From: Ken Steele <ken@tilera.com>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 17:48:32 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: More PacketGetFromMalloc() to allocate packets.
X-Git-Tag: suricata-2.0beta1~134
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9c7b411a5d2b265e30f094f3ff15d5feb1f1f335;p=thirdparty%2Fsuricata.git

More PacketGetFromMalloc() to allocate packets.
---

diff --git a/src/alert-unified2-alert.c b/src/alert-unified2-alert.c
index 1df7db6bc7..eabb02af0d 100644
--- a/src/alert-unified2-alert.c
+++ b/src/alert-unified2-alert.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ static int Unified2Test01 (void)   {
         0x05, 0xb4, 0x04, 0x02, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x1c,
         0x28, 0x81, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03,
         0x03, 0x06};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int ret;
@@ -1149,12 +1149,9 @@ static int Unified2Test01 (void)   {
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
     p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
-
     p->alerts.cnt++;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s = &s;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s->id = 1;
@@ -1230,7 +1227,7 @@ static int Unified2Test02 (void)   {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x05, 0xa0, 0x04, 0x02,
         0x08, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x0a, 0x22, 0xa8, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x03, 0x05 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int ret;
@@ -1238,12 +1235,9 @@ static int Unified2Test02 (void)   {
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
     p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
-
     p->alerts.cnt++;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s = &s;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s->id = 1;
@@ -1325,7 +1319,7 @@ static int Unified2Test03 (void) {
         0x69, 0x6e, 0x67, 0x2e, 0x66, 0x72, 0x65, 0x65,
         0x6e, 0x6f, 0x64, 0x65, 0x2e, 0x6e, 0x65, 0x74,
         0x0d, 0x0a};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int ret;
@@ -1333,12 +1327,9 @@ static int Unified2Test03 (void) {
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
     p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
-
     p->alerts.cnt++;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s = &s;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s->id = 1;
@@ -1414,7 +1405,7 @@ static int Unified2Test04 (void)   {
         0xea, 0x37, 0x00, 0x17, 0x6d, 0x0b, 0xba, 0xc3,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x60, 0x02, 0x10, 0x20,
         0xdd, 0xe1, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x05, 0xb4};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int ret;
@@ -1422,12 +1413,9 @@ static int Unified2Test04 (void)   {
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
     p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
-
     p->alerts.cnt++;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s = &s;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s->id = 1;
@@ -1501,7 +1489,7 @@ static int Unified2Test05 (void)   {
         0x05, 0xb4, 0x04, 0x02, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x1c,
         0x28, 0x81, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03,
         0x03, 0x06};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int ret;
@@ -1509,12 +1497,9 @@ static int Unified2Test05 (void)   {
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
     p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
-
     p->alerts.cnt++;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s = &s;
     p->alerts.alerts[p->alerts.cnt-1].s->id = 1;
diff --git a/src/decode-gre.c b/src/decode-gre.c
index f390840b94..323aaa9ec0 100644
--- a/src/decode-gre.c
+++ b/src/decode-gre.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -270,15 +270,13 @@ void DecodeGRE(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *p, uint8_t *pkt, u
 static int DecodeGREtest01 (void)   {
 
     uint8_t raw_gre[] = { 0x00 ,0x6e ,0x62 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodeGRE(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_gre, sizeof(raw_gre), NULL);
@@ -312,15 +310,13 @@ static int DecodeGREtest02 (void)   {
         0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00, 0x01,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x29, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodeGRE(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_gre, sizeof(raw_gre), NULL);
@@ -355,15 +351,13 @@ static int DecodeGREtest03 (void)   {
         0x03, 0x63, 0x6f, 0x6d, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x00,
         0x01, 0x00, 0x00, 0x29, 0x10, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodeGRE(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_gre, sizeof(raw_gre), NULL);
diff --git a/src/decode-ipv4.c b/src/decode-ipv4.c
index 5e1c0e20d6..c4dcd67bb6 100644
--- a/src/decode-ipv4.c
+++ b/src/decode-ipv4.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -639,16 +639,13 @@ void DecodeIPV4OptionsPrint(Packet *p) {
 /** \test IPV4 with no options. */
 int DecodeIPV4OptionsNONETest01(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = { };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     uint8_t *data = (uint8_t *)p;
     uint16_t i;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     if (rc != 0) {
         DecodeIPV4OptionsPrint(p);
@@ -675,16 +672,13 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsEOLTest01(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_EOL, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     uint8_t *data = (uint8_t *)p;
     uint16_t i;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     if (rc != 0) {
         DecodeIPV4OptionsPrint(p);
@@ -711,16 +705,13 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsNOPTest01(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_NOP, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     uint8_t *data = (uint8_t *)p;
     uint16_t i;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     if (rc != 0) {
         DecodeIPV4OptionsPrint(p);
@@ -751,14 +742,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsRRTest01(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_rr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -785,14 +773,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsRRTest02(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_rr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -814,14 +799,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsRRTest03(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_rr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -843,14 +825,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsRRTest04(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_rr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -868,14 +847,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsQSTest01(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_QS, 0x08, 0x0d, 0x00, 0xbe, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",qs=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_qs, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -898,14 +874,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsQSTest02(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_QS, 0x07, 0x0d, 0x00, 0xbe, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",qs=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_qs, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -927,14 +900,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsTSTest01(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ts=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ts, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -961,14 +931,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsTSTest02(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ts=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ts, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -990,14 +957,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsTSTest03(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ts=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ts, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1019,14 +983,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsTSTest04(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ts=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ts, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1045,14 +1006,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSECTest01(void) {
         IPV4_OPT_SEC, 0x0b, 0xf1, 0x35, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",sec=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_sec, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -1076,14 +1034,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSECTest02(void) {
         IPV4_OPT_SEC, 0x0a, 0xf1, 0x35, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",sec=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_sec, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1105,14 +1060,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsLSRRTest01(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",lsrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_lsrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -1139,14 +1091,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsLSRRTest02(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",lsrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_lsrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1168,14 +1117,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsLSRRTest03(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",lsrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_lsrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1197,14 +1143,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsLSRRTest04(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",lsrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_lsrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1224,14 +1167,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsCIPSOTest01(void) {
         0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0xef, 0x00, 0xef, 0x00, 0x06,
         0x00, 0x04, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x02, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_cipso, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -1254,14 +1194,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSIDTest01(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_SID, 0x04, 0xbe, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",sid=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_sid, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -1284,14 +1221,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSIDTest02(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_SID, 0x05, 0xbe, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",sid=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_sid, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1313,14 +1247,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSSRRTest01(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ssrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ssrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -1347,14 +1278,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSSRRTest02(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ssrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ssrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1376,14 +1304,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSSRRTest03(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ssrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ssrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1405,14 +1330,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsSSRRTest04(void) {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",ssrr=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_ssrr, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1430,14 +1352,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsRTRALTTest01(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_RTRALT, 0x04, 0xbe, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rtralt=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_rtralt, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (   (rc == 0)
@@ -1460,14 +1379,11 @@ int DecodeIPV4OptionsRTRALTTest02(void) {
     uint8_t raw_opts[] = {
         IPV4_OPT_RTRALT, 0x05, 0xbe, 0xef, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
     };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     int rc;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     rc = DecodeIPV4Options(p, raw_opts, sizeof(raw_opts));
     //printf("rc=%d,cnt=%" PRIu16 ",type=%" PRIu8 ",len=%" PRIu8 ",rtralt=%" PRIuMAX "/%" PRIuMAX "\n", rc, p.IPV4_OPTS_CNT, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].type, p.IPV4_OPTS[0].len, (uintmax_t)p.ip4vars.o_rtralt, (uintmax_t)&p.IPV4_OPTS[0]);
     if (rc != 0) {
@@ -1546,7 +1462,7 @@ int DecodeIPV4DefragTest01(void)
         0x80, 0x00, 0xb1, 0xa3, 0x00, 0x00
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -1557,9 +1473,7 @@ int DecodeIPV4DefragTest01(void)
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
     DefragInit();
 
@@ -1685,7 +1599,7 @@ int DecodeIPV4DefragTest02(void)
         0xb1, 0xa3,
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -1696,9 +1610,7 @@ int DecodeIPV4DefragTest02(void)
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
     DefragInit();
 
@@ -1815,7 +1727,7 @@ int DecodeIPV4DefragTest03(void)
     };
 
     Flow *f = NULL;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -1826,9 +1738,7 @@ int DecodeIPV4DefragTest03(void)
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
     DefragInit();
 
diff --git a/src/decode-ipv6.c b/src/decode-ipv6.c
index 7d6240d0e7..f0f0c64c59 100644
--- a/src/decode-ipv6.c
+++ b/src/decode-ipv6.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -736,13 +736,13 @@ static int DecodeIPV6FragTest01 (void)   {
         0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20,
         0x20, 0x20, 0x20, 0x20,
     };
-    Packet *p1 = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p1 = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p1 == NULL))
-    return 0;
-    Packet *p2 = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+        return 0;
+    Packet *p2 = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p2 == NULL)) {
-    SCFree(p1);
-    return 0;
+        SCFree(p1);
+        return 0;
     }
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
@@ -754,15 +754,8 @@ static int DecodeIPV6FragTest01 (void)   {
 
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p1, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p1->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p1 + 1);
-    memset(p2, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p2->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p2 + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p1);
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p2);
-
     PacketCopyData(p1, raw_frag1, sizeof(raw_frag1));
     PacketCopyData(p2, raw_frag2, sizeof(raw_frag2));
 
@@ -813,9 +806,9 @@ static int DecodeIPV6RouteTest01 (void)   {
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x50, 0x02, 0x20, 0x00,
         0xfa, 0x87, 0x00, 0x00,
     };
-    Packet *p1 = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p1 = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p1 == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
     int result = 0;
@@ -825,12 +818,8 @@ static int DecodeIPV6RouteTest01 (void)   {
 
     memset(&pq, 0, sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p1, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p1->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p1 + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
-    PACKET_INITIALIZE(p1);
-
     PacketCopyData(p1, raw_pkt1, sizeof(raw_pkt1));
 
     DecodeIPV6(&tv, &dtv, p1, GET_PKT_DATA(p1), GET_PKT_LEN(p1), &pq);
diff --git a/src/decode-ppp.c b/src/decode-ppp.c
index 9c465a8ef1..1fdc01a3cc 100644
--- a/src/decode-ppp.c
+++ b/src/decode-ppp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -138,15 +138,13 @@ void DecodePPP(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *p, uint8_t *pkt, u
  */
 static int DecodePPPtest01 (void)   {
     uint8_t raw_ppp[] = { 0xff, 0x03, 0x00, 0x21, 0x45, 0xc0, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodePPP(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_ppp, sizeof(raw_ppp), NULL);
@@ -172,15 +170,13 @@ static int DecodePPPtest02 (void)   {
                            0x0d, 0x01, 0xbf, 0x01, 0x0d, 0x03, 0xea, 0x37, 0x00,
                            0x17, 0x6d, 0x0b, 0xba, 0xc3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
                            0x60, 0x02, 0x10, 0x20, 0xdd, 0xe1, 0x00, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodePPP(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_ppp, sizeof(raw_ppp), NULL);
@@ -208,15 +204,13 @@ static int DecodePPPtest03 (void)   {
                            0x0d, 0x01, 0xbf, 0x01, 0x0d, 0x03, 0xea, 0x37, 0x00,
                            0x17, 0x6d, 0x0b, 0xba, 0xc3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
                            0x60, 0x02, 0x10, 0x20, 0xdd, 0xe1, 0x00, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
@@ -267,15 +261,13 @@ static int DecodePPPtest04 (void)   {
                            0x0d, 0x01, 0xbf, 0x01, 0x0d, 0x03, 0xea, 0x37, 0x00,
                            0x17, 0x6d, 0x0b, 0xba, 0xc3, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
                            0x60, 0x02, 0x10, 0x20, 0xdd, 0xe1, 0x00, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
diff --git a/src/decode-pppoe.c b/src/decode-pppoe.c
index 1dd260a6e1..53508d89b6 100644
--- a/src/decode-pppoe.c
+++ b/src/decode-pppoe.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -228,15 +228,13 @@ void DecodePPPOESession(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *p, uint8_
 static int DecodePPPOEtest01 (void)   {
 
     uint8_t raw_pppoe[] = { 0x11, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodePPPOESession(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_pppoe, sizeof(raw_pppoe), NULL);
@@ -267,16 +265,14 @@ static int DecodePPPOEtest02 (void)   {
         0x55, 0x56, 0x57, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45,
         0x46, 0x47, 0x48, 0x49 };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
     int ret = 0;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
@@ -316,15 +312,13 @@ static int DecodePPPOEtest03 (void)   {
         0x65, 0x73, 0x68, 0x6f, 0x6f, 0x74
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodePPPOEDiscovery(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_pppoe, sizeof(raw_pppoe), NULL);
@@ -349,15 +343,13 @@ static int DecodePPPOEtest04 (void)   {
         0x00, 0x00
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodePPPOEDiscovery(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_pppoe, sizeof(raw_pppoe), NULL);
@@ -385,15 +377,13 @@ static int DecodePPPOEtest05 (void)   {
         0x20, 0x2d, 0x20, 0x65, 0x73, 0x68, 0x73, 0x68
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodePPPOEDiscovery(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_pppoe, sizeof(raw_pppoe), NULL);
diff --git a/src/decode-raw.c b/src/decode-raw.c
index 2b4db29bdd..d5910ce4d7 100644
--- a/src/decode-raw.c
+++ b/src/decode-raw.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -83,16 +83,14 @@ static int DecodeRawTest01 (void)   {
         0x29, 0x9c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x05, 0x8c,
         0x04, 0x02, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x00, 0xdd, 0x1a, 0x39,
         0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x03, 0x02 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv,  0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     if (PacketCopyData(p, raw_ip, sizeof(raw_ip)) == -1) {
     SCFree(p);
@@ -129,16 +127,14 @@ static int DecodeRawTest02 (void)   {
         0x70, 0x02, 0x40, 0x00, 0xb8, 0xc8, 0x00, 0x00,
         0x02, 0x04, 0x05, 0xb4, 0x01, 0x01, 0x04, 0x02 };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv,  0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     if (PacketCopyData(p, raw_ip, sizeof(raw_ip)) == -1) {
     SCFree(p);
@@ -175,20 +171,18 @@ static int DecodeRawTest03 (void)   {
         0x34, 0x40, 0x67, 0x31, 0x3b, 0x63, 0x61, 0x74,
         0x20, 0x6b, 0x65, 0x79, 0x3b };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&tv,  0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     if (PacketCopyData(p, raw_ip, sizeof(raw_ip)) == -1) {
-    SCFree(p);
-    return 1;
+        SCFree(p);
+        return 1;
     }
 
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
diff --git a/src/decode-tcp.c b/src/decode-tcp.c
index 4f96f3291f..a2e38855dc 100644
--- a/src/decode-tcp.c
+++ b/src/decode-tcp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2011 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ static int TCPGetWscaleTest01(void)
                                 0x8a, 0xaf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x05, 0xb4,
                                 0x04, 0x02, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x62, 0x88, 0x28,
                                 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x03, 0x02};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
@@ -309,8 +309,6 @@ static int TCPGetWscaleTest01(void)
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&ip4h, 0, sizeof(IPV4Hdr));
 
@@ -349,7 +347,7 @@ static int TCPGetWscaleTest02(void)
                                 0x8a, 0xaf, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02, 0x04, 0x05, 0xb4,
                                 0x04, 0x02, 0x08, 0x0a, 0x00, 0x62, 0x88, 0x28,
                                 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x03, 0x03, 0x0f};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
@@ -357,8 +355,6 @@ static int TCPGetWscaleTest02(void)
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&ip4h, 0, sizeof(IPV4Hdr));
 
@@ -395,7 +391,7 @@ static int TCPGetWscaleTest03(void)
                                 0xdd, 0xa3, 0x6f, 0xf8, 0x80, 0x10, 0x05, 0xb4,
                                 0x7c, 0x70, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x08, 0x0a,
                                 0x00, 0x62, 0x88, 0x9e, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
@@ -403,8 +399,6 @@ static int TCPGetWscaleTest03(void)
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&ip4h, 0, sizeof(IPV4Hdr));
 
@@ -445,7 +439,7 @@ static int TCPGetSackTest01(void)
     static uint8_t raw_tcp_sack[] = {
         0xf1, 0x59, 0x13, 0xfc, 0xf1, 0x59, 0x1f, 0x64,
         0xf1, 0x59, 0x08, 0x94, 0xf1, 0x59, 0x0e, 0x48 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
@@ -453,8 +447,6 @@ static int TCPGetSackTest01(void)
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&ip4h, 0, sizeof(IPV4Hdr));
 
diff --git a/src/decode-vlan.c b/src/decode-vlan.c
index 4bbaab424d..f49c316eea 100644
--- a/src/decode-vlan.c
+++ b/src/decode-vlan.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -111,15 +111,13 @@ void DecodeVLAN(ThreadVars *tv, DecodeThreadVars *dtv, Packet *p, uint8_t *pkt,
  */
 static int DecodeVLANtest01 (void)   {
     uint8_t raw_vlan[] = { 0x00, 0x20, 0x08 };
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodeVLAN(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_vlan, sizeof(raw_vlan), NULL);
@@ -148,15 +146,13 @@ static int DecodeVLANtest02 (void)   {
         0x4d, 0x3d, 0x5a, 0x61, 0x80, 0x10, 0x6b, 0x50,
         0x3c, 0x4c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x08, 0x0a,
         0x00, 0x04, 0xf0, 0xc8, 0x01, 0x99, 0xa3, 0xf3};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     DecodeVLAN(&tv, &dtv, p, raw_vlan, sizeof(raw_vlan), NULL);
@@ -186,15 +182,13 @@ static int DecodeVLANtest03 (void)   {
         0x4d, 0x3d, 0x5a, 0x61, 0x80, 0x10, 0x6b, 0x50,
         0x3c, 0x4c, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01, 0x01, 0x08, 0x0a,
         0x00, 0x04, 0xf0, 0xc8, 0x01, 0x99, 0xa3, 0xf3};
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
 
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
 
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
diff --git a/src/detect-flowint.c b/src/detect-flowint.c
index d2ce9cd6d1..de34e93bca 100644
--- a/src/detect-flowint.c
+++ b/src/detect-flowint.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -1323,7 +1323,7 @@ int DetectFlowintTestPacket01Real()
         sizeof(pkt11)
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
@@ -1364,7 +1364,7 @@ int DetectFlowintTestPacket01Real()
     int i;
     for (i = 0;i < 11;i++) {
         memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
+        PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
         DecodeEthernet(&th_v, &dtv, p, pkts[i], pktssizes[i], NULL);
 
         SigMatchSignatures(&th_v, de_ctx, det_ctx, p);
@@ -1657,7 +1657,7 @@ int DetectFlowintTestPacket02Real()
         sizeof(pkt11)
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ int DetectFlowintTestPacket02Real()
     /* Decode the packets, and test the matches*/
     for (i = 0;i < 11;i++) {
         memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
+        PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
         DecodeEthernet(&th_v, &dtv, p, pkts[i], pktssizes[i], NULL);
 
         SigMatchSignatures(&th_v, de_ctx, det_ctx, p);
@@ -1995,7 +1995,7 @@ int DetectFlowintTestPacket03Real()
         sizeof(pkt11)
     };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
@@ -2032,7 +2032,7 @@ int DetectFlowintTestPacket03Real()
     /* Decode the packets, and test the matches*/
     for (i = 0;i < 11;i++) {
         memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
+        PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
         DecodeEthernet(&th_v, &dtv, p, pkts[i], pktssizes[i], NULL);
 
         SigMatchSignatures(&th_v, de_ctx, det_ctx, p);
diff --git a/src/detect-icmp-id.c b/src/detect-icmp-id.c
index 5978b4c028..31f8da65c7 100644
--- a/src/detect-icmp-id.c
+++ b/src/detect-icmp-id.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ int DetectIcmpIdMatchTest02 (void) {
         0x51, 0xa6, 0xbb, 0x35, 0x59, 0x8a, 0x5a, 0xe2,
         0x00, 0x14, 0x00, 0x00 };
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Signature *s = NULL;
@@ -417,8 +417,6 @@ int DetectIcmpIdMatchTest02 (void) {
     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx = NULL;
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&ip4h, 0, sizeof(IPV4Hdr));
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
diff --git a/src/detect-l3proto.c b/src/detect-l3proto.c
index cb208e04a1..316f1245d0 100644
--- a/src/detect-l3proto.c
+++ b/src/detect-l3proto.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2012 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2012-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -132,9 +132,9 @@ error:
 
 static int DetectL3protoTestSig1(void) {
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Signature *s = NULL;
     ThreadVars th_v;
     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx;
@@ -142,8 +142,6 @@ static int DetectL3protoTestSig1(void) {
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
 
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     p->src.family = AF_INET;
     p->dst.family = AF_INET;
@@ -217,9 +215,9 @@ end:
 
 static int DetectL3protoTestSig2(void) {
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Signature *s = NULL;
     ThreadVars th_v;
     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx;
@@ -227,8 +225,6 @@ static int DetectL3protoTestSig2(void) {
     IPV6Hdr ip6h;
 
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     p->src.family = AF_INET6;
     p->dst.family = AF_INET6;
@@ -301,9 +297,9 @@ end:
 
 static int DetectL3protoTestSig3(void) {
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Signature *s = NULL;
     ThreadVars th_v;
     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx;
@@ -311,8 +307,6 @@ static int DetectL3protoTestSig3(void) {
     IPV6Hdr ip6h;
 
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     p->src.family = AF_INET6;
     p->dst.family = AF_INET6;
diff --git a/src/detect-replace.c b/src/detect-replace.c
index 53f12259a8..347355748e 100644
--- a/src/detect-replace.c
+++ b/src/detect-replace.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2011 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int DetectReplaceLongPatternMatchTest(uint8_t *raw_eth_pkt, uint16_t pktsize, ch
     int result = 0;
 
     Packet *p = NULL;
-    p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
 
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ int DetectReplaceLongPatternMatchTest(uint8_t *raw_eth_pkt, uint16_t pktsize, ch
         SCLogDebug("replace: looks like a second run");
     }
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketCopyData(p, raw_eth_pkt, pktsize);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));
diff --git a/src/detect-stream_size.c b/src/detect-stream_size.c
index 584e25c0d7..a864f43882 100644
--- a/src/detect-stream_size.c
+++ b/src/detect-stream_size.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -387,9 +387,9 @@ static int DetectStreamSizeParseTest03 (void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DetectEngineThreadCtx dtx;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Signature s;
     SigMatch sm;
     TcpStream client;
@@ -399,8 +399,6 @@ static int DetectStreamSizeParseTest03 (void) {
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof(TcpSession));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&dtx, 0, sizeof(DetectEngineThreadCtx));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
     memset(&sm, 0, sizeof(SigMatch));
     memset(&client, 0, sizeof(TcpStream));
@@ -464,9 +462,9 @@ static int DetectStreamSizeParseTest04 (void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
     ThreadVars tv;
     DetectEngineThreadCtx dtx;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Signature s;
     SigMatch sm;
     TcpStream client;
@@ -476,8 +474,6 @@ static int DetectStreamSizeParseTest04 (void) {
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof(TcpSession));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof(ThreadVars));
     memset(&dtx, 0, sizeof(DetectEngineThreadCtx));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&s, 0, sizeof(Signature));
     memset(&sm, 0, sizeof(SigMatch));
     memset(&client, 0, sizeof(TcpStream));
diff --git a/src/detect-ttl.c b/src/detect-ttl.c
index 2d21799a3f..1cb4177aec 100644
--- a/src/detect-ttl.c
+++ b/src/detect-ttl.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ end:
 
 static int DetectTtlTestSig1(void) {
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Signature *s = NULL;
     ThreadVars th_v;
     DetectEngineThreadCtx *det_ctx;
@@ -535,8 +535,6 @@ static int DetectTtlTestSig1(void) {
     IPV4Hdr ip4h;
 
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&ip4h, 0, sizeof(ip4h));
 
     p->src.family = AF_INET;
diff --git a/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c b/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
index 7bf542bd60..2e14434567 100644
--- a/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
+++ b/src/stream-tcp-reassemble.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -3629,9 +3629,9 @@ void StreamTcpReassembleTriggerRawReassembly(TcpSession *ssn) {
 static int StreamTcpReassembleStreamTest(TcpStream *stream) {
 
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
-    return 0;
+        return 0;
     Flow f;
     uint8_t payload[4];
     TCPHdr tcph;
@@ -3644,8 +3644,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleStreamTest(TcpStream *stream) {
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
 
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -3989,7 +3987,7 @@ static int StreamTcpCheckQueue (uint8_t *stream_contents, StreamMsgQueue *q, uin
 
 static int StreamTcpTestStartsBeforeListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -4004,8 +4002,6 @@ static int StreamTcpTestStartsBeforeListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
 
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
 
@@ -4106,7 +4102,7 @@ static int StreamTcpTestStartsBeforeListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
 
 static int StreamTcpTestStartsAtSameListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -4121,8 +4117,6 @@ static int StreamTcpTestStartsAtSameListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT, 4096);
 
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -4222,7 +4216,7 @@ static int StreamTcpTestStartsAtSameListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
 
 static int StreamTcpTestStartsAfterListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -4237,8 +4231,6 @@ static int StreamTcpTestStartsAfterListSegment(TcpStream *stream) {
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT, 4096);
 
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -4941,7 +4933,7 @@ static int StreamTcpTestMissedPacket (TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx,
         TcpSession *ssn, uint32_t seq, uint32_t ack, uint8_t *payload,
         uint16_t len, uint8_t th_flags, uint8_t flowflags, uint8_t state)
 {
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return -1;
     Flow f;
@@ -4953,8 +4945,6 @@ static int StreamTcpTestMissedPacket (TcpReassemblyThreadCtx *ra_ctx,
     PacketQueue pq;
 
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     memset(&tv, 0, sizeof (ThreadVars));
@@ -5539,7 +5529,7 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest32(void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -5565,8 +5555,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest32(void) {
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -5629,7 +5617,7 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest33(void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -5649,8 +5637,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest33(void) {
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -5710,7 +5696,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest33(void) {
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest34(void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -5730,8 +5716,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest34(void) {
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -5792,7 +5776,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest34(void) {
 /** \test Test the bug 56 condition */
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest35(void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -5812,8 +5796,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest35(void) {
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -5861,7 +5843,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest35(void) {
 /** \test Test the bug 57 condition */
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest36(void) {
     TcpSession ssn;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -5881,8 +5863,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest36(void) {
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
     ThreadVars tv;
@@ -5937,7 +5917,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest37(void) {
     PacketQueue pq;
     ThreadVars tv;
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
 
@@ -5947,9 +5927,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest37(void) {
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOSERVER, 10);
     StreamMsgQueueSetMinChunkLen(FLOW_PKT_TOCLIENT, 10);
 
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
-
     memset(&stream, 0, sizeof (TcpStream));
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&ssn, 0, sizeof (TcpSession));
@@ -6022,7 +5999,7 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest37(void) {
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest38 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow f;
@@ -6031,9 +6008,6 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest38 (void) {
     Port dp;
     struct in_addr in;
     TcpSession ssn;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&f, 0, sizeof (Flow));
@@ -6180,15 +6154,12 @@ static int StreamTcpReassembleTest39 (void) {
     SCEnter();
 
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
@@ -6389,15 +6360,12 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest40 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
@@ -6631,15 +6599,12 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest41 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
@@ -6818,15 +6783,12 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest43 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
@@ -7056,15 +7018,12 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest45 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
@@ -7174,16 +7133,13 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest46 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
     ThreadVars tv;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
@@ -7296,16 +7252,13 @@ end:
 
 static int StreamTcpReassembleTest47 (void) {
     int ret = 0;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return 0;
     Flow *f = NULL;
     TCPHdr tcph;
     TcpSession ssn;
     ThreadVars tv;
-
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     PacketQueue pq;
     memset(&pq,0,sizeof(PacketQueue));
     memset(&tcph, 0, sizeof (TCPHdr));
diff --git a/src/tmqh-packetpool.c b/src/tmqh-packetpool.c
index 0418d03e60..99ab6f8458 100644
--- a/src/tmqh-packetpool.c
+++ b/src/tmqh-packetpool.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -116,15 +116,11 @@ void PacketPoolInit(intmax_t max_pending_packets) {
     SCLogDebug("preallocating packets... packet size %" PRIuMAX "", (uintmax_t)SIZE_OF_PACKET);
     int i = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < max_pending_packets; i++) {
-        /* XXX pkt alloc function */
-        Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+        Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
         if (unlikely(p == NULL)) {
             SCLogError(SC_ERR_FATAL, "Fatal error encountered while allocating a packet. Exiting...");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-        memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        PACKET_INITIALIZE(p);
-
         PacketPoolStorePacket(p);
     }
     SCLogInfo("preallocated %"PRIiMAX" packets. Total memory %"PRIuMAX"",
diff --git a/src/util-mpm-b2g-cuda.c b/src/util-mpm-b2g-cuda.c
index d9416ca492..ed35500df1 100644
--- a/src/util-mpm-b2g-cuda.c
+++ b/src/util-mpm-b2g-cuda.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -2454,11 +2454,9 @@ static int B2gCudaTest01(void)
     pb->packets_offset_buffer[0] = 0;
     pb->packets_payload_offset_buffer[0] = 0;
 
-    p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         goto end;
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     pb->packets_address_buffer[0] = p;
     p->payload_len = strlen(string);
 
@@ -2595,13 +2593,11 @@ static int B2gCudaTest02(void)
 
     memset(p, 0, sizeof(p));
     for (i = 0; i < no_of_pkts; i++) {
-        p[i] = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+        p[i] = PacketGetFromAlloc();
         if (p[i] == NULL) {
             printf("error allocating memory\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-        memset(p[i], 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        p[i]->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p[i] + 1);
         DecodeEthernet(&tv, &dtv, p[i], raw_eth, sizeof(raw_eth), NULL);
     }
 
@@ -2815,13 +2811,11 @@ static int B2gCudaTest03(void)
 
     FlowInitConfig(FLOW_QUIET);
     for (i = 0; i < no_of_pkts; i++) {
-        p[i] = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+        p[i] = PacketGetFromAlloc();
         if (p[i] == NULL) {
             printf("error allocating memory\n");
             exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
-        memset(p[i], 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        p[i]->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p[i] + 1);
         DecodeEthernet(&tv, &dtv, p[i], raw_eth, sizeof(raw_eth), NULL);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/util-unittest-helper.c b/src/util-unittest-helper.c
index 5ed4596c94..64ae8c47ba 100644
--- a/src/util-unittest-helper.c
+++ b/src/util-unittest-helper.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2007-2010 Open Information Security Foundation
+/* Copyright (C) 2007-2013 Open Information Security Foundation
  *
  * You can copy, redistribute or modify this Program under the terms of
  * the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free
@@ -79,11 +79,9 @@ Packet *UTHBuildPacketIPV6Real(uint8_t *payload, uint16_t payload_len,
                            uint16_t sport, uint16_t dport) {
     uint32_t in[4];
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return NULL;
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
 
     TimeSet(&p->ts);
 
@@ -166,11 +164,9 @@ Packet *UTHBuildPacketReal(uint8_t *payload, uint16_t payload_len,
                            uint16_t sport, uint16_t dport) {
     struct in_addr in;
 
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return NULL;
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = ((uint8_t *)p) + sizeof(*p);
 
     struct timeval tv;
     TimeGet(&tv);
@@ -291,13 +287,11 @@ Packet **UTHBuildPacketArrayFromEth(uint8_t *raw_eth[], int *pktsize, int numpkt
 
     int i = 0;
     for (; i < numpkts; i++) {
-        p[i] = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+        p[i] = PacketGetFromAlloc();
         if (p[i] == NULL) {
             SCFree(p);
             return NULL;
         }
-        memset(p[i], 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-        p[i]->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p[i] + 1);
         DecodeEthernet(&th_v, &dtv, p[i], raw_eth[i], pktsize[i], NULL);
     }
     return p;
@@ -315,11 +309,9 @@ Packet **UTHBuildPacketArrayFromEth(uint8_t *raw_eth[], int *pktsize, int numpkt
 Packet *UTHBuildPacketFromEth(uint8_t *raw_eth, uint16_t pktsize) {
     DecodeThreadVars dtv;
     ThreadVars th_v;
-    Packet *p = SCMalloc(SIZE_OF_PACKET);
+    Packet *p = PacketGetFromAlloc();
     if (unlikely(p == NULL))
         return NULL;
-    memset(p, 0, SIZE_OF_PACKET);
-    p->pkt = (uint8_t *)(p + 1);
     memset(&dtv, 0, sizeof(DecodeThreadVars));
     memset(&th_v, 0, sizeof(th_v));