What is the substitute of private_data field in packet_info structure? I checked the old and the new code and figured out that the private_data field is removed. The replacement from the code which i can make out is removing the private_data, but what if we have no option of removing it? I am here trying to convert my plugins from old Wireshark version 1.2.10 to latest version. Please help me with this. asked 12 Jan '17, 01:06  chirag |
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What kind of data were you storing in pinfo->private_data field ? Without knowing, here is already a few suggestions. If it's data for a sub dissector, use the the data parameter that is now the 4th parameter of the dissector_t structure. If it is data used internally in the dissector, you can eventually use the p_add_proto_data() / p_get_proto_data() function answered 12 Jan '17, 01:55  Pascal Quantin |
Hi pascal, thanks for the answer. yes I used the extra param void *data in place of private_data. In the old code it was used to share the data between the dissector. After understanding the code I was able to replace it. Anyways thanks for the quick answer.
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