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    New firmware release, version 1.6.0.b1

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      livius @daniel
      last edited by livius

      @daniel
      it is by copy file throught e.g. filezilla and without while true: loop

      think about people first, then computers

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        daniel @livius
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        @livius what's the size of the file?

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          daniel @livius
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          @livius could it be that your file system is corrupted from previous firmware versions? Could you try:

          import os
          os.mkfs('/flash')
          

          to format the file system and start from scratch...

          Cheers,
          Daniel

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            livius @daniel
            last edited by livius

            @daniel
            3905 bytes

            I will test with 1.6.2 and will see if something changed

            could it be that your file system is corrupted from previous firmware versions? Could you try:

            I can erase all data - but i can back tomorrow with review

            think about people first, then computers

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              JF002 @daniel
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              @daniel With 1.6.1, I encountered some instabilities : the lopy hangs when trying to sync the project from Pymakr, and when I call gc.collect(). Are you aware of these issues? Is it possible that they are fixed in 1.6.2?

              Thanks

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                daniel
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                @livius can you show me an example of the gc.collect() crash?

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                  JF002 @daniel
                  last edited by

                  @daniel

                  import gc
                  gc.collect()
                  

                  Just freeze my lopy. I noticed it when trying to fix another issue with ds1820 and mqtt : https://forum.pycom.io/topic/670/onewire-wifi-mqtt-crash/7

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                    daniel
                    last edited by

                    Just freeze my lopy. I noticed it when trying to fix another issue with ds1820 and mqtt :

                    OK it happens, not always at the first time. I'm working on it... Wait for the 1.6.3.b1 coming a bit later...

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                      JF002 @daniel
                      last edited by

                      @daniel said in New firmware release, version 1.6.0.b1:

                      Just freeze my lopy. I noticed it when trying to fix another issue with ds1820 and mqtt :

                      OK it happens, not always at the first time. I'm working on it... Wait for the 1.6.3.b1 coming a bit later...

                      Yeah, thank you! You're the best!

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                        daniel
                        last edited by

                        Hello,

                        1.6.3.b1 is out there. In my tests the gc.collect() problem is now fixed. @livius @JF002 please test and let me know... Thanks!

                        Cheers,
                        Daniel

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                          Neo @daniel
                          last edited by Neo

                          @daniel Still hanging on LopY. In our script this is happening after wifi STA connect ... we have a gc.mem_free call. We removed all gc collect calls.

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                            daniel
                            last edited by

                            Then it's not the gc anymore in your case. If you can share with me a piece of code that can reproduce it I'll get onto it.

                            Cheers,
                            Daniel

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                              Neo @daniel
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                              @daniel Unfortunatelly the code is huge. I will try to reduce the area. I chekced also one auto tests only with LoRa initiation and Lora socket reading + gc.mem_free calls ... I saw that this test is hanging. I believe the real problem ties to memory leak /bad management. Here is the memory output at each second called soket recv and dump the mem_free:
                              Memory 19264
                              Memory 18656
                              Memory 18080
                              Memory 17504
                              Memory 16928
                              Memory 16352
                              Memory 15776
                              Memory 15200
                              Memory 14624
                              Memory 14048
                              Memory 13472
                              Memory 12896
                              Memory 12320
                              Memory 11744
                              Memory 11168
                              Memory 10592
                              Memory 10016
                              Memory 9440
                              Memory 8864
                              Memory 8288
                              Memory 7712
                              Memory 7136
                              Memory 6560
                              Memory 5984
                              Memory 5408
                              Memory 4832
                              Memory 4256
                              Memory 3680

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                                Neo @daniel
                                last edited by

                                @daniel Here it is your memory leak script:

                                def test2():

                                from network import LoRa
                                _lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA)
                                
                                import socket
                                _socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
                                _socket.setblocking(False)    
                                
                                import gc
                                gc.enable()   
                                while True:
                                
                                    try:
                                        bytes = self._socket.recv(512)
                                        if len(bytes) > 0:
                                            print(" %s RECV %s" %  (self, bytes))
                                        
                                    except Exception as e:   
                                            print("_recv", str(e))    
                                            
                                    print('Memory %d' % (gc.mem_free()))
                                
                                    utime.sleep(1)
                                

                                test2()

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                                  daniel
                                  last edited by daniel

                                  @Neo, I modified your script in order to be able to run it:

                                  from network import LoRa
                                  import utime
                                  
                                  class test:
                                      def __init__ (self):
                                          self._lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA)
                                  
                                          import socket
                                          self._socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
                                          self._socket.setblocking(False)    
                                  
                                      def run(self):
                                          import gc
                                          gc.enable()
                                  
                                          while True:
                                              try:
                                                  bytes = self._socket.recv(512)
                                                  if len(bytes) > 0:
                                                      print("%s RECV %s" %  (self, bytes))
                                  
                                              except Exception as e:
                                                  print("_recv", str(e))
                                  
                                              print('Memory %d' % gc.mem_free())
                                              utime.sleep(1)
                                  
                                  t = test()
                                  t.run()
                                  

                                  I get the following output:

                                  Memory 54880
                                  Memory 54320
                                  Memory 53760
                                  Memory 53200
                                  Memory 52640
                                  Memory 52080
                                  Memory 51520
                                  Memory 50960
                                  Memory 50400
                                  Memory 49840
                                  Memory 49280
                                  Memory 48720
                                  Memory 48160
                                  Memory 47600
                                  Memory 47040
                                  Memory 46480
                                  Memory 45920
                                  

                                  Which is totally correct, that's the way Python works. Memory is consumed as code runs, and when there's no more memory, the garbage collector kicks in and frees memory so that code can continue running. At some point you see:

                                  Memory 5040
                                  Memory 4480
                                  Memory 3920
                                  Memory 3360
                                  Memory 2800
                                  Memory 2240
                                  Memory 1680
                                  Memory 1120
                                  Memory 560
                                  Memory 0
                                  Memory 54592
                                  Memory 54032
                                  Memory 53472
                                  Memory 52912
                                  

                                  However, if I add a gc.collect() line like this:

                                  from network import LoRa
                                  import utime
                                  
                                  class test:
                                      def __init__ (self):
                                          self._lora = LoRa(mode=LoRa.LORA)
                                  
                                          import socket
                                          self._socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_LORA, socket.SOCK_RAW)
                                          self._socket.setblocking(False)    
                                  
                                      def run(self):
                                          import gc
                                          gc.enable()
                                  
                                          while True:
                                              try:
                                                  bytes = self._socket.recv(512)
                                                  if len(bytes) > 0:
                                                      print("%s RECV %s" %  (self, bytes))
                                  
                                              except Exception as e:
                                                  print("_recv", str(e))
                                  
                                              print('Memory %d' % gc.mem_free())
                                              utime.sleep(1)
                                              gc.collect()
                                  
                                  t = test()
                                  t.run()
                                  

                                  I get:

                                  Memory 55520
                                  Memory 55664
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  Memory 55648
                                  

                                  Which at least in this test it shows that there's no memory leak...

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                                    crankshaft @daniel
                                    last edited by crankshaft

                                    @daniel - can you make a new announcement when a new beta is released, the topic of this current thread is ... version 1.6.0.b1 however I think it is now version 1.6.3.b1 ?

                                    You have to trawl and check every post to see if a new release has been made and it's not very productive.

                                    Or at least update the header

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                                      livius @daniel
                                      last edited by livius

                                      @daniel said in New firmware release, version 1.6.0.b1:

                                      bytes = self._socket.recv(512)

                                      One hint if i can suggest something
                                      what if you send something to this socket and this line recive some data?

                                      bytes = self._socket.recv(512)
                                      

                                      is this still the same result?
                                      I can test it self only in the evening (and only on different socket - Wipy2) - but maybe result is different and you can find something interesting
                                      If not then we can only wait for @Neo to provide some sample

                                      @crankshaft good point

                                      think about people first, then computers

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                                        Colateral @daniel
                                        last edited by Colateral

                                        @daniel It is strange that yesterday using this script the LoPy was hanging ... today I re powered and I didn't reproduce it anymore. It is true that yesterday I did a lot of operation before.

                                        However the entire solution is still hanging and I need to understand why on 1.5.0 this is working and 1.6.x is not working.

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                                          Neo @daniel
                                          last edited by

                                          @daniel It is still hanging. There is diff between your output and my output.... and I know why. My script is embedded in the app importing some additional modules.... that why mem is starting from 20K and not 50K as yours. Some of these modules have some static data and some of them have thread locks and Wifi data. Let me check.... the circle radius it will be reduced if I will take it one by one.

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                                            Neo @Neo
                                            last edited by Neo

                                            @Daniel I changed the LopY with new one + upgrade to 1.6.3b1 and I ran only your script. Now the output is the same as yours... .but it ALWAYS hanging after the mem displays 400. Here is the output:

                                            Running
                                            Soft resetting the LoPy
                                            Memory 55280
                                            Memory 54720
                                            Memory 54160
                                            Memory 53600
                                            Memory 53040
                                            Memory 52480
                                            Memory 51920
                                            Memory 51360
                                            Memory 50800
                                            Memory 50240
                                            Memory 49680
                                            Memory 49120
                                            Memory 48560
                                            Memory 48000
                                            Memory 47440
                                            Memory 46880
                                            Memory 46320
                                            Memory 45760
                                            Memory 45200
                                            Memory 44640
                                            Memory 44080
                                            Memory 43520
                                            Memory 42960
                                            Memory 42400
                                            Memory 41840
                                            Memory 41280
                                            Memory 40720
                                            Memory 40160
                                            Memory 39600
                                            Memory 39040
                                            Memory 38480
                                            Memory 37920
                                            Memory 37360
                                            Memory 36800
                                            Memory 36240
                                            Memory 35680
                                            Memory 35120
                                            Memory 34560
                                            Memory 34000
                                            Memory 33440
                                            Memory 32880
                                            Memory 32320
                                            Memory 31760
                                            Memory 31200
                                            Memory 30640
                                            Memory 30080
                                            Memory 29520
                                            Memory 28960
                                            Memory 28400
                                            Memory 27840
                                            Memory 27280
                                            Memory 26720
                                            Memory 26160
                                            Memory 25600
                                            Memory 25040
                                            Memory 24480
                                            Memory 23920
                                            Memory 23360
                                            Memory 22800
                                            Memory 22240
                                            Memory 21680
                                            Memory 21120
                                            Memory 20560
                                            Memory 20000
                                            Memory 19440
                                            Memory 18880
                                            Memory 18320
                                            Memory 17760
                                            Memory 17200
                                            Memory 16640
                                            Memory 16080
                                            Memory 15520
                                            Memory 14960
                                            Memory 14400
                                            Memory 13840
                                            Memory 13280
                                            Memory 12720
                                            Memory 12160
                                            Memory 11600
                                            Memory 11040
                                            Memory 10480
                                            Memory 9920
                                            Memory 9360
                                            Memory 8800
                                            Memory 8240
                                            Memory 7680
                                            Memory 7120
                                            Memory 6560
                                            Memory 6000
                                            Memory 5440
                                            Memory 4880
                                            Memory 4320
                                            Memory 3760
                                            Memory 3200
                                            Memory 2640
                                            Memory 2080
                                            Memory 1520
                                            Memory 960
                                            Memory 400
                                            ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

                                            rst:0x1 (POWERON_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
                                            configsip: 0, SPIWP:0x00
                                            clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:

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