Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [Wireshark-commits] rev 52578: /trunk/epan/ /trunk/epan/: pr
> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:54 AM, <eapache@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc/viewvc.cgi?view=rev&revision=52578
> >
> > User: eapache
> > Date: 2013/10/13 04:54 AM
> >
> > Log:
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> > All of this is (theoretically) unnecessary - simply checking the offset without
> > worrying about the length will still catch the very-long-loops, since it is the
> > offset that increases in each iteration, not the length.
> >
> > All that to justify:
> > - implement tvb_ensure_offset_exists which throws an exception if the offset is
> > not within the tvb
> > - use it instead of all the complicated other logic in the pre-short-circuit
> > step of proto_tree_add_item and friends
> >
> > This gives us back about 3/4 of the performance we lost in the original patch.
> > We're still ~2% slower than without any check, but this is the best I can think
> > of right now.
> >
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 12:58:12AM -0400, Evan Huus wrote:
> Jeff (and/or anyone else who cares) I'd appreciate a verification that
> my logic here is correct, and that I've not accidentally undone your
> good work.
I think it's fine, unless in loops there're some weird offset integer overflows (which returns back to offset + 0), like easy case:
proto_tree_add_item(..., offset, 0xfffffffe /* -2 */, ...); offset += (-2);
proto_tree_add_item(..., offset, +2, ...); offset += (+2);
About tvb_offset_exists() comment, compute_offset() is not returning
exception when offset == tvb->length.
Kuba.
