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[lwip-users] Telnet server/LWIP crash


From: Andrew_Kunz
Subject: [lwip-users] Telnet server/LWIP crash
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:37:01 -0400


This is a lengthy explanation, but after 2-3 weeks of banging my head into the wall I think it is necessary.

I am working on a Telnet server using 1.2.0 release (as I am unable to get latest CVS head to compile and run on the AT91SAM7X demo board under FreeRTOS).  Because 1.2.0 does not support receive timeouts, the server is implemented as two tasks.  One handles the "receive from network" and the other "send to network" functions, using FreeRTOS queues to send character data to/from the application task.

Before you say "upgrade to the latest CVS head" - I have already tried unsuccessfully for much of this time to do just that, however the update simply doesn't work, even when I roll back to just porting the new LWIP to the original FreeRTOS demo that I got with the original.

A little more background...

It is possible for the application task to request a session end (primarily to log out idle users).  This is accomplished with the following code:

static void close_telnet (void)
        {
        if (net_connection_open)
                {
                // Network connection is closed again
                net_connection_open = FALSE;
                // Don't do this again until new connection starts
                idletimer = 0;
                netconn_close (telnetNetCon);
                tn_isonline[0] = FALSE;
                while (netconn_delete (telnetNetCon) != ERR_OK)
                        {
                        vTaskDelay (TELNET_SHORT_DELAY);
                        }
                vTaskDelay (TELNET_LONG_DELAY);
                }
        }


(Note: The variable "net_connection_open" is a flag which is set TRUE when the receiver task gets a connection from a client and starts communicating with them.)

While this is going on, the "read from network" task is waiting in a netconn_recv() call.  It does not return immediately when the other task calls close_telnet() above (which I would expect due to the netconn_close() and netconn_delete() calls).

The client tells me immediately that it has lost its connection when close_telnet() is executed.

If I then attempt another connection from a client, the "read from network" task returns from the netconn_recv() it has been in, but the return value is pointing to the same location as when it was receiving valid data.  At this point I just netbuf_delete() it, then go back to a netconn_accept() waiting for the next telnet client to attach.

It accepts the connection, returning same pointer address as previous connection.  Starts the connection process (which includes sending a DO and DONT string to the client), but when the program starts attempting to wait for more data to come from the new client, the micro resets with a data abort (on the ARM7, this generally means that data was either mis-aligned or not present).

Another scenario - the client disconnects from the server.  When this happens, I am able to start a new client and log in once successfully, but logging out and attempting a third time results in a data abort also.

If you need the code, I would be happy to provide it.  If you have ANY advice, I'd love to hear it.

Thanks.

Andy

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