Lv_draw_label Exception in ESP32

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 25, 2020, 10:10am

Description

I have the next exception after 30 or 60 minutes at run the program, I use one task for update 3 labels with sensor data. This are the exception:

Guru Meditation Error: Core 1 panic’ed (LoadProhibited). Exception was unhandled.
Core 1 register dump:
PC : 0x400db4fb PS : 0x00060630 A0 : 0x800ecbe0 A1 : 0x3ffd33a0
A2 : 0x000000ff A3 : 0x3ffd3560 A4 : 0x3ffd3568 A5 : 0x00000000
A6 : 0x00000000 A7 : 0x00000175 A8 : 0x0000ffff A9 : 0x0000ffff
A10 : 0x3ffbdc44 A11 : 0x00000000 A12 : 0x0000808e A13 : 0x0000808e
A14 : 0x00000080 A15 : 0x3ffc4294 SAR : 0x00000001 EXCCAUSE: 0x0000001c
EXCVADDR: 0x00000000 LBEG : 0x4015ffa4 LEND : 0x4015ffae LCOUNT : 0x00000000

ELF file SHA256: 0000000000000000

Backtrace: 0x400db4fb:0x3ffd33a0 0x400ecbdd:0x3ffd3530 0x400d8922:0x3ffd3600 0x400d898f:0x3ffd3650 0x400d89cc:0x3ffd36a0 0x400d8ba1:0x3ffd36c0 0x400d8fd6:0x3ffd3750 0x400e2feb:0x3ffd37a0 0x400e30d1:0x3ffd37c0 0x400d26ef:0x3ffd37e0 0x400f96c1:0x3ffd3800 0x4008964a:0x3ffd3820

Rebooting…
ets Jun 8 2016 00:22:57

rst:0xc (SW_CPU_RESET),boot:0x13 (SPI_FAST_FLASH_BOOT)
configsip: 0, SPIWP:0xee
clk_drv:0x00,q_drv:0x00,d_drv:0x00,cs0_drv:0x00,hd_drv:0x00,wp_drv:0x00
mode:DIO, clock div:1
load:0x3fff0018,len:4
load:0x3fff001c,len:1100
load:0x40078000,len:10900
load:0x40080400,len:6388
entry 0x400806b4

And this is the output in ESP exception decoder:

Which can be my problem? Thanks in advance.

What MCU/Processor/Board and compiler are you using?

ESP32 NodeMCU with Arduino IDE and ili9341 display

What do you expect?

Run the program without exception.

Code to reproduce

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void readMeasurements(void *pvParameters) {  

   while(1){

    co2m = airSensor.getCO2();
    
    temp = airSensor.getTemperature();
    
    hum = airSensor.getHumidity();

     char co2C[10];
     char tempC[11];
     char humC[10];
    
  
    
      sprintf(co2C, "%i ppm", co2m);
       sprintf(tempC, "%.2f °C", temp);
        sprintf(humC, "%.2f %%", hum);

    lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_co2, co2C);
    lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_temp, tempC);
    lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_hum, humC );
        
    vTaskDelay(2000); 
    }
}

I use other function for make a get to my server that makes an update labels:

void beginWIFITask(void *pvParameters) {


  updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_TEAL,"Conectando WIFI: " + ssidName);
    
  unsigned long startingTime = millis();

  WiFi.begin(ssidName.c_str(), password.c_str());
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED && (millis() - startingTime) < timeout)
  {
    vTaskDelay(250);
  }

   if(WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
     
    updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_RED, "Revisa la contraseña y vuelve a intentarlo otra vez");
    vTaskDelay(2500);
    networkScanner();
    vTaskDelete(NULL);
  }

  int x = 0;
  while(1){
    if(WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED){
  
          lv_dropdown_clear_options(ddlist);
          lv_dropdown_add_option(ddlist,"...CONECTADO...",LV_DROPDOWN_POS_LAST);

        updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_GREEN, "CONECTADO CORRECTAMENTE, IP: " +  WiFi.localIP().toString());
         delay(100);

         
            if (client.connect(host, 80)){
             
          String url = "/co2GET.php";
          url += "?key=512345j1345jkk4325d9eb43d7";
          url += "&co2=";
          url += co2m;
          url += "&temp=";
          url += temp;
          url += "&hum=";
          url += hum;

    Serial.print("Requesting URL: ");
    Serial.println(url);
      
            // This will send the request to the server
            client.print(String("GET ") + url + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
                         "Host: " + host + "\r\n" +
                         "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");


        Serial.println();
        Serial.print("conexión cerrada nº ");
        Serial.println(x++);
      
      updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_BLUE, "::Datos enviados correctamente a Sequosentry::");
     
      }

    delay(30000);
    updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_GREEN, "::Conectando con Sequosentry::");
   
    
    }else{
           
                 updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_RED, "::No se puede conectar con la red, revise la conexion::");
                 delay(30000);
                 Serial.print("INTENTANDO CONECTAR AL WIFI: ");
                 Serial.print(ssidName);
                 Serial.print(" ");
                 Serial.println(password);
                 WiFi.disconnect();
                 WiFi.begin(ssidName.c_str(), password.c_str()); 
               
                
    }
  }
    updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_RED, "::Se perdio la conexion con la red WIFI::");
    delay(10000);
    networkScanner();
    vTaskDelete(NULL);
}

And this is the function for update

static void updateBottomStatus(lv_color_t color, String text){
  lv_obj_set_style_local_bg_color(bg_bottom, LV_OBJ_PART_MAIN, LV_STATE_DEFAULT,color);
  lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_status, text.c_str());
  lv_obj_align(label_status, NULL, LV_ALIGN_CENTER, 0, 0);
}

Thanks for all

embeddedt · November 25, 2020, 1:26pm

If these aren’t all on one OS thread you need a mutex.

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 25, 2020, 4:29pm

I’m not sure if i’m doing right, I added this to my code:

//setup
xSemaphore = xSemaphoreCreateMutex();

At the begining of each task that use labels updates I add:

xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);

And in the end:

xSemaphoreGive(xSemaphore);

But I have the same exception, this is the complete code:

 void readMeasurements(void *pvParameters) {  

   while(1){
    
    xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
    
      co2m = airSensor.getCO2();
      temp = int(airSensor.getTemperature());
      hum = int(airSensor.getHumidity());
  
  
  
      lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_co2,"%i ppm", co2m);
      lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_temp, "%i °C", temp);
      lv_label_set_text_fmt(label_hum, "%i %%", hum);

     xSemaphoreGive(xSemaphore);   
    vTaskDelay(2000); 
    }
}


void beginWIFITask(void *pvParameters) {


  updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_TEAL,"Conectando WIFI: " + ssidName);
    
  unsigned long startingTime = millis();

  WiFi.begin(ssidName.c_str(), password.c_str());
  while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED && (millis() - startingTime) < timeout)
  {
    vTaskDelay(250);
  }

   if(WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED) {
    updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_RED, "Revisa la contraseña y vuelve a intentarlo otra vez");
    vTaskDelay(2500);
    networkScanner();
    vTaskDelete(NULL);
  }

 
  
  int x = 0;
  int y = 0;
  bool w = true;
  while(w){

        
    if(WiFi.status() == WL_CONNECTED){

        xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
        lv_dropdown_clear_options(ddlist);
        lv_dropdown_add_option(ddlist,"...CONECTADO...",LV_DROPDOWN_POS_LAST);
        updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_GREEN, "CONECTADO CORRECTAMENTE, IP: " +  WiFi.localIP().toString());
        xSemaphoreGive(xSemaphore); 
         delay(100);

         
            if (client.connect(host, 80)){
              
            xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
          String url = "/co2GET.php";
          url += "?key=5f46845d2564327bd9eb43d7";
          url += "&co2=";
          url += co2m;
          url += "&temp=";
          url += temp;
          url += "&hum=";
          url += hum;

    Serial.print("Requesting URL: ");
    Serial.println(url);
      
            // This will send the request to the server
            client.print(String("GET ") + url + " HTTP/1.1\r\n" +
                         "Host: " + host + "\r\n" +
                         "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");


        Serial.println();
        Serial.print("conexión cerrada nº ");
        Serial.println(x++);
      
      updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_BLUE, "::Datos enviados correctamente a Sequosentry::");
     xSemaphoreGive(xSemaphore);   
      }

    delay(30000);
    xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
    updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_GREEN, "::Conectando con Sequosentry::");
    xSemaphoreGive( xSemaphore );  
    
    }else{
                 xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
                 y++;
                 if(y == 3){
                  w = false;
                  xSemaphoreGive( xSemaphore );  
                 }else{
                 client.stop();
                 updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_RED, "::No se puede conectar con la red, revise la conexion::");
                 delay(30000);
                 Serial.print("INTENTANDO CONECTAR AL WIFI: ");
                 Serial.print(ssidName);
                 Serial.print(" ");
                 Serial.println(password);
                 WiFi.disconnect();
                 WiFi.mode(WIFI_STA);
                 WiFi.begin(ssidName.c_str(), password.c_str()); 
                 delay(100);
                 xSemaphoreGive( xSemaphore );  
                 }
     
   
    }
  }
     
                xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
                updateBottomStatus(LV_COLOR_RED, "::Se perdio la conexion con la red WIFI::");
                delay(10000);
                networkScanner();
                xSemaphoreGive( xSemaphore );  
                vTaskDelete(NULL);
                 
}

Also I tried this what I found in a old publication in the forum:

void loop()
{
xSemaphoreTake(xSemaphore, portMAX_DELAY);
lv_task_handler();
xSemaphoreGive(xSemaphore);
delay(5);
}

But I have the same exception after a while

embeddedt · November 25, 2020, 5:04pm

If the crash is still happening with the same frequency then the problem may not be caused by multithreading (though the mutexes are still necessary). The next thing I would suggest is allowing LVGL to check for heap corruption by enabling LV_USE_ASSERT_MEM_INTEGRITY.

One other thing: there might be a bug in your code (not related to this problem). You are deleting the WiFi task before unlocking the semaphore, meaning that the semaphore may not be unlocked. I am not familiar with FreeRTOS semantics so I don’t know whether deleting a task makes it release all its locks or not, but it’s probably a better and more portable practice to unlock the semaphore before you delete it.

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 25, 2020, 5:26pm

First thanks for your support, I amended my code. I enabled in lv_conf the

#define LV_USE_ASSERT_MEM_INTEGRITY       1

What is supposed to happend now?

Thanks.

embeddedt · November 25, 2020, 5:52pm

Try running the program again and see if it crashes. Hopefully, if you are lucky, you will get more information than just LoadProhibited.

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 25, 2020, 7:12pm

It gives me the same exception with the same information. Only I have this exception if I have enabled the beginWIFITask. Thanks for all

embeddedt · November 25, 2020, 8:30pm

It’s likely that there is somewhere where you are not using a mutex properly then. Unfortunately, it’s hard to find out where without disabling parts of the code and experimenting.

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 26, 2020, 7:18am

I’m going to do more test. I have separeted the task in two threads and the exception still appears, sometimes in 1 min, 5 min, other in 15-30 min and the maximum time has been 89 mins.

This is my code with the two threads:

 void reads(){
 
  vTaskDelay(500);
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(readMeasurements,
                "readMeasurements",
                4096,
                NULL,
                0,
                &ntReadTaskHandler,
                0); 
                               
}

void connectWIFI(){
  if(ssidName == NULL || ssidName.length() <1 || password == NULL || password.length() <1){
    return;
  }
  
  vTaskDelete(ntScanTaskHandler);
  vTaskDelay(500);
  xTaskCreatePinnedToCore(beginWIFITask,
                "BeginWIFITask",
                2048,
                NULL,
                1,
                &ntConnectTaskHandler,
                1);                
}

And I tested it with Serial.println(xPortGetCoreID()); , each task execute in a diferent thread

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 26, 2020, 9:21am

I can also observe that the label at the bottom sometimes doesn’t draw well but when this happens I don’t have an exception, only the label appears like this, thanks

embeddedt · November 26, 2020, 12:51pm

This could happen for a few reasons:

Memory corruption.
Something reconfiguring or affecting DMA transfers.
CPU cache.

The artifacts look reminiscent of cache issues on STM32 but I don’t know if ESP32 has a cache or not.

embeddedt · November 26, 2020, 3:15pm

There have been issues in the past with LVGL when the two ESP32 cores are sharing data. It was some type of bug with cache synchronization; I don’t recall the details. The workaround was to ensure that all tasks which interact with LVGL APIs were pinned to one core.

Alvaro_Mourazo · November 27, 2020, 7:50am

Sorry for my late reply, I couldn’t do more tests, this weekend i will be able to do the test. Thanks for your support.

Alvaro_Mourazo · December 22, 2020, 8:53pm

It’s solved using lv_tasks. Thanks

poky · July 24, 2021, 12:48pm

Hi, I have a similar issue using with ESP32, could you provide an example of how you us lv_task to solve this problem? Thanks!