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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
                  last edited by

                  @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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                                  Colateral @Neo
                                  last edited by Colateral

                                  @Neo On my LopY I have the same behavior. It is not necessary to iterate until end. Put gc.collect() after that sleep and .... that's it.

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                                    madsdk
                                    last edited by

                                    I'm having big FTP stability problems after updating to this version. When I upload stuff it fails about half the time. Anyone else having problems with that? The problem is especially bad when uploading multiple files in one go.

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                                      livius @daniel
                                      last edited by livius

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

                                      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

                                      formated and tested on 1.6.1.b1 and still file corruption :(
                                      now i am testing 1.6.3
                                      on the left you have oryginal file - on the right corrupted
                                      0_1487351579822_upload-761dcbc2-0899-4a15-9d89-c827cf117346

                                      UPDATE
                                      flashed to 1.6.3
                                      formated and error is same -

                                      but!

                                      It is not visible at start see steps:

                                      1. write e.g. test.py (copy normal onewire content twice to this file on computer)
                                      2. copy this file to wipy throught ftp
                                      3. download it and see if it is ok - yes it is ok
                                      4. disable power (totally)
                                      5. power on wipy
                                      6. connect to it by ftp and download test.py - now it is corrupted

                                      UPDATE2
                                      It looks like it happened not always
                                      after few try storing file and restart i finally have file ok (strange)

                                      think about people first, then computers

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                                        PCA
                                        last edited by

                                        I confirm the issue with bluetooth callback disabled in 1.6.0.b1 is solved in 1.6.3.b2.
                                        thanks @daniel

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                                          Neo
                                          last edited by Neo

                                          @Daniel On LoPy with 1.6.3.b2 the issue with the gc.collect()/memeory release is till persistent. Please run that test file with the LoRa socket recv and check it.

                                          When do you think that we will have a fix for this? It is CRITICAL from many people point o view.

                                          (sysname='LoPy', nodename='LoPy', release='1.6.3.b2', version='v1.8.6-464-g0f843911 on 2017-02-17', machine='LoPy with ESP32', lorawan='1.0.0')

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                                            daniel
                                            last edited by

                                            @Neo I agree it's super CRITICAL. It's on the top of our priorities at this moment. We'll do our best to resolve it ASAP.

                                            Cheers,
                                            Daniel

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