Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System
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Subject: |
EPICS R3.11 CA client library BUG |
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From: |
[email protected] (Jeff Hill) |
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Date: |
Fri, 23 Dec 94 11:44:07 MST |
A bug has been discovered in the EPICS R3.11 CA client library (thanks
to Olaf Hensler at DESY). This bug does not exist in any version of
EPICS R3.12.
You will experience the problem if all of the following occur together:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
o The client program calls one of ca_get(), ca_bget(),
ca_rget(), or ca_array_get()
o The above request is immediately followed by a call
to ca_pend_io() specifying a time out shorter than the
time required for the operation to complete.
o The above sequence is repeated several times.
Symptoms of the problem:
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o A Channel Access Client hangs in cac_alloc_msg()
Work arounds:
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o Specify a timeout far greater than what is required
for the message to be sent, processed, and returned.
o Incorporate the enclosed changes into src/ca/service.c
and rebuild.
I apologize for any problems that this has caused.
Merry Christmas
Jeff
PS here are the changes to service.c
------- service.c -------
*** /tmp/da08222 Wed Dec 21 12:03:56 1994
--- service.c Wed Dec 21 11:15:36 1994
***************
*** 335,342 ****
* only count get returns if from the current
* read seq
*/
! if (!VALID_MSG(piiu))
break;
size = dbr_size_n(t_type, t_count);
--- 335,346 ----
* only count get returns if from the current
* read seq
*/
! if (!VALID_MSG(piiu)) {
! if (t_cmmd == IOC_READ){
! piiu->outstanding_ack_count--;
! }
break;
+ }
size = dbr_size_n(t_type, t_count);
______________________________________________________________________
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