Hi,
I'm looking into the code of exported_pdu.c and specifically into export_pdu_create_tags(). The first tag it creates is the tag with proto_name. The piece of code that I don't understand is
/* Start by computing size of protocol name as a tag */
proto_str_len = (int)strlen(proto_name);
/* Ensure that tag length is a multiple of 4 bytes */
proto_tag_len = ((proto_str_len + 3) & 0xfffffffc);
/* Add Tag + length */
tag_buf_size += (proto_tag_len + 4);
[...]
exp_pdu_data->tlv_buffer = (guint8 *)g_malloc0(tag_buf_size);
Basically, the buffer to store the proto_name tag must be multiple of 4 bytes. This means that if I use "data", I have "data", but if I use "data1" I have "data1\x00\x00\x00". What's the rationale behind this? Why is the alignment to 4 bytes required?
Thanks
Dario.
