bthidd core dumped

[Eric Anderson]

Maksim Yevmenkin wrote:
> Eric,
> 
>>>>>>> This morning, I booted up and began using my laptop with my
>>>>>>> bluetooth mouse.  I've been using this mouse for several days now
>>>>>>> without a single problem.  Yesterday I added a new bluetooth
>>>>>>> mouse (MS Intellimouse), and had both running simultaneously just
>>>>>>> fine all day yesterday and last night. This morning, after my
>>>>>>> machine was up for about 30-40 minutes, my mouse stopped working.
>>>>>>> I hit the buttons, switched the on/off switch, etc.  I was only
>>>>>>> using one mouse at the time (however, my second mouse was
>>>>>>> probably within range and I believe it was on in my backpack).
>>>>>>> After messing with the switch a few times, bthidd core dumped.  I
>>>>>>> restarted it, and hit the switch on my mouse a few more times,
>>>>>>> and then I got mouse services back.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [...]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> May 18 06:44:38 neutrino kernel: pid 482 (bthidd), uid 0: exited
>>>>>>> on signal 6 (core dumped)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> signal 6 is SIGABRT (abort(3)). i bet one of the assert()'s fired.
>>>>>> do you still have bthidd(8) core file? it should be in /. can you
>>>>>> try to get a stack trace or at least assert()'s message? can you
>>>>>> try to reproduce the problem with bthidd(8) running in foreground?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, I still have the core file, but I'm not sure what to do with it
>>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> gdb /path/to/executable/bthidd /path/to/code/bthidd.core
>>>>
>>>> and send me the output of gdb. then at (gdb) prompt type
>>>>
>>>> (gdb) where
>>>>
>>>> and send me the output
>>>
>>>
>>> # gdb /usr/sbin/bthidd /bthidd.core
>>
>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> Is that what you needed?
>>
>>
>> yes, thanks. just like i suspected one of the assert()s fired. i'm 
>> going to look at this. just one question: can you put the core file 
>> somewhere i can download it? if you can it would help me to 
>> troubleshoot the problem faster. if you cant - no big deal.
> 
> 
> ok, i found the problem. i have attached the patch that should fix it. 
> please do
> 
> 1) save attached patch somewhere
> 
> 2) cd /usr/src/usr.sbin/bluetooth/bthidd
> 
> 3) patch < /path/to/saved/bthidd.patch.txt
> 
> 4) make cleandir && make depend && make && make install
> 
> this patch is against bthidd(8) sources committed to -current.

Ok - running it now.  I'll let you know if I have any issues with it - 
none so far.

Eric



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Eric Anderson        Sr. Systems Administrator        Centaur Technology
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