Re: Frame Data Buffer Allocation

[Paul Offord <Paul.Offord () advance7 com>]

OK - thanks.

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Sent: 05 March 2018 19:29
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Subject: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Frame Data Buffer Allocation

On Mar 5, 2018, at 2:16 AM, Paul Offord <Paul.Offord () advance7 com> wrote:
 
> I’m not sure what I am supposed to do at that point.  Should my block handler just free the 2KB and then g_malloc a 
> block of a suitable size?

No, you're supposed to do what every capture file reader does, and grow the buffer to the required size, using 
ws_buffer_assure_space().

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