UDP socket: error 34 but works fine - sockets

I have a recvfrom returning error 34, I have checked and it means "Numerical result out of range" but after it is receiving correctly the data and also the amount of data received is correct. I think it may crash after some time. Here i show the call to recvfrom:
int dataRCV = -55;
dataRCV = recvfrom ( sockfd2, data_CPV, sizeData_CPV, 0, (struct sockaddr*)&client_addr2,&client_addresslen2);
fprintf(%i %s, dataRCV,sterror(errno));
Thanks

recvfrom() returns the number of bytes read, not an error code. If recvfrom() fails, it will return -1 and errno will report the actual error code.
int dataRCV = recvfrom ( sockfd2, data_CPV, sizeData_CPV, 0, (struct sockaddr*)&client_addr2, &client_addresslen2);
if (dataRCV == -1)
fprintf(%i %s, errno, sterror(errno));
So if dataRCV is being set to 34 then recvfrom() has successfully read 34 bytes, not failed.

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Using perl module Log::Syslog::Fast - Unable to catch exception

I am using Log::Syslog::Fast to forward logs to a syslog server. I was testing the script to see how it would react if the syslog server suddenly crashed.
To test I created a file with test messages, started the script & then shutdown the syslog server after 2 messages were received at the syslog server.
The script sent the third message & then dies. The termination is not being caught by eval & 'use warnings 'FATAL' => 'all';' does not help.
Could someone please help me catch the exception & close down the script more gracefully?
What needs to happen here is - After the Command2 is sent, the script should catch the exception & display:
Fail: Command3
Code extract:
$logger = Log::Syslog::Fast->new(LOG_TCP,$server, 514, 13, 6, "test_machine", "Syslog");
$logger->set_pid(0);
foreach $line(<SPOOL>)
{
($machine,$time,$message)=(split '\|',$line);
eval{
$logger->set_sender($machine);
$logger->send($message,$time);
};
if($#)
{
print "\nFail: $message\n";
exit;
}
else
{
print "\nSuccess: $message\n";
}
sleep 5;
}
Input File:
test_machine1|1461201306|Command1
test_machine1|1461201311|Command2
test_machine1|1461203214|Command3
test_machine1|1461203219|Command4
test_machine2|1461204005|Command5
test_machine2|1461204006|Command6
test_machine2|1461204149|Command7
test_machine3|1461204154|Command8
test_machine3|1461206936|Command9
test_machine3|1461206942|Command10
Output:
Success: Command1
Success: Command2
Success: Command3
Strace Output:
read(4, "test_machine1|1461201306|Command"..., 4096) = 341
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
sendto(3, "<110>Apr 20 21:15:06 test_machin"..., 59, 0, NULL, 0) = 59
write(1, "Success Command1\n\n\n", 19Success Command1
) = 19
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({5, 0}, 0x7ffc707478f0) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
sendto(3, "<110>Apr 20 21:15:11 test_machin"..., 59, 0, NULL, 0) = 59
write(1, "Success Command2\n\n\n", 19Success Command2
) = 19
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({5, 0}, 0x7ffc707478f0) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
sendto(3, "<110>Apr 20 21:46:54 test_machin"..., 59, 0, NULL, 0) = 59
I want the script to fail here when it tries to send the third message but it does not.
write(1, "Success Command3\n\n\n", 19Success Command3
) = 19
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, NULL, {SIG_DFL, [], 0}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
nanosleep({5, 0}, 0x7ffc707478f0) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
stat("/etc/localtime", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3519, ...}) = 0
sendto(3, "<110>Apr 20 21:46:59 test_machin"..., 59, 0, NULL, 0) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe)
--- SIGPIPE {si_signo=SIGPIPE, si_code=SI_USER, si_pid=26037, si_uid=3179} ---
+++ killed by SIGPIPE +++
The script finally dies while trying to send the fourth message. Unfortunately the eval is not catching the exception.
Try adding a line
$SIG{PIPE} = sub {
die "SIGPIPE";
};
before anything is being sent.
You might also want to try "print" instead of die.
You might want to trap SIGPIPE like this:
$SIG{PIPE} = "IGNORE";
From the perlipc:
If you're writing to a pipe, you should also trap SIGPIPE. Otherwise, think of what happens when you start up a pipe to a command that doesn't exist: the open() will in all likelihood succeed (it only reflects the fork()'s success), but then your output will fail--spectacularly. Perl can't know whether the command worked, because your command is actually running in a separate process whose exec() might have failed. Therefore, while readers of bogus commands return just a quick EOF, writers to bogus commands will get hit with a signal, which they'd best be prepared to handle.
Also, have a look at this behavior in a C program when writing to a broken socket.
I want the script to fail here when it tries to send the third message but it does not.
TL;DR You can't do this because of the way the TCP protocol works.
The client and server communicate via a socket. When the client writes to the socket, it's actually writing to a buffer; there's no indication whether the message is actually delivered.
The client can only know that the connection is closed after some data is actually sent to the server, so the first write to the buffer will succeed.
Here's what's happening:
When you shut down the server, it sends a TCP FIN packet. A FIN indicates that one side of the connection is done sending data, but can still receive; it doesn't indicate that the connection is closed.
The client writes your third log message to the socket buffer successfully, so no exception is thrown.
The server sends a TCP RST packet to indicate that it's no longer listening.
Because of the RST, the OS now knows that the server's end of the TCP connection is closed. When the client tries to write to the socket buffer, the process is signaled with SIGPIPE and the write returns EPIPE.
The script finally dies while trying to send the fourth message. Unfortunately the eval is not catching the exception.
You're not handling SIGPIPE so your program dies when it's signaled. Add the following near the top of your script to ignore SIGPIPE:
$SIG{PIPE} = 'IGNORE';
Now you can handle the exception raised by the send method however you like.
Further reading:
Writing on a TCP socket closed by the peer
Writing to a closed, local TCP socket not failing
write on closed socket doesn't generate sigpipe immediatly
Programming UNIX Sockets in C - Frequently Asked Questions section 2.22, "When will my application receive SIGPIPE?"

UDP: why result of function send fails

I am trying to send message with UDP protocol from client to server.
But
function send(sockfd, buf, strlen(buf), 0)
<socket.h>
which I use for send buffer returns -1, any time when I call it.
In description of func i read about results and i know if result = 0 or below - function finished with errors, and if result > 0 function successfully finised.
for example:
result of calling
send(socket, "1.2.3.4", 7, 0) will be -1.
What am I missing?

Car OBDII WLAN protocol

I am currently searching for the specification of the WLAN protocoll to get OBDII data. There are some ELM327 similar adapter on the market which enables iPhone to connect to a OBDII interface with WLAN. This because Bluetooth serial port is scrambled because of the accessories interface. Other programs like Torque for android can also use this communication protocol. However I did not find the specs for creating a network client.
Any help is welcomed,
Thanks
Ok, after some more research, I found two sources:
Michael Gile has an open source library for iOS devices, meant for communicating with OBDII WiFi as well as Bluetooth devices.
PLX devices (creators of the KiWi) have a description how to communicate with the KiWi. The description is too large to include here, but it boils down to:
Connect using WiFi (sockets)
Wait until the device returns >
Issue command and await response
Requesting information can be done by sending a command in this format (ASCII characters):
MM PP\r
where MM is the test mode, PP is the PID, and \r is a carriage return (hex: 0x0d). All whitespace characters are ignored by the Kiwi. *Test modes 03 and 04 do not require a PID value.
The 'test modes' that are spoken of, are the ten diagnostic modes as defined in the SAE J1979 standard:
Test mode Description
01 Show current data
02 Show freeze frame data
03 Show diagnostic trouble codes
04 Clear trouble codes and stored values
05 Test results, oxygen sensors
06 Test results, non-continuously monitored
07 Show 'pending' trouble codes
08 Special control mode
09 Request vehicle information
0A Request permanent trouble codes
The PID values are the codes for the sensors in the car. A (non-exhaustive)list of possible PID values is on Wikipedia.
here what i do in C and socket:
int sockfd = 0, n = 0;
char recvBuff[1024];
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
char *ip = "192.168.0.10";
char str [128];
int i;
memset(recvBuff, '0',sizeof(recvBuff));
if((sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
{
printf("\n Error : Could not create socket \n");
return 1;
}
memset(&serv_addr, '0', sizeof(serv_addr));
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(35000);
if(inet_pton(AF_INET, ip, &serv_addr.sin_addr)<=0)
{
printf("\n inet_pton error occured\n");
return 1;
}
if( connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
{
printf("\n Error : Connect Failed \n");
return 1;
}
printf ("reading...\n");
strcpy (str,"AT Z\x0d");
sleep(2);
write (sockfd, str, strlen (str));
while ( (n = read(sockfd, recvBuff, sizeof(recvBuff)-1)) > 0)
{
recvBuff[n] = 0;
printf ("received: ");
if(fputs(recvBuff, stdout) == EOF)
{
printf("\n Error : Fputs error\n");
}
printf ("\r\ntype: ");
fgets (str, sizeof (str), stdin);
i = strlen (str);
if (str [i-1] == 0x0a)
str [i-1] = 0;
strcat (str, "\x0d");
write (sockfd, str, strlen (str));
printf ("\r\n");
}
type 1 or 2 enter, you should see the prompt: ELM327
then after that, type whatever you want, for ex.: AT RV (will show voltage)
then use this pdf for all code:
https://www.obd-2.de/carcode/dl/ELM327DS.pdf
Have a look at ELM327 datasheet
Wifi dongles transparently bind the ELM327 RS232 port to a TCP server.
There's not really a WIFI protocol. You can use the ELM327 protocol via a raw TCP connection instead.
You can sent AT commands and OBD2 commands known as PID's with the telnet command:
telnet 192.168.0.1 35000
On succesful connection you can try to send:
AT Z
and the server should respond with "ELM327" and a version number.

iOS - Ping with timeout

I'm using Apple's "Simple Ping" example and it has almost all features that I need, but I don't know where I can set timeout of each packet. It seems that it isn't possible because function that is used to write data to socket doesn't have any timeout parameters. Does anybody have idea to change this app to get ability to set timeout like in windows ping command? By timeout I mean time for each packet sent to be discarded after waiting for response too long.
Windows ping command - timeout I need to have:
"-w Timeout : Specifies the amount of time, in milliseconds, to wait for the Echo Reply message that corresponds to a given Echo Request message to be received. If the Echo Reply message is not received within the time-out, the "Request timed out" error message is displayed. The default time-out is 4000 (4 seconds)."
Simple Ping code I'm using:
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/SimplePing/Introduction/Intro.html
Apple sample code:
bytesSent = sendto(
CFSocketGetNative(self->_socket),
sock,
[packet bytes],
[packet length],
0,
(struct sockaddr *) [self.hostAddress bytes],
(socklen_t) [self.hostAddress length]
);
to change the timeout:
CFSocketNativeHandle sock = CFSocketGetNative(self->_socket);
struct timeval tv;
tv.tv_sec = 0;
tv.tv_usec = 100000; // 0.1 sec
setsockopt(sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (void *)&tv, sizeof(tv));
bytesSent = sendto(
sock,
[packet bytes],
[packet length],
0,
(struct sockaddr *) [self.hostAddress bytes],
(socklen_t) [self.hostAddress length]
);
See Apple's docs: setsockopt
From the above referenced doc:
SO_SNDTIMEO is an option to set a timeout value for output operations. It accepts a struct timbal parameter with the number of seconds and microseconds used to limit waits for output operations to complete. If a send operation has blocked for this much time, it returns with a partial count or with the error EWOULDBLOCK if no data were sent. In the current implementation, this timer is restarted each time additional data are delivered to the protocol, implying that the limit applies to output portions ranging in size from the low-water mark to the high-water mark for output.
for example:
tv.tv_sec = 0;
tv.tv_usec = 1000;
setsockopt(recv_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (char *)&tv,sizeof(struct timeval));
setsockopt(send_sock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDTIMEO, (char *)&tv,sizeof(struct timeval));
for additional options:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/system/conceptual/manpages_iphoneos/man2/setsockopt.2.html

iPhone Unable to receive data using UDP recvfrom

I am writing an application which is continuously sending and receiving data. My initial send/receive is running successfully but when I am expecting data of size 512 bytes in the recvfrom I get its return value as -1 which is "Resource temporarily unavailable." and errno is set to EAGAIN. If I use a blocking call i.e. without Timeout the application just hangs in recvfrom. Is there any max limit on recvfrom on iPhone? Below is the function which receives data from the server. I am unable to figure out what can be going wrong.
{ struct timeval tv;
tv.tv_sec = 3;
tv.tv_usec = 100000;
setsockopt (mSock, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVTIMEO, (char *)&tv, sizeof tv);
NSLog(#"Receiving.. sock:%d",mSock);
recvBuff = (unsigned char *)malloc(1024);
if(recvBuff == NULL)
NSLog(#"Cannot allocate memory to recvBuff");
fromlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
n = recvfrom(mSock,recvBuff,1024,0,(struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlen);
if (n == -1) {
[self error:#"Recv From"];
return;
}
else
{
NSLog(#"Recv Addr: %s Recv Port: %d",inet_ntoa(from.sin_addr), ntohs(from.sin_port));
strIPAddr = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"%s",inet_ntoa(from.sin_addr)];
portNumber = ntohs(from.sin_port);
lIPAddr = [KDefine StrIpToLong:strIPAddr];
write(1,recvBuff,n);
bcopy(recvBuff, data, n);
actualRecvBytes = n;
free(recvBuff);
}
}
Read the manpage:
If no messages are available at the socket, the receive call waits for a message to arrive, unless the socket is nonblocking (see fcntl(2)) in which case the value -1 is returned and the external variable errno set to EAGAIN.
I was writing a UDP application and think I came across a similar issue. Peter Hosey is correct in stating that the given result of recvfrom means that there is no data to be read; but you were wondering, how can there be no data?
If you are sending several UDP datagrams at a time from some host to your iphone, some of those datagrams may be discarded because the receive buffer size (on the iphone) is not large enough to accommodate that much data at once.
The robust way to fix the problem is to implement a feature that allows your application to request a retransmission of missing datagrams. A not as robust solution (that doesn't solve all the issues that the robust solution does) is to simply increase the receive buffer size using setsockopt(2).
The buffer size adjustment can be done as follows:
int rcvbuf_size = 128 * 1024; // That's 128Kb of buffer space.
if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF,
&rcvbuf_size, sizeof(rcvbuf_size)) == -1) {
// put your error handling here...
}
You may have to play around with buffer size to find what's optimal for your application.
For me it was a casting issue. Essentially a was assigning the returned value to an int instead of size_t
int rtn = recvfrom(sockfd,... // wrong
instead of:
size_t rtn = recvfrom(sockfd,...// correct