Re: tvb_reported_length vs tvb_captured_length

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter () xs4all nl>]

Hi,

When a dissector returns an integer value it returns the amount of packet data it has dissected to its calling 
dissector. Therefore, if a dissector intends to dissect all data it can return the length of the captured data it is 
handed. Therefore it uses tvb_captured_length.


> On 4 Jun 2019, at 11:51, Bruno Verstuyft <bruno.verstuyft () excentis com> wrote:
>
>
> However, in the developer documentation "Adding a basic dissector" 
> (https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChDissectAdd.html 
> <https://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChDissectAdd.html>), the dissect_foo function returns 
> tvb_captured_length.

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