Wireshark · Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 9296] Wireshark lua dissector unable to load for media_type=application/octet-

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Michael Mann changed bug 9296

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Comment # 4 on bug 9296 from Michael Mann

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > Was introduced in r51815 and was backported.  Would "capture scope" memory
> > work?  Lua appears to be the only dissector that calls dissector_add_string
> > with a non-literal string.
> Hi Michael, 
>    I'm not very familiar with libwireshark, what's "capture scope memory" 
> about? 
>    

Wireshark has a few memory managers with varying scopes.  "Capture/file" scope
releases memory when a capture file is closed.  There was definitely a leak
prior to r51815, but I'm not sure of the scope to know when it should be freed.
 CCing our resident memory expert, Evan.

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