I tried with the echo sample - compiled both service and client from the source code. All worked OK, without crashes in both cases - when the request is successful and when the request fails because I did not start the service. And I run the client through the valgrind, there are no memory leaks (at least the small leaks that valgrind reports are not increasing after I put the call of send_receive() into loop and started increasing number of iterations). So it looks that the echo sample contains correct sequence of operations.
Should not the (wrong) examples in the online user manual be updated too? On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 11:10 PM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Try with echo sample. > > Samisa... > > > > Alex Bolgarov wrote: > > Well, I _am_ using the sample provided by the Axis project - the > > client I'm using is the exact code sample from the "Axis2/C Manual" - > > the manual that is available here: > > http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/docs/axis2c_manual.html. The sample > > client code I'm using is, without any changes, from this page: > > http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/docs/hello/client/hello.c.html (I'm > > attaching the file that I was compiling, just in case there are some > > differences I could not see, but I've just copied the code from the > > web browser window and pasted it into XEmacs editor and saved as a > > 'my_client.c' file) > > > > And, as you can see in the sample client code, this sample _releases_ > > a payload memory that is passes to the send_receive operation: > > > > if (payload) > > { > > axiom_node_free_tree(payload, env); > > payload = NULL; > > } > > > > Is the sample wrong? I will take a look at the samples from the source > > distribution, may be they don't release the payload? > > > > Anyway, when the service _is_ running and the client receives the > > response, why attempt to release the payload tree by the client (which > > this sample client does) does not cause the crash? If the Axis took > > ownership for the payload tree, it should have deleted it already, and > > attempt to delete if in the client code would have caused a crash. > > Something is not right here... > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > alex. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> In short, the AXIOM that you create and pass to service client > >> send_receive operation would be taken control of by service client. So, > >> you do not have to free that, even though you will be creating it. Same > >> with the returned response payload. You can use it, but you do not have > >> ownership of that. All that you have to delete is the service client > >> instance. > >> > >> If you can send in your client code, we can have a look. > >> > >> Also, the samples follow the convention that I explained above, so if > >> you follow the samples, you can solve the problems. > >> > >> Samisa... > >> > >> > >> > >> Alex Bolgarov wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I don't understand what's going on inside the Axis2/C client. My test > >> > client crashes. I looked at the Axis source code and did some > >> > debugging (mostly, I've added a lots of AXIS2_LOG_DEBUG(...) to the > >> > Axis source code and recompiled - I have a fast enough computer, and > >> > this way you can receive repeating results, something that hard to get > >> > with a debugger), and run a client code with valgrind. > >> > > >> > I think there might be some mix up in the the > >> > axis2_op_client_add_msg_ctx() function, which causes the memory that > >> > is not supposed to be freed by the Axis library (specifically, the > >> > payload data that is allocated by the client application before it > >> > calls the axis2_svc_client_send_receive()). Then, when the > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive() returns to my client code, the client > >> > tries to free the payload it allocated, at which moment the client > >> > crashes - either silently, or with the glibc reporting "double free or > >> > corruption". > >> > > >> > Now that I've got your attention, here are the details (sorry, this is > >> > a long message): > >> > > >> > First, I'm using Ubuntu 7.10, and I downloaded and compiled sources of > >> > Axis2/C 1.3.0. > >> > > >> > I compiled a SOAP service - virtually unchanged code of the example > >> > from the user guide, but the service looks to be OK, there is a > >> > problem with the client. > >> > > >> > I compiled a SOAP client - absolutely unchanged code of the client > >> > from the user guide > >> > (http://ws.apache.org/axis2/c/docs/hello/client/hello.c.html). > >> > > >> > When I'm starting the Axis server (for example, stand-alone > >> > axis2_http_server application), the client works OK, it sends > >> > something to the service and receives some response. No crashes. > >> > > >> > But if I start the client application _without_ starting a server > >> > (that is, I expect some kind of timeout or some error about inability > >> > to conect to the server), the client application crashes. > >> > > >> > Here is what I found: > >> > > >> > The axis2_svc_client_send_receive() calls > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive_with_op_qname() function that implements > >> > the sending and receiving of the SOAP messages. If there is an error > >> > in the low-level sending/receiving of the messages (which really > >> > happens in my case, because I did not start the SOAP server for this > >> > test), the res_msg_ctx variable will be NULL, and in the conditional > >> > statement in the lines 864-872 of the file axis2_svc_client.c is > >> > executed the 'else' alternative, which calls the > >> > axis2_op_client_add_msg_ctx() function, passing the res_msg_ctx value > >> > (which is NULL) to it. > >> > > >> > In the axis2_op_client_add_msg_ctx() function, right before the 'if' > >> > statement in the lines 274-296 (file axis_op_client.c): > >> > > >> > if (out_msg_ctx && !mc) > >> > > >> > value of the out_msg_ctx is not NULL, and value of the mc is not NULL > >> > (I checked this using the debug logging), so the body of this > >> > statement is executed. In this body, right before the 'if' statement > >> > on the line 290: > >> > > >> > if (axutil_strcmp(dump_value, AXIS2_VALUE_TRUE)) > >> > > >> > the value of the dump_value is NULL (again checked by the debug > >> > logging), and the axutil_strcmp() returns -1 (which is interpreted as > >> > a 'true' boolean value), and thus the body of the statement, including > >> > the call (line 292) > >> > > >> > axis2_msg_ctx_free(out_msg_ctx, env); > >> > > >> > is executed. > >> > > >> > The out_msg_ctx here points to the same message context object that > >> > was created in the axis2_svc_client_send_receive_with_op_qname() > >> > function, before sending the SOAP request - I saw using the debug > >> > logging that the pointer value returned by the axis2_msg_ctx_create() > >> > call in the axis2_svc_client_send_receive_with_op_qname() (line 834) > >> > is the same as the value of the pointer out_msg_ctx here. > >> > > >> > But this message context object contains a soap_envelop object that, > >> > in turn, contains the payload object (tree of the object model nodes) > >> > that my client application allocated before calling the > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive() (specifically, this soap_envelop is > >> > filled with the payload in the call > >> > axis2_svc_client_fill_soap_envelope() (line 838, function > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive_with_op_qname(), file > >> > axis2_svc_client.c). So, returning back to the the > >> > axis2_op_client_add_msg_ctx() function, this payload object (tree) > >> > gets freed here. Then, later, when my client application tries to free > >> > the payload object after the axis2_svc_client_send_receive() returns > >> > to it, the application crashes, because this memory is already freed. > >> > > >> > > >> > So, finally, my questions: > >> > > >> > What strategy the client application that calls > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive() should use regarding > >> > allocating/freeing memory? From the current implementation of Axis2/C, > >> > it looks like a) if the response was received successfully, the client > >> > application should free the payload, but b) if there was a > >> > communication error, the Axis library will free the payload itself. Is > >> > this correct? > >> > > >> > Is this a 'by design' feature of the Axis2/C or is this a bug and (in > >> > theory) there should be more sane rules regarding memory control? > >> > (And, is there somewhere published the memory management rules for the > >> > Axis2/C?) > >> > > >> > > >> > Second thing I've noticed when browsing the code of the > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive_with_op_qname() is something that looks > >> > suspiciously as a potential memory leak. Look at the line 838 of > >> > fileaxis2_svc_client.c. Here a message context object is created (by > >> > calling the axis2_msg_ctx_create(), wich allocates a memory for the > >> > message control object (using an allocator from the environment, which > >> > is normally malloc()?). Notice that the pointer to the allocated > >> > message context object is stored in the _local_ variable msg_ctx. > >> > > >> > After this follows an 'if' statement (lines 838-842) that calls > >> > axis2_svc_client_fill_soap_envelope() and if the result is 'false', it > >> > executes 'return NULL'. The axis2_svc_client_fill_soap_envelope() > >> > could return a wrong result for different reasons, for example, just > >> > because the 'soap_version_uri' is not set in the client options (line > >> > 407, file svc_client.c) - basically, I did not see any guarantee that > >> > this function will not return 'false' if the message context object > >> > was successfully allocated. > >> > > >> > So, if the axis2_svc_client_fill_soap_envelope() returns 'false', the > >> > 'if' statement on lines 838-842 just returns NULL, and the > >> > axis2_svc_client_send_receive_with_op_qname() exits, without freeing > >> > the memory allocated for the mesasge context object. Because the > >> > pointer to this memory was stored in the local variable msg_ctx, this > >> > memory is lost. (Or, at least I think it is lost - I might be wrong > >> > and there is far more complex processing here to prevent memory leaks > >> > that I did not recognize :) ) > >> > > >> > > >> > Thank you, > >> > > >> > alex. > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Samisa Abeysinghe > >> Software Architect; WSO2 Inc. > >> > >> http://www.wso2.com/ - "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform." > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.0/1343 - Release Date: > 3/25/2008 7:17 PM > > > -- > > > Samisa Abeysinghe > Software Architect; WSO2 Inc. > > http://www.wso2.com/ - "Oxygenating the Web Service Platform." > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
