The Tcpdump Group git mirrors - tcpdump/blob - CONTRIBUTING

   1 Some Information for Contributors
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   3 You want to contribute to Tcpdump, Thanks!
   4 Please, read these lines.
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   7 How to report bugs and other problems
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   9 To report a security issue (segfault, buffer overflow, infinite loop, arbitrary
  10 code execution etc) please send an e-mail to security@tcpdump.org, do not use
  11 the bug tracker!
  12
  13 To report a non-security problem (failure to compile, incorrect output in the
  14 protocol printout, missing support for a particular protocol etc) please check
  15 first that it reproduces with the latest stable release of tcpdump and the latest
  16 stable release of libpcap. If it does, please check that the problem reproduces
  17 with the current git master branch of tcpdump and the current git master branch of
  18 libpcap. If it does (and it is not a security-related problem, otherwise see
  19 above), please navigate to https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues
  20 and check if the problem has already been reported. If it has not, please open
  21 a new issue and provide the following details:
  22
  23 * tcpdump and libpcap version (tcpdump --version)
  24 * operating system name and version and any other details that may be relevant
  25   (uname -a, compiler name and version, CPU type etc.)
  26 * configure flags if any were used
  27 * statement of the problem
  28 * steps to reproduce
  29
  30 Please note that if you know exactly how to solve the problem and the solution
  31 would not be too intrusive, it would be best to contribute some development time
  32 and open a pull request instead as discussed below.
  33
  34 Still not sure how to do? Feel free to [subscribe](https://www.tcpdump.org/#mailing-lists)
  35 to the mailing list tcpdump-workers@lists.tcpdump.org and ask!
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  37
  38 How to add new code and to update existing code
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  40
  41 0) Check that there isn't a pull request already opened for the changes you
  42    intend to make.
  43
  44 1) Fork the Tcpdump repository on GitHub from
  45    https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
  46    (See https://help.github.com/articles/fork-a-repo/)
  47
  48 2) Setup optional Travis CI build and AppVeyor builds
  49    You can setup Travis CI and AppVeyor builds for your fork, so you can
  50    test your changes on Linux, macOS, and Windows before sending pull
  51    requests.
  52    (See http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/getting-started/ for information
  53    on setting up Travis CI; go to https://ci.appveyor.com/login and log
  54    in with your GitHub account and select "NEW PROJECT" to set up an
  55    AppVeyor build.)
  56
  57 3) Setup your git working copy
  58    git clone https://github.com/<username>/tcpdump.git
  59    cd tcpdump
  60    git remote add upstream https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
  61    git fetch upstream
  62
  63 4) Do a 'touch .devel' in your working directory.
  64    Currently, the effect is
  65    a) add (via configure, in Makefile) some warnings options ( -Wall
  66    -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes, ...) to the compiler if it
  67    supports these options,
  68    b) have the Makefile support "make depend" and the configure script run it.
  69
  70 5) Configure and build
  71    ./configure && make -s && make check
  72
  73 6) Add/update sample.pcap files
  74    We use tests directory to do regression tests on the dissection of captured
  75    packets.  Those captured packets were saved running tcpdump with option "-w
  76    sample.pcap".  Additional options like "-n" and "-t" are used to create
  77    relevant and reproducible output.  The actual test compares the current text
  78    output with the expected result (sample.out) saved from a previous version.
  79
  80    Any new/updated fields in a dissector must be present in a sample.pcap file
  81    and the corresponding output file.
  82
  83    Configuration is set in tests/TESTLIST.
  84    Each line in this file has the following format:
  85    test-name   sample.pcap   sample.out   tcpdump-options
  86
  87    The sample.out file can be build by:
  88    (cd tests && ../tcpdump -n -t -r sample.pcap tcpdump-options > sample.out)
  89
  90    Or, for convenience, use "./update-test.sh test-name"
  91
  92    It is often useful to have test outputs with different verbosity levels
  93    (none, -v, -vv, -vvv, etc.) depending on the code.
  94
  95 7) Test with 'make check'
  96    Don't send a pull request if 'make check' gives failed tests.
  97
  98 8) Try to rebase your commits to keep the history simple.
  99    git rebase upstream/master
 100    (If the rebase fails and you cannot resolve, issue "git rebase --abort"
 101    and ask for help in the pull request comment.)
 102
 103 9) Once 100% happy, put your work into your forked repository.
 104    git push
 105    This will trigger both Travis CI and AppVeyor builds.
 106
 107 10) Initiate and send a pull request
 108     (See https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/)
 109     Note that creating the pull request will cause your code to be
 110     tested on Linux and macOS with Travis CI and on Windows with
 111     AppVeyor.
 112
 113
 114 Code style and generic remarks
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 116 a) A thorough reading of some other printers code is useful.
 117
 118 b) Put the normative reference if any as comments (RFC, etc.).
 119
 120 c) Put the format of packets/headers/options as comments if there is no
 121    published normative reference.
 122
 123 d) The printer may receive incomplete packet in the buffer, truncated at any
 124    random position, for example by capturing with '-s size' option.
 125    Thus use ND_TTEST, ND_TTEST_LEN, ND_TCHECK or ND_TCHECK_LEN for bound checking.
 126    For ND_TCHECK_LEN:
 127      Define : static const char tstr[] = " [|protocol]";
 128      Define a label: trunc
 129      Print with: nd_print_trunc(ndo);
 130    You can test the code via:
 131      sudo ./tcpdump -s snaplen [-v][v][...] -i lo # in a terminal
 132      sudo tcpreplay -i lo sample.pcap             # in another terminal
 133    You should try several values for snaplen to do various truncation.
 134
 135 e) Do invalid packet checks in code: Think that your code can receive in input
 136    not only a valid packet but any arbitrary random sequence of octets (packet
 137    - built malformed originally by the sender or by a fuzz tester,
 138    - became corrupted in transit).
 139    Print with: ND_PRINT("%s", istr);    /* to print " (invalid)" */
 140
 141 f) Use 'struct tok' for indexed strings and print them with
 142    tok2str() or bittok2str() (for flags).
 143
 144 g) Avoid empty lines in output of printers.
 145
 146 h) A commit message must have:
 147    First line: Capitalized short summary in the imperative (70 chars or less)
 148
 149    Body: Detailed explanatory text, if necessary. Fold it to approximately
 150    72 characters. There must be an empty line separating the summary from
 151    the body.
 152
 153 i) Avoid non-ASCII characters in code and commit messages.
 154
 155 j) Use the style of the modified sources.
 156
 157 k) Don't mix declarations and code
 158
 159 l) Don't use // for comments
 160    Not all C compilers accept C++/C99 comments by default.
 161
 162 m) Avoid trailing tabs/spaces