Re: [Xenomai] xenomai 3.0rc4 rt_heap_alloc replies with timeout

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 10:31:22AM +0200, Stéphane ANCELOT wrote:
> On 06/05/2015 10:26, Gilles Chanteperdrix wrote:
> >On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 10:21:18AM +0200, Stéphane ANCELOT wrote:
> >>     size = 824; // size = 824 is failing but changing size to 3200 rocks ...
> >>     // --------------------------------------------------------------
> >>     ret = rt_heap_create(&heap2, "config", size, flags);
> >>     traceobj_assert(&trobj, ret == 0);
> >The interesting call to rt_heap_inquire would go here.
> >
> >All the other ones are irrelevant.
> >
> >Also, have you tried directly creating the heap with the failing
> >size instead of doing it after creating many useless heaps? Just to
> >reduce the test case.
> >
> >
> >>     cout << " heap size : " << info.heapsize << " heap usablemem: " <<
> >>info.usablemem;
> >The value you print here do not correspond to the heap you just
> >created. What is the point of this ?
> >
> >>     ret = rt_heap_alloc(&heap2, size, TM_INFINITE, &p);
> >>     traceobj_assert(&trobj, ret == 0);
> >>
> >>     exit(0);
> >>}
> >>
> >>
> You are right, reducing the test case, and using this size reports the
> problem :

This is basic: always try to reduce the test case to be as simple as
possible in order to reduce where to search for the problem. Also
note that a memory corruption is even less likely than with your
previous test case.

> 
> 
> 
> 
> output:
> root@debian:/home/macsoft# ./heap_regression
>    0"002.074| BUG: [main] trace assertion failed:
> ../heap_test.cpp:34 => "ret == 0"

Ok, so, in fact the heap creation fails when size is 824, not the
heap allocation. Sorry, from the thread subject I had understood
rt_heap_alloc was failing. Also, this is a general thing about error
returns: in general the value indicate the reason for the failure.
Maybe you could print it?

-- 
					    Gilles.