Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: [Wireshark-dev] Query regarding malloc and ep_alloc

[prashanth joshi <prashanthsjoshi2000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi , can i use malloc to allocate memory in ethereal code ?

What i want to do is to allocate memory and then fill in the contents and then add it to the display tree.

If I use malloc, will not it cause problems like platform dependence and memory leaks?

I used ep_alloc( ) but i'm getting error " undefined reference to ep_alloc".

Also, can i use malloc for any general purpose data manipulation....?, say like allocating a structure sized memory using malloc and then copying n bytes of the tvbuff in to the allocated memory and then manipulate the data.

Regards,

Prashanth

 

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