Re: Segmentation fault when using asyn Octect writeRead

[Mark Rivers via Tech-talk <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>]

I see the problem:

Your header file has this:

protected:

      int ps[6];

private:

      asynUser* device;

Your driver has this.  It is incorrect, you are writing to addresses 0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6  but it should be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.  When you write to 6 you are overwriting this->device, changing it to 5.

createParam("i_1", asynParamInt32,   &ps[0]);

      createParam("i_2", asynParamInt32,   &ps[1]);

      createParam("i_3", asynParamInt32,   &ps[2]);

      createParam("f_1", asynParamFloat64, &ps[4]);

      createParam("f_2", asynParamFloat64, &ps[5]);

      createParam("f_3", asynParamFloat64, &ps[6]);

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From: Abdalla Ahmad <Abdalla.Ahmad at sesame.org.jo>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 8:14 AM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: RE: Segmentation fault when using asyn Octect writeRead

 

Hello Mark

 

Please find attached gdb backtrace. You are right about the conversion, but for the casting since it returns raw data, either I do memcpy to a float pointer or:

 

*value = *(epicsFloat64*) &temp;

 

Either way it did not work. I think Something is wrong with the asyn user I am passing, its address is 0x5 for some reason.

 

Thanks

Abdalla.

 

From: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 4:04 PM
To: Abdalla Ahmad <Abdalla.Ahmad at sesame.org.jo>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov
Subject: Re: Segmentation fault when using asyn Octect writeRead

 

> The device returns all readings, float and integer, as a raw unsigned 32-bit integer and then I cast the raw data pointer into float pointer if needed. 

 

Then your code is wrong.  You are passing a pointer to a different data type, and not actually doing an int to float conversion.  The code should be this:

 

asynStatus PSController::readFloat64(asynUser* asyn, epicsFloat64* value)

{

      u32 temp;

      asynStatus status = performIO(asyn, &temp);

      *value = (epicsFloat64) temp;

      return status;

}

 

Please print the address of this->device using printf("this->device=%p\n", this->device) just before the call to pasynOctetSyncIO->writeRead().

 

Please also send the actual output of the gdb backtrace.

 

Mark

 

 

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From: Abdalla Ahmad <Abdalla.Ahmad at sesame.org.jo>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 7:36 AM
To: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>
Subject: RE: Segmentation fault when using asyn Octect writeRead

 

Hello Mark

 

Yes that was an indexing mistake but it did not work. The device returns all readings, float and integer, as a raw unsigned 32-bit integer and then I cast the raw data pointer into float pointer if needed. I did ran the IOC under GDB and it crashes on the call to writeRead, exactly at line 238 in asynOctetSyncIO.c where it tries to cast the userPvt pointer of the asynUser to ioPvt*.

 

Best Regards,

Abdalla.

 

From: Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 3:09 PM
To: Abdalla Ahmad <Abdalla.Ahmad at sesame.org.jo>; tech-talk at aps.anl.gov
Subject: Re: Segmentation fault when using asyn Octect writeRead

 

Hi Abdalla,

 

I think I see an error in your driver:

 

    memcpy(tx_array + 0, &(tx.status),  sizeof(u16));

    memcpy(tx_array + 2, &(tx.command), sizeof(u16));

    memcpy(tx_array + 2, &(tx.address), sizeof(u16));

    memcpy(tx_array + 4, &(tx.data),    sizeof(u32));

 

You are copying to tx_array+2 twice.  I think you probably mean

 

    memcpy(tx_array + 0, &(tx.status),  sizeof(u16));

    memcpy(tx_array + 2, &(tx.command), sizeof(u16));

    memcpy(tx_array + 4, &(tx.address), sizeof(u16));

    memcpy(tx_array + 6, &(tx.data),    sizeof(u32));

 

The following also looks like it might be an error.  You are passing a pointer to a float cast to u32*.  Does your device really return a 32-bit float, or does it return an integer?

 

asynStatus PSController::readFloat64(asynUser* asyn, epicsFloat64* value)

{

      float temp = (float) *value;

      asynStatus status = performIO(asyn, (u32*) &temp);

      *value = temp;

      return status;

}

 

Neither of these problems is likely to cause the crash.  Please run the program under gdb and send the output of "backtrace" when it crashes.

 

Mark

 

 

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From: Abdalla Ahmad <Abdalla.Ahmad at sesame.org.jo>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 5:48 AM
To: tech-talk at aps.anl.gov <tech-talk at aps.anl.gov>; Mark Rivers <rivers at cars.uchicago.edu>
Subject: Segmentation fault when using asyn Octect writeRead

 

Hello

 

I am writing a driver to control a custom power supply using asynPortDriver, I am using asynOctetSyncIO->writeRead interface to do IO with the controller but the IOC crashes on calling the function (https://github.com/AbdallaDalleh/psc-asyn-driver/blob/main/pscApp/src/PSController.cpp#L83 ). The asynOctetSyncIO interface crashes specifically on line 238, when casting the userPvt pointer of the passed asynUser pointer. I used this interface many times before and I have no idea why the segmentation fault happens.

 

Best Regards,

Abdalla.