Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] dissector_add: Multiple registrations to same TCP/UDP ports;

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bill Meier wrote:
> After adding a little validation code to dissector_add I've found that 
> there are currently at least two cases where multiple dissectors are 
> registered to the same non-zero tcp or udp port:
> =====
> udp.port: dsctr: cpfi;     key  5000 already registered to: airopeek
> udp.port: ddctr: tapa;     key  5000 already registered to: cpfi
>
> result:
>    cpfi & airopeak registrations lost (as well as a little memory leak)
>
> =====
> tcp.port: dsctr: tcpencap; key 10000 already registered to: ndmp
>
> result:
>    ndmp registration lost ....
>
>
> ----------------------
>
> Q1: Can anyone suggest the appropriate resolution of these conflicts ?

Does that (the registration loss + memory leak) still happen if the 
dissectors are "new style"?  I would think that converting them to "new 
style" dissectors "should" be the answer but I didn't look into it.