP for ISIS.
+	 *
+	 * Sometimes the 802.3 header is missing and the packet
+	 * seems to be CLNP anyway. Dissecting this shows
+	 * a broken packet for an unknown reason.
+	 *
 	 */
-        call_dissector(clnp_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
-        break;
-      case 0x03: /* Unicast Ethernet tx - Seen with PPPoE PADO */
-      case 0x04: /* Unicast Ethernet rx - Seen with ARP  */
-      case 0x08: /* Broadcast Ethernet rx - Seen with PPPoE PADI */
+      next_tvb = tvb_new_subset(tvb, l3off, -1, -1);
+      if (dataoff > l3off) {
+	      call_dissector(eth_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
+      } else {
+	      call_dissector(clnp_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
+      }
+      break;
+    case 0x06:
+
+      /* HACK This is a guess - i dont know what this flag means
+       * but my best guess is that it means "incoming" e.g.
+       * the direction of the packet. In case of incoming PPP
+       * packets there seems to be some padding which does
+       * not get reflected in the l3off/dataoff
+       */
+      if (flags & 0x00400000) {
+        next_tvb = tvb_new_subset(tvb, l3off, -1, -1);
+      } else {
+        proto_tree_add_text (subtree, tvb, l3off, 4, "Unknown Data (%d bytes)", 4);
+        next_tvb = tvb_new_subset(tvb, l3off+4, -1, -1);
+      }
+
+      if (l3off == dataoff) {
+        call_dissector(ppp_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
+      } else {
         call_dissector(eth_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
-        break;
-      default:
-	tisub = proto_tree_add_text (subtree, tvb, 24, length-24,
+      }
+      break;
+    case 0x03: /* Unicast Ethernet tx - Seen with PPPoE PADO */
+    case 0x04: /* Unicast Ethernet rx - Seen with ARP  */
+    case 0x08: /* Broadcast Ethernet rx - Seen with PPPoE PADI */
+      next_tvb = tvb_new_subset(tvb, l3off, -1, -1);
+      call_dissector(eth_handle, next_tvb, pinfo, tree);
+      break;
+    default:
+      tisub = proto_tree_add_text (subtree, tvb, 24, length-24,
 				"Unknown Protocol Data %u", proto);
-        break;
-    }
+      break;
   }
   return;
 }
@@ -147,6 +170,7 @@
   eth_handle = find_dissector("eth_withoutfcs");
   clnp_handle = find_dissector("clnp");
   arp_handle = find_dissector("arp");
+  ppp_handle = find_dissector("ppp");
 
   redback_handle = create_dissector_handle(dissect_redback, proto_redback);
   dissector_add("wtap_encap", WTAP_ENCAP_REDBACK, redback_handle);

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