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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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                                        JF002 @Neo
                                        last edited by

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

                                        @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')

                                        I also still have this bug... I was hoping it would be resolved in this update (1.3.6), but it doesn't seem to be the case... Do you want us to fill a bug on github?

                                        Thanks!

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                                          daniel
                                          last edited by

                                          @JF002 yes please do report it on Github with a piece of code to reproduce the issue easily (include your boot.py as well if possible). Thanks!

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                                            JF002 @daniel
                                            last edited by

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

                                            @JF002 yes please do report it on Github with a piece of code to reproduce the issue easily (include your boot.py as well if possible). Thanks!

                                            Here it is :) https://github.com/pycom/pycom-micropython/issues/82

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