[Ovmsdev] Attention: esp-idf upgrade still breaks configuration

Michael Balzer dexter at expeedo.de
Thu Nov 29 16:11:07 HKT 2018


My module also still does not reproduce the bug, and I already tried wiping the flash (make erase_flash), which didn't "help". Also again tried
cooling down the module to near 0 °C without any effect.

I can still try with the module I use in my car, but that's a second batch module.

Regards,
Michael


Am 29.11.18 um 01:24 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
> I tried to replicate the fault on both my desk and car modules. Neither could repeat the fault (using IDF version you requested). I guess in
> that case, no point trying the fix?
>
> I am wondering if completely wiping flash, and re-installing from scratch, would work to recreate the problem?
>
> Anyway, I will try again tonight on a couple of brand new modules, to see if we can see the problem there. Probably good to take a raw backup
> of the flash partition first.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
>> On 28 Nov 2018, at 5:35 AM, Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de <mailto:dexter at expeedo.de>> wrote:
>>
>> @all: we need some help on this.
>>
>> Dmitry has asked us to verify an assumption about the source of the problem. Unfortunately, my module has decided to not show the bug anymore.
>>
>> Can anyone a) reproduce the bug and b) check Dmitry's code change? The code change is very simple:
>>
>>     https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/2730#issuecomment-441928779
>>
>> …that's in file esp-idf/components/wear_levelling/WL_Flash.cpp line 183.
>>
>> Chances are the bug is more frequently present on V3.1 first batch modules.
>>
>> _To test a build including the bug, do_:
>>
>>     OVMS# config backup /sd/cfgbackup.zip
>>
>>     ~/…/esp-idf> git checkout 5afc1b0cbbcd5903744cd2948ee235b7016eeede
>>     ~/…/esp-idf> git merge --no-commit 9d609af54c63e7f949a4fbc43d4f1c13b57f49d8
>>     ~/…/esp-idf> git submodule update --recursive
>>
>>     ~/…/OVMS.V3> git checkout c3c908c00a09c4a841d1fec115be785c8f486270
>>     ~/…/OVMS.V3> make app-flash
>>
>> Then do some reboots of the module.
>>
>> If the bug shows up, usually the second reboot already will result in a lost configuration. You'll see some warnings in the boot process
>> (mount failure), and the prompt will directly be "#" as no module password is in place.
>>
>> If that happens, rebuild after applying the change as described by Dmitry, restore your config (see below), check if the bug is gone. If it
>> isn't, the change _definitely doesn't work_.
>>
>> If it's gone, as the bug can stop showing up, you need to revert Dmitry's change and check once again if the bug reappears. If it does, the
>> change _definitely works_.
>>
>> If the bug doesn't reappear, you need to switch off the module for some hours, then redo the above steps.
>>
>>
>> _Note on restoring the config backup_: as my later restore fix isn't included in that version, you may need to create the events directory
>> manually:
>>
>>     OVMS# vfs mkdir /store/events
>>     OVMS# config restore /sd/cfgbackup.zip <password>
>>
>> To return to normal build setup:
>>
>>     ~/…/esp-idf> git checkout -f master
>>     ~/…/esp-idf> git submodule update --recursive
>>
>>     ~/…/OVMS.V3> git checkout master
>>
>>
>> Please report definitive results directly to Dmitry in the issue #2730.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
>>
>>
>> Am 27.11.18 um 02:02 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
>>> I think unmount should be on the system.shutdown event. That would be after system.shuttingdown and the MyBoot.RestartPending/RestartReady
>>> control steps.
>>>
>>> That means if a component really wants to write to config (or elsewhere on /store), it should do it during system.shuttingdown event (and
>>> optionally do the MyBoot.RestartPending(TAG) and MyBoot.RestartReady(TAG) thing, like simcom).
>>>
>>> As you say, that doesn’t address the crash-during-shuttingdown issue, but can be done in a very component manner. No changes to MyBoot - all
>>> done in ovms_config. Or just hard-code the /store unmount before esp_restart().
>>>
>>> Regards, Mark.
>>>
>>>> On 27 Nov 2018, at 12:47 AM, Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de <mailto:dexter at expeedo.de>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dimitris question about unclean shutdowns let me check our reboot code, and we actually do not take care of unmounting the config store.
>>>>
>>>> While my crash observations do not look like crash/clean makes a difference to this bug, I still think we should do that.
>>>>
>>>> The simple solution would be to do this last, in Boot::boot_shutdown_done() just before the esp_restart(), but that does not take care of
>>>> crashes during shutdown, which still are too frequent.
>>>>
>>>> How about unmounting /store ASAP after the shuttingdown event (i.e. normal shutdown handling)?
>>>> Writing to the config would then have no effect during shutdown, but do we actually need (want) that to be possible?
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 25.11.18 um 03:12 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
>>>>> I second this. A fantastic effort, Michael.
>>>>>
>>>>> The log you provided on the GitHub issue looks really helpful, and I see Dimitri has replied:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           dmitry1945 <https://github.com/dmitry1945> commented 6 hours ago <https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf#issuecomment-441391665>
>>>>>
>>>>>     Thank you @dexterbg <https://github.com/dexterbg>, the place is clear.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hopefully Dimitri can find the issue from here. So many little bugs in wifi and bluetooth stacks causing us random issues - it would be
>>>>> helpful to be able to update to the latest IDF.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, and Regards,
>>>>> Mark.
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 25 Nov 2018, at 3:22 AM, Stephen Casner <casner at acm.org <mailto:casner at acm.org>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Michael -- Kudos for this Herculean effort -- Steve
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 24 Nov 2018, Michael Balzer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Narrowing this down is a real PITA. The effect sometimes stops to occur, I then need to leave the module powered down for a while to get
>>>>>>> the effect back.
>>>>>>> Sometimes 1 hour is sufficient, currently it's been off for 2 hours and still works. I had a test window yesterday evening, one this
>>>>>>> morning and one in the
>>>>>>> afternoon. Temperature is most probably irrelevant, as the last power downs were outside in ~4-5 °C to rule this out.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So as a "passed" can always be a false positive I need to validate every passed step by switching back to a failing version and see if
>>>>>>> that still fails.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems I now have to wait until tomorrow for the next test window, but I have bisected down to this range of just 8 commits:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> balzer at leela:~/esp/esp-idf> git rev-list 9d609af54c63e7f949a4fbc43d4f1c13b57f49d8 ^9d2f7c60d9aef9860c61c2756318ada68c80fddf
>>>>>>> 9d609af54c63e7f949a4fbc43d4f1c13b57f49d8
>>>>>>> f392727abf7d56490c2f33127a59bfac42c937e0
>>>>>>> e834d6fffc23a6fcfc0d2e871c9235417a7fb48f
>>>>>>> 35842d02abb5f574aaab466d46081a232fdd20a6
>>>>>>> f05f3fbde87a9ce45c6818f71b49cd13888fd457
>>>>>>> a6d6c58ecadb9759a0bacf35cd7332ac641e598d
>>>>>>> 321b1e02052de95db60ddce87eecce5f9e04e9b8
>>>>>>> 40486c872345584d34949b3ce83f9e956a7eea13
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...with 9d609af54c63e7f949a4fbc43d4f1c13b57f49d8 being the last identified bad commit, and 9d2f7c60d9aef9860c61c2756318ada68c80fddf
>>>>>>> being the last good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If I should guess now, it's probably one of Dmitry's commits on the wear leveling code.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Am 23.11.18 um 17:20 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>>>>>>>> It's not a timing issue, I've let it reboot about 30 times without any successful mount after the first failure.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Going into bisecting now...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Am 23.11.18 um 15:54 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
>>>>>>>>>> It may actually not be a corruption of the filesystem but some timing issue on the mount procedure. To test that we could disable the
>>>>>>>>>> auto formatting on
>>>>>>>>>> mount failures.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> True.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A couple of Espressif guys have jumped on the issue, and I have provided some more information for them. I think key will be
>>>>>>>>> reproducing it.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The issue may also be dependant on the hardware version, i.e. it could be caused by the bug that caused the SD speed issue on the
>>>>>>>>>> first 3.1 batch.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That was definitely a hardware issue with the CP2102 chip. I don't think related to ESP in any way.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Regards, Mark.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 23 Nov 2018, at 10:34 PM, Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de <mailto:dexter at expeedo.de> <mailto:dexter at expeedo.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It may actually not be a corruption of the filesystem but some timing issue on the mount procedure. To test that we could disable the
>>>>>>>>>> auto formatting on
>>>>>>>>>> mount failures.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The issue may also be dependant on the hardware version, i.e. it could be caused by the bug that caused the SD speed issue on the
>>>>>>>>>> first 3.1 batch.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I only have tried the idf update on my batch 1 module (my bench / development module). I think most of our edge testers also have
>>>>>>>>>> that version.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Am 23.11.18 um 02:32 schrieb Mark Webb-Johnson:
>>>>>>>>>>> I have raised the following github issue to Espressif:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/2730
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>        Environment
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Development Kit: none
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Kit version (for WroverKit/PicoKit/DevKitC): none
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Module or chip used: ESP32-WROVER 16MB
>>>>>>>>>>>      * IDF version (run |git describe --tags| to find it): v3.2-beta1-208-g0d7f2d77c
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Build System: make
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Compiler version (run |xtensa-esp32-elf-gcc --version| to find it): (crosstool-NG crosstool-ng-1.22.0-80-g6c4433a) 5.2.0
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Operating System: macOS
>>>>>>>>>>>      * Power Supply: USB
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>        Problem Description
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    TLDR: Between May and July 2018 a change was made to esp idf master that is causing corruption on FAT filesystems mounted on SPI
>>>>>>>>>>> flash.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    Our project uses a partitions.csv as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    |# Name, Type, SubType, Offset, Size nvs, data, nvs, 0x9000, 0x4000 otadata, data, ota, 0xd000, 0x2000 phy_init, data, phy,
>>>>>>>>>>> 0xf000, 0x1000 factory,
>>>>>>>>>>>    app, factory, 0x10000, 4M ota_0, app, ota_0, , 4M ota_1, app, ota_1, , 4M store, data, fat, , 1M |
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    The 'store' partition is formatted as FAT, as follows:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t m_store_fat;
>>>>>>>>>>>    wl_handle_t m_store_wlh;
>>>>>>>>>>>    memset(&m_store_fat,0,sizeof(esp_vfs_fat_sdmmc_mount_config_t));
>>>>>>>>>>>    m_store_fat.format_if_mount_failed = true;
>>>>>>>>>>>    m_store_fat.max_files = 5;
>>>>>>>>>>>    esp_vfs_fat_spiflash_mount("/store", "store", &m_store_fat, &m_store_wlh);
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    We have previously used a clone of esp idf master, dated around May 22 2018, without issues. The partition is very reliable.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    However, on Jul 6 2018, we updated our clone to use the latest esp idf master at that time. Shortly afterwards, users started to
>>>>>>>>>>> report that their
>>>>>>>>>>>    'store' filesystem contents were corrupted. We rolled back.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    We have now tried again (updating on Oct 20 2018 to v3.2-beta1-208-g0d7f2d77c) and immediately had the same issue. Random
>>>>>>>>>>> corruption of FAT filesystem
>>>>>>>>>>>    in SPI flash.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>          Expected Behavior
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    No corruption of FAT filesystem.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>          Actual Behavior
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    Corruption of FAT filesystem.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>          Steps to reproduce
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>     1. Create a partition in SPI flash, and mount FAT filesystem
>>>>>>>>>>>     2. Read and write to files on FAT filesystem
>>>>>>>>>>>     3. Reboot
>>>>>>>>>>>     4. Observe random corruption and unmountable filesystem
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>          Code to reproduce this issue
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    esp_vfs_fat_mount_config_t m_store_fat;
>>>>>>>>>>>    wl_handle_t m_store_wlh;
>>>>>>>>>>>    memset(&m_store_fat,0,sizeof(esp_vfs_fat_sdmmc_mount_config_t));
>>>>>>>>>>>    m_store_fat.format_if_mount_failed = true;
>>>>>>>>>>>    m_store_fat.max_files = 5;
>>>>>>>>>>>    esp_vfs_fat_spiflash_mount("/store", "store", &m_store_fat, &m_store_wlh);
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>        Debug Logs
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    n/a
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>        Other items if possible
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>    Please advise if you need anything further.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I think the timeline is correct (the issue is in esp idf master some time between May and July 2018), but please let me know if you
>>>>>>>>>>> know differently (or
>>>>>>>>>>> update the github issue with your comments).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards, Mark
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23 Nov 2018, at 6:19 AM, Michael Balzer <dexter at expeedo.de <mailto:dexter at expeedo.de> <mailto:dexter at expeedo.de>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> esp-idf and OVMS branches are back to the working version.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> In case you also lost your config:  I also just fixed a bug on restoring into an empty /store partition.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Am 22.11.18 um 22:34 schrieb Michael Balzer:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> See https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System-3/pull/165
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll reset both master branches now.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you're about to pull, please wait until I've reverted the branches.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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