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-rw-r--r--epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c1
-rw-r--r--epan/except.c53
-rw-r--r--epan/except.h17
-rw-r--r--epan/exceptions.h10
4 files changed, 65 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c b/epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c
index ba98cfde20..d9b607732d 100644
--- a/epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c
+++ b/epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ show_exception(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree,
pinfo->current_proto, exception_message);
g_warning("Dissector bug, protocol %s, in packet %u: %s",
pinfo->current_proto, pinfo->fd->num, exception_message);
+ g_free(exception_message);
break;
default:
diff --git a/epan/except.c b/epan/except.c
index 8b61edc317..3aa8d84908 100644
--- a/epan/except.c
+++ b/epan/except.c
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
* $Name: $
*/
+/*
+ * Modified to support throwing an exception with a null message pointer,
+ * and to have the message not be const (as we generate messages with
+ * "g_strdup_sprintf()", which means they need to be freed; using
+ * a null message means that we don't have to use a special string
+ * for exceptions with no message, and don't have to worry about
+ * not freeing that).
+ */
+
#include <assert.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
@@ -194,9 +203,15 @@ static void do_throw(except_t *except)
static void unhandled_catcher(except_t *except)
{
- fprintf(stderr, "Unhandled exception (\"%s\", group=%ld, code=%ld)\n",
- except->except_message, except->except_id.except_group,
- except->except_id.except_code);
+ if (except->except_message == NULL) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Unhandled exception (group=%ld, code=%ld)\n",
+ except->except_id.except_group,
+ except->except_id.except_code);
+ } else {
+ fprintf(stderr, "Unhandled exception (\"%s\", group=%ld, code=%ld)\n",
+ except->except_message, except->except_id.except_group,
+ except->except_id.except_code);
+ }
abort();
}
@@ -244,7 +259,7 @@ void except_rethrow(except_t *except)
do_throw(except);
}
-void except_throw(long group, long code, const char *msg)
+void except_throw(long group, long code, char *msg)
{
except_t except;
@@ -256,7 +271,7 @@ void except_throw(long group, long code, const char *msg)
do_throw(&except);
}
-void except_throwd(long group, long code, const char *msg, void *data)
+void except_throwd(long group, long code, char *msg, void *data)
{
except_t except;
@@ -268,6 +283,11 @@ void except_throwd(long group, long code, const char *msg, void *data)
do_throw(&except);
}
+/*
+ * XXX - should we use g_strdup_sprintf() here, so we're not limited by
+ * XCEPT_BUFFER_SIZE? We could then just use this to generate formatted
+ * messages.
+ */
void except_throwf(long group, long code, const char *fmt, ...)
{
char *buf = except_alloc(XCEPT_BUFFER_SIZE);
@@ -301,7 +321,7 @@ unsigned long except_group(except_t *ex)
return ex->except_id.except_group;
}
-const char *except_message(except_t *ex)
+char *except_message(except_t *ex)
{
return ex->except_message;
}
@@ -369,6 +389,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
static const except_id_t catch[] = { { 1, 1 }, { 1, 2 } };
except_t *ex;
+ char *msg;
/*
* Nested exception ``try blocks''
@@ -383,15 +404,27 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
top_level();
} else {
/* inner catch */
- printf("caught exception (inner): \"%s\", s=%ld, c=%ld\n",
- except_message(ex), except_group(ex), except_code(ex));
+ msg = except_message(ex);
+ if (msg == NULL) {
+ printf("caught exception (inner): s=%ld, c=%ld\n",
+ except_group(ex), except_code(ex));
+ } else {
+ printf("caught exception (inner): \"%s\", s=%ld, c=%ld\n",
+ msg, except_group(ex), except_code(ex));
+ }
except_rethrow(ex);
}
except_try_pop();
} else {
/* outer catch */
- printf("caught exception (outer): \"%s\", s=%ld, c=%ld\n",
- except_message(ex), except_group(ex), except_code(ex));
+ msg = except_message(ex);
+ if (msg == NULL) {
+ printf("caught exception (outer): s=%ld, c=%ld\n",
+ except_group(ex), except_code(ex));
+ } else {
+ printf("caught exception (outer): \"%s\", s=%ld, c=%ld\n",
+ except_message(ex), except_group(ex), except_code(ex));
+ }
}
except_try_pop();
except_throw(99, 99, "exception in main");
diff --git a/epan/except.h b/epan/except.h
index 459555d210..741cd0eabe 100644
--- a/epan/except.h
+++ b/epan/except.h
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@
* $Name: $
*/
+/*
+ * Modified to support throwing an exception with a null message pointer,
+ * and to have the message not be const (as we generate messages with
+ * "g_strdup_sprintf()", which means they need to be freed; using
+ * a null message means that we don't have to use a special string
+ * for exceptions with no message, and don't have to worry about
+ * not freeing that).
+ */
+
#ifndef XCEPT_H
#define XCEPT_H
@@ -42,7 +51,7 @@ typedef struct {
typedef struct {
except_id_t volatile except_id;
- const char *volatile except_message;
+ char *volatile except_message;
void *volatile except_dyndata;
} except_t;
@@ -82,13 +91,13 @@ extern struct except_stacknode *except_pop(void);
extern int except_init(void);
extern void except_deinit(void);
extern void except_rethrow(except_t *);
-extern void except_throw(long, long, const char *);
-extern void except_throwd(long, long, const char *, void *);
+extern void except_throw(long, long, char *);
+extern void except_throwd(long, long, char *, void *);
extern void except_throwf(long, long, const char *, ...);
extern void (*except_unhandled_catcher(void (*)(except_t *)))(except_t *);
extern unsigned long except_code(except_t *);
extern unsigned long except_group(except_t *);
-extern const char *except_message(except_t *);
+extern char *except_message(except_t *);
extern void *except_data(except_t *);
extern void *except_take_data(except_t *);
extern void except_set_allocator(void *(*)(size_t), void (*)(void *));
diff --git a/epan/exceptions.h b/epan/exceptions.h
index 355224e930..de223f4ebd 100644
--- a/epan/exceptions.h
+++ b/epan/exceptions.h
@@ -46,7 +46,13 @@
#define TypeError 3
/**
- A bug was detected in a dissector
+ A bug was detected in a dissector.
+
+ DO NOT throw this with THROW(); the handler expects there to be a
+ message, and even if it didn't, the developers expect there to be
+ a message to make it easier to figure out what the problem is.
+
+ Instead, use the DISSECTOR_ASSERT(), etc. macros in epan/proto.h.
**/
#define DissectorError 4
@@ -195,7 +201,7 @@
/* user's code goes here */
#define THROW(x) \
- except_throw(XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL, (x), "XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL")
+ except_throw(XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL, (x), NULL)
#define THROW_MESSAGE(x, y) \
except_throw(XCEPT_GROUP_ETHEREAL, (x), (y))