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Subject: soft ioc runs into fatal exception (base-3.14.12)
From: Carsten Winkler <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 09:00:59 +0100
Problem:             softIoc.exe runs into fatal exception after caput call from local host.
                             When running the test, there's a 40% chance for this exception to occur.
                             Waiting between starting the softIoc and caput, and/or waiting between
caput calls does not change the behavior.

Error message:  "softIoc has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
inconvience."

Error details:      AppName: softioc.exe; AppVer:0.0.0.0; ModName: com.dll; ModVer: 3.14.12.0;
Offset: 0000a613

System:              EPICS 3.14.12 plus all published patches (8 Feb. 2011), no local changes
(compiled with MVS 2010 professional - without any error)

Host:                   Windows XP SP3 @ Pentium 4 with 3.2GHz and 3GB RAM
                                                   AND
                            Windows XP SP3 @ VMWARE 3.5.0
                                                   AND
                             Windows XP SP3 @ VIRTUALBOX 3.2.12
                                                   AND
                             Windows XP SP3 @ KVM

Test setup:         The following configuration files have been used:
    startDemo.bat:
                                set EPICS_CA_ADDR_LIST=localhost
                                set EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST=NO
                                start DemoIOC.cmd
                                caput demoHost:double1 3.141
                                caput demoHost:double2 2.718
                                caput demoHost:long 12345
    DemoIOC.cmd:
                                softIoc.exe -D dbd\softIoc.dbd -d db\demo.db
    demo.db:
                                record(ao, "demoHost:double1")
                                {
                                    field(DESC, "Double output with range infos")
                                    field(EGU, "mm")
                                    field(HOPR, "10")
                                    field(LOPR, "0")
                                    field(HIHI, "8")
                                    field(HIGH, "6")
                                    field(LOW, "4")
                                    field(LOLO, "2")
                                    field(HHSV, "MAJOR")
                                    field(HSV, "MINOR")
                                    field(LSV, "MINOR")
                                    field(LLSV, "MAJOR")
                                 }
                                record(ao, "demoHost:double2")
                                {
                                    field(DESC, "Double output without range infos")
                                    field(EGU, "nm")
                                }
                                record(longout, "demoHost:long")
                                {
                                    field(DESC, "Long output without range infos")
                                    field(EGU, "m")
                                }

call stack:
Com.dll!ellDelete(ELLLIST * pList=0x00a22ed0, ELLNODE * pNode=0x00cf0d08)  Zeile 82 + 0xb Bytes    C
Com.dll!epicsParmCleanupWIN32(epicsThreadOSD * pParm=0x00cf0d08)  Zeile 246 + 0x10 Bytes    C
Com.dll!epicsWin32ThreadEntry(void * lpParameter=0x00cf0d08)  Zeile 516 + 0x9 Bytes    C
msvcr100d.dll!_callthreadstartex()  Zeile 314 + 0xf Bytes    C
msvcr100d.dll!_threadstartex(void * ptd=0x00cf1500)  Zeile 297    C
kernel32.dll!_BaseThreadStart@8()  + 0x37 Bytes

exception occurred here:
void ellDelete (ELLLIST *pList, ELLNODE *pNode)
{
    if (pList->node.previous == pNode)
        pList->node.previous = pNode->previous;
    else
        pNode->next->previous = pNode->previous; <== "pNode->next" is a NULL pointer in error case!
(s. memory map)

    if (pList->node.next == pNode)
        pList->node.next = pNode->next;
    else
        pNode->previous->next = pNode->next;

    pList->count--;

    return;
}
This function was called from "static void epicsParmCleanupWIN32 ( win32ThreadParam * pParm )" of
osdThread.c

memory maps:
- pList    0x00a22ed0 {node={...} count=23 }    ELLLIST *
    - node    {next=0x00a24728 previous=0x00cf0c60 }    ELLNODE
        - next    0x00a24728 {next=0x00a26340 previous=0x00000000 }    ELLNODE *
            - next    0x00a26340 {next=0x00adbd90 previous=0x00a24728 }    ELLNODE *
[... 20 thread parameter blocks in this list  without address 0x00cf0d08]
                   - next    0x00cf0c60 {next=0x00000000 previous=0x00cf0de0 }    ELLNODE *
                       - next    0x00000000 {next=??? previous=??? }    ELLNODE *
                           next    CXX0030: Fehler: Ausdruck kann nicht ausgewertet werden
                           previous    CXX0030: Fehler: Ausdruck kann nicht ausgewertet werden
        + previous    0x00cf0de0 {next=0x00cf0c60 previous=0x00cf0b40 }    ELLNODE *
            + previous    0x00cf0b40 {next=0x00cf0de0 previous=0x00af1ac0 }    ELLNODE *
[... 20 thread parameter blocks in this list without address 0x00cf0d08]
    count    23    int

- pNode    0x00cf0d08 {next=0x00000000 previous=0x00000000 }    ELLNODE *
    + next    0x00000000 {next=??? previous=??? }    ELLNODE *
        next    CXX0030: Fehler: Ausdruck kann nicht ausgewertet werden
        previous    CXX0030: Fehler: Ausdruck kann nicht ausgewertet werden
    + previous    0x00000000 {next=??? previous=??? }    ELLNODE *
        next    CXX0030: Fehler: Ausdruck kann nicht ausgewertet werden
        previous    CXX0030: Fehler: Ausdruck kann nicht ausgewertet werden

0x00CF0C80  00 00 00 00 43 41 53 2d 65 76 65 6e 74 00 fd fd fd fd dd dd dd dd dd dd 09 00 0c 00 a1
01 0c 02 a0 12  ....CAS-event.ýýýýÝÝÝÝÝÝ....¡... .
0x00CF0CA2  cf 00 e8 0c cf 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 fd 26 00 00 fd fd fd
fd 00 00 00 00  Ï.è.Ï.................ý&..ýýýý....

This looks like there is a situation (with a 40% chance), in which the thread parameter block of a
CAS-event task is not added to the thread list when the client connects. When the clients
disconnects and the thread gets shut down, it tries to remove its parameter block from the thread
list by calling ellDelete() with a node that is not in the list. ellDelete() behaves fragile and
crashes the softIoc (by dereferencing a null pointer). This exception seems to occur only when caput
has been called from local host.

Has anyone seen this behavior?

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