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Re: ASSERT: cyg_callout_reset() We didn't pick the smallestdelta!


On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 12:05, Kevin Hilman wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've recently added the FreeBSD networking stack to our port of eCos.
> Our device has a PCI interface and I'm using the i82559 driver for an
> Intel EtherExpress Pro.
> 
> Most of the network tests are running OK, but a few trigger some
> asserts in the timeout code.  Since I'm kind of a TCP novice, I'm
> wondering if anyone here can give me some insight into what may be
> going on here, and where to start digging.
> 
> The first assert I saw was the at the end of cyg_callout_reset() in
> net/bsd_tcpip/current/src/ecos/timeout.c:
> 
>   CYG_ASSERT( delta == last_delta, "We didn't pick the smallest delta!" );
> 

This problem was fixed on Nov 12.  Have you updated your sources since
then?

> thinking that the trace messages (in buffer mode) may be causing too
> much time lag, I disabled tracing.
> 
> That seemed to get rid of the problem for the ftp_test, and the
> ftp_test now passes,  but for the nc_test_slave it changed a little
> but still asserts.  Sometimes it asserts at the same place, but it
> also sometimes asserts at the beginning of cyg_callout_reset() at:
> 
>   CYG_ASSERT( 0 < delta, "delta is right now, or even sooner!" );
> 
> Using tcpdump, I see many (several hundred) packets exchange between
> slave and master before the assert.
> 
> NOTE: the other net tests run OK, such as flood, ping_test, dhcp_test,
> ftp_test, tcp_lo_select, tcp_lo_test, udp_lo_test, ...
> 
> Here's an example run of nc_test_slave.  If it helps, I could also
> send a tcpdump trace and the output of nc_test_master on linux.
> 
> --
> Kevin Hilman
> Equator Technologies
> 
> [cyg_net_init] Init: mbinit(0x00000000)
> [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_init_devs(0x00000000)
> Init device 'i82559_eth0'
> eth0 XXX: driver didn't set ifq_maxlen
> [cyg_net_init] Init: loopattach(0x00000000)
> [cyg_net_init] Init: ifinit(0x00000000)
> IFP: 0x801f0ed0, next: 0x804ba244
> IFP: 0x804ba244, next: 0x00000000
> [cyg_net_init] Init: domaininit(0x00000000)
> [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x801f4940)
> New domain internet at 0x00000000
> [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_net_add_domain(0x801f3940)
> New domain route at 0x00000000
> [cyg_net_init] Init: cyg_route_init(0x00000000)
> [cyg_net_init] Done
> Start Network Characterization - SLAVE
> BOOTP[eth0] op: REQUEST
>        htype: Ethernet
>         hlen: 6
>         hops: 0
>          xid: 0xcd57ffbd
>         secs: 0
>        flags: 0x80
>        hw_addr: 00:02:b3:1b:f1:bd
>      client IP: 0.0.0.0
>          my IP: 10.0.16.152
>      server IP: 10.0.16.20
>     gateway IP: 0.0.0.0
>   options:
>         DHCP message: 3 REQUEST
>         DHCP server id: 10.0.16.20
>         DHCP time 51: 604800
>         DHCP time 58: 302400
>         DHCP time 59: 529200
>         subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
>             gateway: 10.0.16.1
>       domain server: 10.0.16.20, 10.0.0.20
>         domain name: sea.equator.com
>         DHCP option: 37/55.9: 54 51 58 59 1 3 6 15 28
>         DHCP option: 39/57.2: 576
>         DHCP requested ip: 10.0.16.152
> No load = 169425
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[20] = 167795 => 1% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[40] = 167752 => 1% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[80] = 167874 => 1% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[160] = 166283 => 2% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[320] = 163135 => 4% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[640] = 156687 => 8% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[1280] = 144147 => 15% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> High Load[2560] = 118626 => 30% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> Load[1920] = 131328 => 23% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> Load[1600] = 137666 => 19% 
> Set background load = 20% 
> Set background load = 0% 
> Final load[1684] = 136168 => 20% 
> Start test for eth0
> TCP echo - 64 buffers, 10240 bytes
> connection from 10.0.16.79.50353
> ASSERT FAIL: <3>timeout.c[418]cyg_callout_reset() We didn't pick the smallest delta!
> ASSERT FAIL: <3>timeout.c           [ 418] cyg_callout_reset()                                                                                  We didn't pick the smallest delta!
> 
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