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Most BLE applications with nrf52 boards are broken on Version 2.1

Li, Jun R
 

Hey,

I’ve tried to build a couple of BLE applications, like “beacon” , “peripheral_hr” with several nRF52 boards such as “nrf52_pca10040”, “nrf52840_pca10056” on the version 2.1. All building process is broken at the link stage with the following errors:

 

/opt/zephyr-sdk-0.10.3/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/8.3.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld: subsys/bluetooth/host/libsubsys__bluetooth__host.a(hci_core.c.obj): in function `le_set_private_addr':

/home/uwb/projects/iid_device/zephyr/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c:581: undefined reference to `bt_rand'

/opt/zephyr-sdk-0.10.3/arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/../lib/gcc/arm-zephyr-eabi/8.3.0/../../../../arm-zephyr-eabi/bin/ld: subsys/bluetooth/host/libsubsys__bluetooth__host.a(hci_core.c.obj): in function `create_random_addr':

/home/uwb/projects/iid_device/zephyr/subsys/bluetooth/host/hci_core.c:4658: undefined reference to `bt_rand'

collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr_prebuilt.dir/build.make:104: recipe for target 'zephyr/zephyr_prebuilt.elf' failed

make[2]: *** [zephyr/zephyr_prebuilt.elf] Error 1

CMakeFiles/Makefile2:579: recipe for target 'zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr_prebuilt.dir/all' failed

make[1]: *** [zephyr/CMakeFiles/zephyr_prebuilt.dir/all] Error 2

Makefile:83: recipe for target 'all' failed

make: *** [all] Error 2

 

I’m not sure if the CI process still covers the tests for most applications.

 

Regards,

Jun

 

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ZEBRA RFC source tree location #ble

Dean Gereaux
 

The ZEBRA RFC (see RFC: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/issues/23465) is a feature proposal for a simple way to add secure authentication between two Bluetooth devices.  ZEBRA is not part of the Bluetooth stack, it uses the Bluetooth stack via the firmware application to authenticate.   There are several places where the ZEBRA code could potentially resided within the Zephyr code base:


  1. As a sub directory of subsys.   subsys/auth
Good option.  The subsys directory contains key components of Zephyr.  While you can use Zephyr without a sub system, say networking, these components are often critical and used in an embedded system.  The subsys/auth subdirectory would contain ZEBRA and other authentication methods such as Google Fast Pair.   As security becomes more important to real time systems, it makes sense to make authentication a key component of Zephyr.  A subsys/auth would also enable code sharing between different authentication methods.


2.  As a sub directory lib.   lib/auth
Good option.  The lib directory contains various libraries, ZEBRA can is essentially a library sitting on top of the Bluetooth stack providing authentication services.  Other authentication methods would be separate libraries. 


Looking for suggestions and comments on which option would work the best. 

I personally prefer option #1.  

Thanks,

Dean Gereaux
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Zephyr crypto APIs and mbed TLS

Carles Cufi
 

Hi all,

I was wondering about the state of crypto APIs in Zephyr and whether it makes sense to move them forward or instead we should consider simply using the mbed TLS set of APIs as Zephyr's crypto API.

The reason I say this is that today we have include/crypto/cipher.h which abstracts ciphers, but that's about it. Most users in the code seem to use mbed TLS APIs directly when they require crypto functionality (with the exception of Bluetooth which can use TinyCrypt or mbed TLS and has its own abstraction) with only the IEEE 802.15.4 stack using cipher.h.
mbed TLS is a recognized crypto API that (as far as I know) can be used with or without the actual mbed TLS implementation, so I question the need to define our own in this particular case, although I might be missing key information. Unless I am mistaken one can implement hardware-accelerated or custom or proprietary implementations of crypto functions and shim them so that they expose the mbed TLS API.

In any case I do believe this is something that needs discussion since the current usage in the tree is inconsistent and the subset of APIs defined in include/crypto is very small.

If we did decide to use mbed TLS as an API we would then also need to discuss how to go about it, since mbed TLS is today an (optional) module and therefore the header files themselves are not included in the main zephyr tree.

Input welcome!

Regards,

Carles
Re: nrf52840 ble error #ble #nrf52840

Narendar Malepu
 

Yes previously I posted same issue, but iam not creating any threads in my application


On Tue, 24 Mar, 2020, 2:14 PM Chettimada, Vinayak Kariappa, <vinayak.kariappa.chettimada@...> wrote:

Please create a github issue with details of building your application and steps to reproduce the issue.

Do specify the commit hash, and if you have a branch, do mention that too.

 

I see you have re-sent this mail again to mailing list, did you try measuring the stack usage of threads using the PR mentioned in previous email threads?

 

Regards,

Vinayak

 

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Subject: [Zephyr-devel] nrf52840 ble error #ble #nrf52840

 

Hi,

Iam using nrf52840 development board, developing software using zephyr.
In software development iam using bluetooth as a peripheral and uart in interrupt mode(to get data from other module), when iam trying to run both interfaces the getting below errors and iam included watchdog timer so after sometime it is restarting.

[00:01:36.902,862] <inf> os: prio recv thread stack : unused 336 usage 112 / 448 (25 %)

[00:01:36.902,893] <err> os: ***** BUS FAULT *****

[00:01:36.902,893] <err> os:   Imprecise data bus error

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: r0/a1:  0x00000029  r1/a2:  0x00000004  r2/a3:  0x00000000

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: r3/a4:  0x20004a0c r12/ip:  0x00000000 r14/lr:  0x000388fb

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os:  xpsr:  0x61000000

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: Faulting instruction address (r15/pc): 0x000390ee

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: >>> ZEPHYR FATAL ERROR 0: CPU exception on CPU 0

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: Current thread: 0x20000eec (unknown)

[00:01:37.159,637] <err> os: Halting system

When i checked with above address error is at
zephyr/include/sys/dlist.h:211

can someone help with above error

Thanks
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Re: net_buf: non-atomic reference counting

Paul Sokolovsky
 

Hello,

On Tue, 24 Mar 2020 11:25:48 +0200
"Jukka Rissanen" <jukka.rissanen@linux.intel.com> wrote:

Hi Darryl,

I think it is more of a historical relic than a purpose design. There
has not been any reports that this have caused issues. Patches are
welcome of course.
Perhaps it could be rephrased differently: net_buf is more like Zephyr's
internal system object. Where it's used currently, thread
synchronization is expected(*) to happen on different level(s), and
net_buf itself is kept lightweight and optimized. Perhaps that can be
changed, but effects on existing subsystems using net_buf should be
considered.

(*) That doesn't mean there're no bugs, so reproducible bugreports are
welcome.


Cheers,
Jukka


On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 17:39 -0700, Darryl Gamroth wrote:
Hi all,

I was looking at using net_bufs for an application broadcasting
reference counted buffers to multiple threads and I noticed the
reference counting is not atomic. I'm curious, is this by design?

Thanks.

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API meeting: agenda

Carles Cufi
 

Hi all,

Note: This is the last week where the meeting takes place at 17h CET. Next week we go back to 18h CET.

Today's topics:

- How to document standalone drivers like the enc28j60 (Piotr)

- Upgrade the hwinfo API to stable
- PR: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23661

- RTC API proposal
- PR: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23526/commits/2880ee02b0f2fd91d897d8a11a4cbdefe87a19b0

- Naming in the async_notify module
- PR: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/pull/23601

Additional items in the "Triage" column in the GitHub project may be discussed if time permits.
If you want an item included in the meeting, please add it to the GitHub project.

https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/wiki/Zephyr-Committee-and-Working-Group-Meetings#zephyr-api-discussion
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/projects/18
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lv-8B5QE2m4FjBcvfqAXFIgQfW5oz6306zJ7GIZIWCk/edit

Regards,

Carles
Re: net_buf: non-atomic reference counting

Jukka Rissanen
 

Hi Darryl,

I think it is more of a historical relic than a purpose design. There
has not been any reports that this have caused issues. Patches are
welcome of course.

Cheers,
Jukka

On Sun, 2020-03-22 at 17:39 -0700, Darryl Gamroth wrote:
Hi all,

I was looking at using net_bufs for an application broadcasting
reference counted buffers to multiple threads and I noticed the
reference counting is not atomic. I'm curious, is this by design?

Thanks.
Re: nrf52840 ble error #ble #nrf52840

Chettimada, Vinayak Kariappa
 

Please create a github issue with details of building your application and steps to reproduce the issue.

Do specify the commit hash, and if you have a branch, do mention that too.

 

I see you have re-sent this mail again to mailing list, did you try measuring the stack usage of threads using the PR mentioned in previous email threads?

 

Regards,

Vinayak

 

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Subject: [Zephyr-devel] nrf52840 ble error #ble #nrf52840

 

Hi,

Iam using nrf52840 development board, developing software using zephyr.
In software development iam using bluetooth as a peripheral and uart in interrupt mode(to get data from other module), when iam trying to run both interfaces the getting below errors and iam included watchdog timer so after sometime it is restarting.

[00:01:36.902,862] <inf> os: prio recv thread stack : unused 336 usage 112 / 448 (25 %)

[00:01:36.902,893] <err> os: ***** BUS FAULT *****

[00:01:36.902,893] <err> os:   Imprecise data bus error

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: r0/a1:  0x00000029  r1/a2:  0x00000004  r2/a3:  0x00000000

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: r3/a4:  0x20004a0c r12/ip:  0x00000000 r14/lr:  0x000388fb

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os:  xpsr:  0x61000000

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: Faulting instruction address (r15/pc): 0x000390ee

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: >>> ZEPHYR FATAL ERROR 0: CPU exception on CPU 0

[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: Current thread: 0x20000eec (unknown)

[00:01:37.159,637] <err> os: Halting system

When i checked with above address error is at
zephyr/include/sys/dlist.h:211

can someone help with above error

Thanks
nrf52840 ble error #ble #nrf52840

Narendar Malepu
 

Hi,

Iam using nrf52840 development board, developing software using zephyr.
In software development iam using bluetooth as a peripheral and uart in interrupt mode(to get data from other module), when iam trying to run both interfaces the getting below errors and iam included watchdog timer so after sometime it is restarting.

[00:01:36.902,862] <inf> os: prio recv thread stack : unused 336 usage 112 / 448 (25 %)
[00:01:36.902,893] <err> os: ***** BUS FAULT *****
[00:01:36.902,893] <err> os:   Imprecise data bus error
[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: r0/a1:  0x00000029  r1/a2:  0x00000004  r2/a3:  0x00000000
[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: r3/a4:  0x20004a0c r12/ip:  0x00000000 r14/lr:  0x000388fb
[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os:  xpsr:  0x61000000
[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: Faulting instruction address (r15/pc): 0x000390ee
[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: >>> ZEPHYR FATAL ERROR 0: CPU exception on CPU 0
[00:01:36.902,923] <err> os: Current thread: 0x20000eec (unknown)
[00:01:37.159,637] <err> os: Halting system

When i checked with above address error is at
zephyr/include/sys/dlist.h:211

can someone help with above error

Thanks
net_buf: non-atomic reference counting

Darryl Gamroth
 

Hi all,

I was looking at using net_bufs for an application broadcasting reference counted buffers to multiple threads and I noticed the reference counting is not atomic. I'm curious, is this by design?

Thanks.
[API stability change] Request to change the stability of HWINFO from unstable to stable

Alexander Wachter <alexander@...>
 

Dear all,

This email is a request to change the stability of the Hardware Information API from "unstable" to "stable".

Pull-request: #23661
Discussion in the API meeting takes place on Tuesday, March 24th.

If there are any objections, please comment on the PR or attend to the API meeting.

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Zephyr Toolchain Working Group Meeting – 19 March 2020

Rasmussen, Torsten
 

Hi,

 

Today’s meeting minutes:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IQKBK-GcJNZG0O9QArqYfvb6Huk5xHscN-XIGEZr-z8/

 

Notes/Minutes

Status updates

  • Status update from Wayne regarding PR#22668
    • No news.
  • Status update from Thomas regarding IAR: Nothing new. regarding PR#22668
    • Has been working on two routes: 
      • CMake
        • work has come fairly far.
        • not able to build entire chain, but fairly close,

expect to hit same include files issue, as with using IAR IDE.

      • IAR IDE
        • Struggle with include file issue, as there are much gcc specific include (gcc assembly)

This will be hard to solve.

      • IAR Linking
        • IAR has --whole-archive support, so should not be an issue.
      • Thomas has looked into linker script generation in other projects
        • TF-M generates toolchain specific linker script.
          Those are based on toolchain specific templates.
        • Mbed specific linker script for each toolchain.
        • cmsis uses memory layer on target

There are attributes set per target regarding memory:

read-only

read-write

Settings are specified in an xml file

 

AP:

  •  Nothing new

 

Short term goals:

  • Toolchain test cases
    • Test cases should not be ordinary Zephyr tests

Could be completely different test system with focus on:

      • Optimization
      • Linker
      • archive
    • Should test features that is known to be used inside Zephyr
      • Determine what is most important to test / ensure support for.
    • Needs to work with any toolchain, also out-of-tree toolchains.

 

Toolchain abstraction:

  • Several choices in current Zephyr originates from the early KBuild solution, as example, the cross-compiler interface.
    • Consider to drop compatibility to old legacy, in order to ease the process of going forward.
      • Things was carried over from KBuild, without cleaning up
      • Consider drop support for not-used features
  • Support for toolchain files

 

  • Current situation is that in order to add additional toolchain support, then there is a need to implement a lot of macros, even macros that is of no interest, and thus just empty.
    • To improve:
      The toolchain abstraction interface must be improved. (Agreed by everyone)
      • Note: It is still important to ensure the possibility of out-of-tree toolchains.
        Also, keep in mind there are users that are using the current toolchain abstraction interface.

 

Linker

  • What Zephyr faces, is a common issue
    • What have other done
    • What Zephyr solves might be useful for others (generic solution)
  • Step 1) Get it working for Zephyr, but have the generic support in mind.

 

 

Best regards

 

Torsten T. Rasmussen
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Dev-Review Meeting Agenda Mar 19 2020

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Agenda:

* Review any open PR / issues with dev-review label
* Device Tree update / next steps (Kumar & Marti)
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If you have anything you’d like to add let me know

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Re: Socket Poll functionality in case of socket is closed

Ravi kumar Veeramally
 

Hi,

Thanks for clarification.

Ravi

On 19/03/2020 14.30, Paul Sokolovsky wrote:
Hello,

On Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:34:00 +0200
"Ravi kumar Veeramally" <ravikumar.veeramally@linux.intel.com> wrote:

Hi,

what should be the return value or behavior of socket poll() call in
case of TCP socket is closed from peer side.
If a peer closes TCP connection from its side, it's effectively an
analog of EOF condition. In this case, poll() should return POLLIN.
This will cause a client to issue a recv()/read() call, which will
return 0, and will let a client detect the EOF condition.

This is one of the "most basic" of "not immediately obvious" API
contracts re: sockets and polling. It's definitely something like that,
because quickly looking for normative references in the POSIX standard,
I can't find them, e.g. in
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/poll.html
this particular case isn't described (some other "not immediately
obvious" cases are). So, it's a kind of common knowledge, and a lot of
software relies on that behavior (well, it's not possible to write
async socket code without it). If you google for it, you should be able
to find a lot of references.

Note that there's also a POLLHUP flag, behavior of which in regard to
sockets is "less clear" and "somewhat of a gray area".


As per
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/blob/master/subsys/net/lib/sockets/sockets.c#L1018,
zsock_poll_prepare_ctx() call returns -EALREADY.
zsock_poll_prepare_ctx() is an internal function, which uses a special
internal API contract, where particular error codes are used to signal
very specific conditions. -EALREADY is one of such codes. It doesn't
reach public API clients (and doesn't have the same meaning as POSIX
EALREADY error).

But
https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/blob/master/subsys/net/lib/sockets/sockets.c#L1088.
Return value of z_fdtable_call_ioctl() function call handler assumes
"If POLL_PREPARE returned with EALREADY, it means it already detected
that some socket is ready."
Right, to achieve the behavior described above.

I did a simple test with few modifications in echo-client and
echo-server in net tools. echo-server closes the client connection.
poll(fds, nfds, 0) call returns "> 0" and error value set to 0. But
send failed with return value -ve and error value set to ESHUTDOWN.
That sounds *about* right. Except that POSIX requires EPIPE to be
returned trying to write to a socket with underlying connection closed.
Or to be more exact, with the quote
(https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/send.html):

-------
[EPIPE]
The socket is shut down for writing, or the socket is
connection-mode and is no longer connected. In the latter case, and if
the socket is of type SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_SEQPACKET and the
MSG_NOSIGNAL flag is not set, the SIGPIPE signal is generated to the
calling thread.
-------

So, if we return ESHUTDOWN, we should change that to EPIPE.


If your mail trails to the ultimate question of "how to detect
peer-closed socket if we called poll with POLLOUT?", then to keep it
short:

a) Hmm, I don't have an answer right away, though I bet I used to
consider it (likely outside Zephyr context).
b) I bet that's where POLLHUP return status kicks in.
c) In all cases like that, where we can't "extract" normative behavior
description from POSIX, we should check and follow the behavior of a
well-know implementation, and that's definitely Linux.


Any thoughts @rlubos <https://github.com/rlubos> @pfalcon
<https://github.com/pfalcon>?
Please don't hesitate to cc: me on mails like this, I may sometimes not
check the mailing list for a few days.

Regards,

Ravi.
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