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Lua dissector: Field extractor to get the last matched userdata

asked 2019-02-22 11:07:51 +0000

L. Qin gravatar image

updated 2019-02-22 12:05:26 +0000

I want to create a Lua Dissector for LLDP TLV.

Pseudocode:

local subtype_f = Field.new("lldp.ieee.802_1.subtype")

local myproto = Proto("myproto", "My Proto")

function myproto.dissector(buf, pinfo, treeitem)
    local subtype = subtype_f()
    if subtype.value == A_SUBTYPE then
        do_something
    end
end

register_postdissector(myproto)

In one packet, there are 3 TLVs containing "lldp.ieee.802_1.subtype" field,

but the code local subtype = subtype_f() only get the first one FieldInfo,

How can I get the last one or retrieve the return value of subtype_f()

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answered 2019-02-22 15:49:53 +0000

cmaynard gravatar image

updated 2019-02-22 15:53:58 +0000

You need to use a table then iterate through all the values. For example:

local subtype_f = Field.new("lldp.ieee.802_1.subtype")
local myproto = Proto("myproto", "My Proto")

function myproto.dissector(buf, pinfo, treeitem)
    local subtype = {subtype_f()}
    if subtype then
        for i in pairs(subtype) do
            if subtype[i].value == A_SUBTYPE then
                -- do_something
            elseif subtype[i].value == B_SUBTYPE then
                 -- do_something_else
           end
        end
    end
end

register_postdissector(myproto)

And if you only want to deal with the last subtype, then of course you don't need to iterate though all subtypes, just check the last one, e.g.:

if subtype[#subtype].value == A_SUBTYPE then
    -- do_something
end
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answered 2019-02-22 11:50:13 +0000

grahamb gravatar image

Your dissector function should return the number of bytes you've dissected. This then allows the dissector calling your dissector to call you again with the remaining bytes in the tvbuff.

This isn't explained very well in the Developers Guide Lua API description or the example there. The example dissector on the Lua Wiki page is better.

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Thank you for your answer. But, this is a post dissector, I want to read the field lldp.ieee.802_1.subtype to check if it equals my subtype. In one packet, there are 3 TLVs containing "lldp.ieee.802_1.subtype" field, I only want to deal with the last TLV, but when calling a Field object, it returns the first TLV's FieldInfo object.

L. Qin gravatar imageL. Qin ( 2019-02-22 12:24:05 +0000 )edit

I'd missed that.

I don't know the answer for a post-dissector, I think they're called once per packet, so you'd have to handle multiple PDU's per packet yourself by checking if there is any data remaining in the tvb and if there is any processing that and repeating as required.

grahamb gravatar imagegrahamb ( 2019-02-22 13:09:43 +0000 )edit

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