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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] master b0e6fbf: umts_fp: Replace se_new0

From: Bill Meier <wmeier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2014 12:52:39 -0500
On 12/31/2014 11:31 AM, Evan Huus wrote:
This is an init routine, which can be called when no file is in scope,
so wmem_file_scope() is incorrect (and se_* was also incorrect).

I'm actually not sure what this routine is doing, since it deals with
conversations but there will never be any conversations e.g. on
startup when the init routine is actually called...


I realized (after I did the commit) that there must be a reason why a just a few ep/se calls remained (all to related to the use of UATs ?). :)

This thing looks like it's setting up conversations based upon UAT info prior to dissection (presumably so that any subsequent dissection will be able to take advantage of info stored in the conversation structs).

Taking a quick look at things I see that in packet.c the init-routines are called after setting up file scope and initializing the conversation stuff, so it would seem that using file_scope might be OK.

	se_free_all();
	wmem_enter_file_scope();
        ...
	epan_conversation_init();
        ...
	g_slist_foreach(init_routines, &call_init_routine, NULL);

Am I missing something ?

Are there other cases where the init routines are called out of file scope ?

A problem I do see: if the UAT is changed while a file is open, there's no update of the conversation table from the UAT. I don't know if there's something in the UAT info which might change the dissection.

Maybe this is why the code checks to see if there'san existing conversation (altho currently there can't be any since the code is only exec'd as an init.


Bill