Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] tvb_new* functions

[Richard van der Hoff <richardv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Abhik Sarkar wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Is there some clear documentation on when tvb_new_* functions may or
> may not be called. I keep getting per-packet data corrupt, and I
> suspect that I am using tvb_new_composite or tvb_subset at an
> incorrect place.

tvb_new_subset can be called whenever you like; tvb_new_composite() has 
never been made to work; however. If you need its functionality, I 
suggest you start by uncommenting the unit tests in epan/tvbtest.c and 
making them pass...

Cheers

Richard