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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Crash when restarting capture.

From: Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 10:54:05 -0500
I will investigate.

On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Anders Broman
<anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> During heavy traffic the following procedure is followed.
>
> -          Capture with wirsehark, don’t update packets in real time no auto
> scrolling.
>
> -          Stop capture, wait while packets are read.
>
> -          Start new capture, stop capture.
>
> -          Once all packets are read(?) Wireshark crashes.
>
>
>
> (wireshark:25209): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_array_free: assertion `array' failed
>
>
>
> (wireshark:25209): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_array_free: assertion `array' failed
>
> **
>
> ERROR:wmem_allocator_block.c:341:wmem_block_split_free_chunk: assertion
> failed: (!chunk->used)
>
>
>
> [1]+  Aborted                 (core dumped) wireshark
>
>
>
> The Glib warnings  is always there…, the wmem crash is the interesting bit.
> Not sure if heavy traffic is needed.
>
> Regards
>
> Anders
>
>
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