Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] NetXray / Sniffer Time Codes

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From: Chris Jepeway <thai-dragon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:03:55 -0500
> Can you feed a 1.1-format file, as written by Ethereal, to a Sniffer at
> your client's site, and see whether it interprets time stamps the same
> way that Ethereal does, or if it's off by a factor of, well, .838096 or
> 1.1193180, depending on how you look at it?
For reasons I'll just gloss over, this will be somewhat
problematic.  I'll see what I can arrange, but it may
take until next month.

> I tend not to use them, as
> 
> 	1) I'm not sure which C compilers support them
> 
> and
> 
> 	2) GDB, in my experience, doesn't handle them well.
OK, I've dropped them from the enclosed patch.

At some point, I'm going to take a whack at changing
the auto* system so it'll be possible to pass in flags
to the compiler without wrecking the include paths
it gets from the -I flags.  So, eg, something like

	make CFLAGS=-finline-functions

would work.  This, instead of

	make CC='gcc -finline-functions'

> >     Any problem with fleshing out the 64-bit support in
> >     wtap-int.h by adding pletohll() and htolell() macros?
> 
> No, as long as we cope with platforms where G_HAVE_GINT64 is *not*
> defined - i.e., we should be able to compile even if you don't have
> 64-bit integer data types in the C compiler.
> 
> This may either require falling back on floating point or taking the
> support routines from, say, libgcc (and supplying any missing ones -
> GCC2 can generate inline code for a lot of 64-bit integer operations).
I took the "fall back on floating point" approach in wiretap/netxray.c,
but took the "don't define anything" approach in wiretap/wtap-in.h.
Much of the code for the latter is lifted from epan/pint.h.

> > Me
> Guy Harris
Chris.

Uni-diff follows...


Index: wiretap/netxray.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/ethereal/wiretap/netxray.c,v
retrieving revision 1.34
diff -u -r1.34 netxray.c
--- netxray.c	2000/11/19 03:47:35	1.34
+++ netxray.c	2001/02/12 19:35:42
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
 	'X', 'C', 'P', '\0'
 };
 
+#ifdef G_HAVE_GINT64
+typedef guint64 netxray_ticks;
+#else
+typedef struct {
+	guint32	lo;	/* lower 32 bits of time stamp */
+	guint32	hi;	/* upper 32 bits of time stamp */
+} netxray_ticks;
+#endif
+
 /* NetXRay file header (minus magic number). */
 struct netxray_hdr {
 	char	version[8];	/* version number */
@@ -51,8 +60,7 @@
 	guint32 xxy[3];		/* unknown */
 	guint16	network;	/* datalink type */
 	guint8	xxz[6];
-	guint32	timelo;		/* lower 32 bits of time stamp of capture start */
-	guint32	timehi;		/* upper 32 bits of time stamp of capture start */
+	netxray_ticks t;
 	/*
 	 * XXX - other stuff.
 	 */
@@ -77,8 +85,7 @@
 
 /* NetXRay 1.x data record format - followed by frame data. */
 struct netxrayrec_1_x_hdr {
-	guint32	timelo;		/* lower 32 bits of time stamp */
-	guint32	timehi;		/* upper 32 bits of time stamp */
+	netxray_ticks t;
 	guint16	orig_len;	/* packet length */
 	guint16	incl_len;	/* capture length */
 	guint32	xxx[4];		/* unknown */
@@ -86,8 +93,7 @@
 
 /* NetXRay 2.x data record format - followed by frame data. */
 struct netxrayrec_2_x_hdr {
-	guint32	timelo;		/* lower 32 bits of time stamp */
-	guint32	timehi;		/* upper 32 bits of time stamp */
+	netxray_ticks t;
 	guint16	orig_len;	/* packet length */
 	guint16	incl_len;	/* capture length */
 	guint32	xxx[7];		/* unknown */
@@ -99,6 +105,26 @@
 	const union wtap_pseudo_header *pseudo_header, const u_char *pd, int *err);
 static gboolean netxray_dump_close_1_1(wtap_dumper *wdh, int *err);
 
+static double netxray_ticks2double(netxray_ticks *t)
+{
+#	ifdef G_HAVE_GINT64
+	return pletohll(t);
+#	else
+	return pletohl(&t->lo) +
+	       pletohl(&t->hi) * 4294967296.0;
+#	endif	
+}
+
+static void double2netxray_ticks(netxray_ticks *t, double d)
+{
+#	ifdef G_HAVE_GINT64
+	*t = htolell(d);
+#	else
+	t->lo = htolel((guint32) (d % 4294967296.0));
+	t->hi = htolel((guint32) (d / 4294967296.0));
+#	endif	
+}
+
 int netxray_open(wtap *wth, int *err)
 {
 	int bytes_read;
@@ -169,7 +195,7 @@
 		file_type = WTAP_FILE_NETXRAY_1_1;
 	} else if (memcmp(hdr.version, vers_2_001, sizeof vers_2_001) == 0
 	    || memcmp(hdr.version, vers_2_002, sizeof vers_2_002) == 0) {
-		timeunit = 1000000.0;
+		timeunit =  1193180.0;
 		version_major = 2;
 		file_type = WTAP_FILE_NETXRAY_2_00x;
 	} else {
@@ -197,9 +223,8 @@
 	wth->snapshot_length = 16384;	/* XXX - not available in header */
 	wth->capture.netxray->start_time = pletohl(&hdr.start_time);
 	wth->capture.netxray->timeunit = timeunit;
-	t = (double)pletohl(&hdr.timelo)
-	    + (double)pletohl(&hdr.timehi)*4294967296.0;
-	t = t/timeunit;
+	t =  netxray_ticks2double(&hdr.t);
+	t /= timeunit;
 	wth->capture.netxray->start_timestamp = t;
 	wth->capture.netxray->version_major = version_major;
 	/*wth->frame_number = 0;*/
@@ -288,13 +313,11 @@
 	}
 	wth->data_offset += packet_size;
 
-	t = (double)pletohl(&hdr.hdr_1_x.timelo)
-	    + (double)pletohl(&hdr.hdr_1_x.timehi)*4294967296.0;
+	t =  netxray_ticks2double(&hdr.hdr_1_x.t);
 	t /= wth->capture.netxray->timeunit;
 	t -= wth->capture.netxray->start_timestamp;
 	wth->phdr.ts.tv_sec = wth->capture.netxray->start_time + (long)t;
-	wth->phdr.ts.tv_usec = (unsigned long)((t-(double)(unsigned long)(t))
-		*1.0e6);
+	wth->phdr.ts.tv_usec = (t - (unsigned long)(t)) * 1.0e6;
 	wth->phdr.caplen = packet_size;
 	wth->phdr.len = pletohs(&hdr.hdr_1_x.orig_len);
 	wth->phdr.pkt_encap = wth->file_encap;
@@ -390,10 +413,9 @@
 
     /* build the header for each packet */
     memset(&rec_hdr, '\0', sizeof(rec_hdr));
-    timestamp = (phdr->ts.tv_sec - netxray->start.tv_sec)*1000000 +
-        phdr->ts.tv_usec;
-    rec_hdr.timelo = htolel(timestamp);
-    rec_hdr.timehi = htolel(0);
+    timestamp = (phdr->ts.tv_sec - netxray->start.tv_sec)*1000000.0 +
+	phdr->ts.tv_usec;
+    double2netxray_ticks(&rec_hdr.t, timestamp);
     rec_hdr.orig_len = htoles(phdr->len);
     rec_hdr.incl_len = htoles(phdr->caplen);
 	
@@ -454,8 +476,7 @@
     file_hdr.start_offset = htolel(CAPTUREFILE_HEADER_SIZE);
     file_hdr.end_offset = htolel(filelen);
     file_hdr.network = htoles(wtap_encap[wdh->encap]);
-    file_hdr.timelo = htolel(0);
-    file_hdr.timehi = htolel(0);
+    double2netxray_ticks(&file_hdr.t, 0);
 
     memset(hdr_buf, '\0', sizeof hdr_buf);
     memcpy(hdr_buf, &file_hdr, sizeof(file_hdr));
Index: wiretap/wtap-int.h
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/ethereal/wiretap/wtap-int.h,v
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.10 wtap-int.h
--- wtap-int.h	2000/11/12 08:45:28	1.10
+++ wtap-int.h	2001/02/12 19:35:42
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@
                    (guint32)((l) & 0x0000FF00)<<8|  \
                    (guint32)((l) & 0x00FF0000)>>8|   \
                    (guint32)((l) & 0xFF000000)>>24)
+
+#ifdef G_HAVE_GINT64
+#define htolell(ll) GUINT64_TO_LE(ll)
+#endif
+
 #else
 #define htoles(s)	(s)
 #define htolel(l)	(l)
@@ -227,47 +232,91 @@
 /* Pointer versions of ntohs and ntohl.  Given a pointer to a member of a
  * byte array, returns the value of the two or four bytes at the pointer.
  * The pletoh[sl] versions return the little-endian representation.
+ *
+ * If G_HAVE_GINT64 is defined, so we can use "gint64" and "guint64" to
+ * refer to 64-bit integral quantities, we also provide pntohll and
+ * phtolell, which extract 64-bit integral quantities.
  */
 
 #ifndef pntohs
 #define pntohs(p)  ((guint16)                       \
-                    ((guint16)*((guint8 *)p+0)<<8|  \
-                     (guint16)*((guint8 *)p+1)<<0))
+                    ((guint16)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<8|  \
+                     (guint16)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<0))
 #endif
 
+#ifndef pntoh24
+#define pntoh24(p)  ((guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<16| \
+                     (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<8|  \
+                     (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<0)
+#endif
+
 #ifndef pntohl
-#define pntohl(p)  ((guint32)*((guint8 *)p+0)<<24|  \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+1)<<16|  \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+2)<<8|   \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+3)<<0)
+#define pntohl(p)  ((guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<24|  \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<16|  \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<8|   \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+3)<<0)
+#endif
+
+#ifdef G_HAVE_GINT64
+#ifndef pntohll
+#define pntohll(p)  ((guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<56|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<48|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<40|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+3)<<32|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+4)<<24|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+5)<<16|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+6)<<8|   \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+7)<<0)
+#endif
 #endif
 
+
 #ifndef phtons
 #define phtons(p)  ((guint16)                       \
-                    ((guint16)*((guint8 *)p+0)<<8|  \
-                     (guint16)*((guint8 *)p+1)<<0))
+                    ((guint16)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<8|  \
+                     (guint16)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<0))
 #endif
 
 #ifndef phtonl
-#define phtonl(p)  ((guint32)*((guint8 *)p+0)<<24|  \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+1)<<16|  \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+2)<<8|   \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+3)<<0)
+#define phtonl(p)  ((guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<24|  \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<16|  \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<8|   \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+3)<<0)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef pletohs
 #define pletohs(p) ((guint16)                       \
-                    ((guint16)*((guint8 *)p+1)<<8|  \
-                     (guint16)*((guint8 *)p+0)<<0))
+                    ((guint16)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<8|  \
+                     (guint16)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<0))
 #endif
 
+#ifndef pletoh24
+#define pletoh24(p) ((guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<16|  \
+                     (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<8|  \
+                     (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<0)
+#endif
+
+
 #ifndef pletohl
-#define pletohl(p) ((guint32)*((guint8 *)p+3)<<24|  \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+2)<<16|  \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+1)<<8|   \
-                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)p+0)<<0)
+#define pletohl(p) ((guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+3)<<24|  \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<16|  \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<8|   \
+                    (guint32)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<0)
 #endif
 
+
+#ifdef G_HAVE_GINT64
+#ifndef pletohll
+#define pletohll(p) ((guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+7)<<56|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+6)<<48|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+5)<<40|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+4)<<32|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+3)<<24|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+2)<<16|  \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+1)<<8|   \
+                     (guint64)*((guint8 *)(p)+0)<<0)
+#endif
+#endif
 
 #define wtap_file_read_unknown_bytes(target, num_bytes, fh, err) \
 	G_STMT_START \