Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Assertion failed.

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

Krishnamurthy Mayya wrote:
> Hi all,
>  I am writing a new dissector and for that purpose, have written a new 
> file. As suggested by Jeff, i have included the file in Makefile.commom 
> also for compilation to be successful.
> But, when trying to capture the packet i am getting this error.
>
> *ERROR:packet.c:1982:call_dissector_only: assertion failed: (handle != 
> NULL)*
> *Aborted*
>
> Any idea what might have gone wrong ??? Its a new MPLS-TP dissector for 
> Lock Instruct messages (as per RFC 6435) and i have followed the format 
> Francesco has followed for PSC dissection.

Sounds like you're calling call_dissector() with a NULL handle.