hello... For my project, i'm now generating IPC stubs using DICE, so that i can i have my L4 server beeing call from L4Linux. But just for trying, i'm defining the interface, server, library, and a simple client only for testing. Here is my interface:

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typedef struct WOO_Send_Retval_struct{ int error; [string]char *tag; }WOO_Send_Retval;

typedef struct WOO_Receive_Retval_struct{ int error; [string]char *tag; }WOO_Receive_Retval;

typedef struct WOO_Decide_Retval_struct{ int error; long order_num; char hash[20]; }WOO_Decide_Retval;

interface WOO{ int init(void); WOO_Send_Retval send([in]long long starter_eid, [in, max_is(100), size_is(eids_num)]long long eids[], [in]int eids_num, [in]long msg_id, [in, string]char *hash); };

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i've built also a server:

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/* * This file is auto generated by Dice-2.2.8. * * Implement the server templates here. * This file is regenerated with every run of 'dice -t ...'. * Move it to another location after changing to * keep your changes! */

#include <stdio.h> #include <l4/log/l4log.h> #include <l4/names/libnames.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include "WOO-server.h"

char LOG_tag[9]="wooserver";

#ifdef __cplusplus extern "C" { #endif

CORBA_int WOO_init_component(CORBA_Object _dice_corba_obj, CORBA_Server_Environment *_dice_corba_env) { int retval = 232144;

return retval; }

WOO_Send_Retval WOO_send_component(CORBA_Object _dice_corba_obj, CORBA_long_long starter_eid, const CORBA_long_long eids[100], CORBA_int eids_num, CORBA_long msg_id, const_CORBA_char_ptr hash, CORBA_Server_Environment *_dice_corba_env) { WOO_Send_Retval retval; LOG("i've got the call:: hash = %s\n", hash); retval.error = 34; retval.tag = "teststring";

LOG("return\n");

return retval; }

int main(void){ if(names_register("wooserver")==0){ printf("Error registering at nameserver\n"); return 1; } WOO_server_loop(0); }

#ifdef __cplusplus } #endif

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and a libray to call the server:

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#include <l4/names/libnames.h> #include <l4/log/l4log.h> #include <l4/env/errno.h> #include <l4/sys/consts.h> #include <l4/WOO_ipc/WOO_helper.h> #include <stdlib.h>

static l4_threadid_t server_id = L4_INVALID_ID; static CORBA_Object server = &server_id;

//! Request netserver id at nameserver static int check_server(void){ if (l4_is_invalid_id(server_id)){ LOG("inicio do programa\n"); if (!names_waitfor_name("wooserver",&server_id,10000)){ LOG("nao ha nome disponivel\n"); return 1; } } return 0; }

//! woo_init int WOO_init(void){ CORBA_Environment env = dice_default_environment; int retval;

LOG("chamaram o woo_init\n"); if (check_server()) return -L4_EINVAL;

LOG("fiz o call\n"); retval = WOO_init_call(server, &env); LOG("a call retornou\n");

if(!env._p.ipc_error) return retval;

LOG("ERROR\n"); return -env._p.ipc_error; } //! woo_send

WOO_Send_Retval WOO_send(void){ CORBA_Environment env = dice_default_environment; WOO_Send_Retval retval; long long eids[100]; char tag[20] = "htkilfndtigkmnefktlo";

LOG("call woo send\n");

eids[0] = 213424; eids[1] = 2314124; eids[2] = 2143441;

if (check_server()){ retval.error = -L4_EINVAL; return retval; }

LOG("do the call\n"); retval=WOO_send_call(server, 12344512, eids, 3, 453445, tag, &env); LOG("call return\n"); if(!env._p.ipc_error) return retval;

retval.error = -env._p.ipc_error; return retval; }

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and a simple client:

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#include <stdio.h> #include <l4/log/l4log.h> #include <l4/WOO_ipc/WOO_helper.h>

char LOG_tag[9]="WOOclient";

int main(void){ int wooinitret; WOO_Send_Retval ret;

LOG("client start\n"); wooinitret = WOO_init(); LOG("woo_init()\n"); LOG("WOO init returned %d\n", wooinitret);

LOG("woo_send()\n"); ret = WOO_send(); LOG("returned send\n"); LOG("WOO send tag= %s\n", ret.tag);

return 0; }

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all ok, until i get it to run... There, he gives me an error (page fault) at the stubs, when unmarshalling the return value of the woo_send() call, more precisely, when allocating the string(tag) inside the return structure. the line is the following:

_dice_return.tag = (CORBA_char_ptr)(_dice_corba_env->malloc)(_dice_tmp_offset);

i've checked the string size tha comes from the server and it is correct...

So... why is it page faulting??

thanks in advance

Tiago Jorge