MSVS 2010 C: memory detection working as expected - c

I am working on a C project in MSVS 2010 (meaning I am using malloc, calloc, and free, not the C++ new and delete operators). I need to find a memory leak(s?), so I've followed the steps on http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x98tx3cf.aspx to get the program to dump the memory state at the end of the run.
I include the libraries like so:
#define _CRTDBG_MAP_ALLOC
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <crtdbg.h>
I also specify that every exit should display the debug info like so:
_CrtSetDbgFlag ( _CRTDBG_ALLOC_MEM_DF | _CRTDBG_LEAK_CHECK_DF );
But my debug output looks like this:
Detected memory leaks!
Dumping objects ->
{80181} normal block at 0x016B1D38, 12 bytes long.
Data: < 7 7 8 7 > 0C D5 37 00 14 A9 37 00 38 99 37 00
{80168} normal block at 0x016ACC20, 16 bytes long.
Data: < 7 H 7 X 7 \ 7 > A8 FB 37 00 48 E9 37 00 58 C2 37 00 5C AC 37 00
...
According to the article, I should be getting file name and line number output indicating where the leaked memory is allocated. Why is this not happening, and how can I fix it?

Adrian McCarthy commented that I should ensure that the definition _CRT_MAP_ALLOC existed in every compilation unit. While I could not figure out how to define that as a compiler option, I did create a sparse header file that I ensured every compiled file included. This made the debugging functionality work as expected.

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Old school "Commodore 64" BASIC - Peek/Poke commands; is there an equivalent in BATCH form?

I'm an 'Old Timer' that learned to program on a Commodore 64 with a cassette drive (not a disk drive) for storing data. Oh the joy!
I am wondering if there is an equivalent way to perform Peek and Poke commands in a .bat file. Is it even possible anymore to check a specific address the way it worked in BASIC language?
Can a batch file locate the address of something like whether or not the 'y' key has been pressed and can it also set the value of that address to indicate that key was pressed?
It used to be something like PEEK(64324) would return the value of that location. Likewise; POKE(64324) would set the value at that location.
I could run a loop that basically waited for a keyboard input and if it recieved the correect trigger at that address it would perform a command. e.g.
For x = 1 to 1000
If PEEK(64324) = 1 then exit
Next x
So when the 'y' key was pressed, the loop would exit or goto the next command. Can BATCH check a specific address for it's current state and if so, is there any repository or listing somewhere that tells what address is what for things like colors and keys on the keyboard?
In MSDOS you can use the DEBUG tool to get a dump of memory:
SHOWBIOS.BAT
ECHO:d FE00:0000 0040 >debug.txt
ECHO:q >>debug.txt
DEBUG < debug.txt > debug.out
You can run the memory dump thru a script
-d FE00:0000 0040
FE00:0000 41 77 61 72 64 20 53 6F-66 74 77 61 72 65 49 42 Award SoftwareIB
FE00:0010 4D 20 43 4F 4D 50 41 54-49 42 4C 45 20 34 38 36 M COMPATIBLE 486
FE00:0020 20 42 49 4F 53 20 43 4F-50 59 52 49 47 48 54 20 BIOS COPYRIGHT
FE00:0030 41 77 61 72 64 20 53 6F-66 74 77 61 72 65 20 49 Award Software I
-q
Times have changed, indeed, but in fact you could perhaps still do PEEKs and POKEs with the good old Motorola 68k family... because they like the 6502 used memory-mapped I/O.
I could be wrong, but I think computers today largely have abandoned memory-mapped I/O. Instead they'll do something like the Intel 8x86 family. It's been awhile since I took 8086 assembly, though.

LIBMODBUS: Writing to a double register?

Is there a way I can write one value to a double register using LIBMODBUS? For example writing value 100,000 to be spread across one register. Currently using modbus_write_registers to write 10,000 I am sending the modbus message
rc = modbus_write_registers(ctx, 4, 2, tab_reg); (Where tab_reg[0] = 10,000 and tab_reg[1] = 0)
0A 10 00 04 00 02 04 27 10 00 00 DC 09
Ideally the message i believe I would like to send would not send the 00 00 for the zero value. Is this possible to utilise using Libmodbus?
NB - I have also attempted using modbus_write_register() and this produced a much longer message so I am inclined to believe write registerS is the way to go.

XBee packet format

I have to IEEE 802.15.4 devices running. The question is about XBee-PRO.
Firmware: XBEE PRO 802.15.4 (Version: 10e6)
Hardware: XBEE (Version: 1744)
Both units are configured to the same channel (15) and same PAN id (0x1234). It's hooked to my machines COM port and can actually transmit data when I connect picocom to it. (It responds to AT commands properly and can be configured fully through moltosenso Network Manager - I'm on a Mac). All other registers are at their defaults, apart from the serial baudrate.
The XBee side source address is at 0x1, destination address is 0x2. Now when I type an ASCII character into picocom, this is what I see received on the other device, running in promiscous mode:
-- Typing "a"
E 61 88 7E 34 12 2 0 1 0 2B 0 61 E1
E 61 88 7E 34 12 2 0 1 0 2B 0 61 E1
E 61 88 7E 34 12 2 0 1 0 2B 0 61 E1
E 61 88 7E 34 12 2 0 1 0 2B 0 61 E1
-- Typing "b"
E 61 88 7F 34 12 2 0 1 0 2C 0 62 58
E 61 88 7F 34 12 2 0 1 0 2C 0 62 58
E 61 88 7F 34 12 2 0 1 0 2C 0 62 58
E 61 88 7F 34 12 2 0 1 0 2C 0 62 58
--- Typing "a" again
E 61 88 80 34 12 2 0 1 0 2D 0 61 A9
E 61 88 80 34 12 2 0 1 0 2D 0 61 A9
...
ln pc pan da sa ct pl ck
So for every data payload sent, I see four frames sent out (nobody is picking them up of course). I suppose three of these are 802.15.4 retries, and XBee adds another one for kicks (although the RR register is clearly zero...).
What's the packet format here and where is this specified?
I've looked at XBee API packets and this does look vaguely similar, but I don't see 0x7e delimiters or anything like that here.
I guess what I am seeing is:
ln = length
61 = ??
88 = ??
pc = some sort of packet counter
pan = 16 bits of PAN ID
da = 16 bits of destination address
sa = 16 bits of source address
ct = another counter?
0 = ??
pl = my ASCII character payload
ck = probably a checksum
I tried with setting PAN to 0xFFFF and setting the destination address to 0xFF or broadcast, seeing pretty much the same. These 0x61 and 0x88 don't seem to correspond to much anything in the XBee documentation...
It doesn't directly look like 802.15.4 MAC level data frame either - or if it does, what are the missing fields and where are they specified? Pointers?
EDIT:
Actually, hmm. After importing a hex-formatted dump into Wireshark, it told me exactly that it's a 802.15.4 MAC frame and how to read it.
IEEE 802.15.4 Data, Dst: 0x0002, Src: 0x0001, Bad FCS
Frame Control Field: Data (0x8861)
.... .... .... .001 = Frame Type: Data (0x0001)
.... .... .... 0... = Security Enabled: False
.... .... ...0 .... = Frame Pending: False
.... .... ..1. .... = Acknowledge Request: True
.... .... .1.. .... = Intra-PAN: True
.... 10.. .... .... = Destination Addressing Mode: Short/16-bit (0x0002)
..00 .... .... .... = Frame Version: 0
10.. .... .... .... = Source Addressing Mode: Short/16-bit (0x0002)
Sequence Number: 126
Destination PAN: 0x1234
Destination: 0x0002
Source: 0x0001
I still don't know where the second 16-bit counter comes from in front of the actual data byte, and why FCS is messed up (I had to strip the beginning len field to get Wireshark to read it - that's probably it.)
I think the second counter ct is a counter for the application layer in Zigbee protocol to notice when it should update its data because it is receiving a new one :)
For more information about Frames Format in Zigbee Stack try to download this :
Newnes.ZigBee.Wireless.Networks.and.Transceivers.Sep.2008.eBook-DDU.pdf
Have a nice day :)
Have you try to read packets with X-CTU software?
I suggest you to read this post entry: http://www.tunnelsup.com/xbee-guide/
The pdf with the "Quick Reference Guide" is really useful and contains some data format indicated.
Also, it's always good to study the real documentation from developer (Digi in this case).
The frame is like:
API Frame
But only if you have configured previously the xbee to work in API mode with command:
ATAP 1
Or with XCTU.
Try monitoring communication between two XBee modules to see what the acknowledgement frame looks like.
Try sending a sequence of bytes.
Try performing a Node Discovery (ATND) to see what those frames look like.
Try sending a remote AT command from X-CTU to see what those frames and responses look like.
When reverse engineering a protocol, it's useful to see both sides of the conversation. You can test various theories by emulating each side of the protocol, and trying out variations on what you see. For example, "What if I change this byte, does the remote end still respond?".
My guess is that you're correct about the ct byte being a counter. The following zero byte could be flags, or it could identify the type of packet sent (serial data, remote AT command/response, node discovery/response, etc.).
As you build up an understanding of the structure, you can write a program to parse and dump the contents of the frames. Dump an interpreted version of what you know, and leave the unknown bytes as a sequence of hex bytes. Continue to experiment until you can narrow down the meaning of the remaining bytes.
The extra 2 bytes in payload (0x2D 0x0) is MaxStream header (MM in XCTU). If you disable the MaxStream headers by setting the MM command to without MaxStream headers, then these two bytes will become a part of a 802.15.4 payload, so your full payload would become 2B 0 61 instead of just 61

Is there a pattern in these bitshifts?

I have some Nikon raw files (.nef) which were rendered useless during a USB transfer. However, the size seems fine and only a handful of bits are shifted - by a value of -0x20 (hex) or -32 (dec).
Some of the files could be recovered later with another Computer from the same Card and now I am searching for a solution to recover the other >100 files, which have the same error.
Is there a regular pattern? The offsets seem to be in intervals of 0x800 (2048 in dec).
Differences between the two files
1. /_LXA9414.dump: 13.703.892 bytes
2. /_LXA9414_broken.dump: 13.703.892 bytes
Offsets: hexadec.
84C00: 23 03
13CC00: B1 91
2FA400: 72 52
370400: 25 05
4B9400: AE 8E
641400: 36 16
701400: FC DC
75B400: 27 07
925400: BE 9E
A04C00: A8 88
AC2400: 2F 0F
11 difference(s) found.
Here are more diffs from other files:
http://pastebin.com/9uB3Hx43

Convert unknown Hex digits to a Longitude and Latitude

F3 c8 42 14 - latitude //05.13637° should be nearby this coordinate
5d a4 40 b2 - longitude //100.47629° should be nearby this coordinate
this is the hex data i get from GPS device, how to convert to readable coordinate?
i don't have any manual document.please help.thanks
22 00 08 00 c3 80 00 20 00 dc f3 c8 42 14 5d a4 40 b2 74 5d 34 4e 52 30 39
47 30 35 31 36 34 00 00 00
this is my full bytes i received,but the engineer told me that F3 c8 42 14 is latitude and 5d a4 40 b2 is longitude
I worked with a Motorola GPS module once and the documentation said that the two hexes represented int types.
In your case, you might want to look at the documentation as well. If you know the model number, you can just google it.
Here is the documentation link for the motorola GPS I used.
Motorola GPS Module
I also took the liberty to do some calculations for you. If your lattitude was indeed
0x1442c8f3
(endianness does make a difference here). The integer equivalent is
339921139
in decimal system. If you divide that by 3600000 milliarcseconds
(where 1 deg = 60 min = 60 * 60 s = 60*60*1000 ms) you get
94.4225386
deg, which is close to your expectations. There isn't enough data to validate it but I believe most of the GPS modules return the milliarcseconds for both latitude and longitude.)
Assuming the hex codes represent unencrypted 32-bit floating point numbers (they might not do), you could try reading them into a C program and printing them out using printf("%f").
Don't forget that the words could have both endianness, i.e. the first one could be F3 C8 42 14 or 14 42 C8 F3 (bytes reversed).
Try it both ways and see if you get anything useful.
I wasn't able to get anything quickly from this online floating point calculator here.
Edit:
Building on Khanal's answer, this link to Latitude/Longitude suggests that the numbers are indeed fixed point and explains the sign convention.
Perhaps more useful for the calculations is HexIt, which allows choosing from a variety of C data types, both integer and floating point, as well as flipping back and forth between little and big endian representations.
I think the values are in 32-bit floating point. However, the bytes are slightly shifted in the stream that you show. Taking longitude first: 100.47629 in 32-bit floating point is 42C8F3DC these are bytes 10 through 13 in your stream (Least significant byte first).
For latitude 5.13637 in 32-bit floating point is 40A45D24 these are bytes 14 through 17 but it's 40A45D14 in the byte stream so it's off a little in the least significant decimal digit (Again, it's least significant byte first).

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