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lcd multi-threading crashes


Diemo Schwarz

Diemo Schwarz
Aug 5, 2010 at 11:07am

lcd multi-threading crashes

It seems that the sprite handling in lcd is not thread safe. The simple patch below that frantically recreates the same sprite and tries to draw it from different threads crashes eventually, sometimes just when trying to go in and out of edit mode, e.g. like this:

Thread 0:
0 com.cycling74.MaxMSP 0x0002d4ef lockout_set + 1
1 com.cycling74.MaxMSP 0x0002fca5 dofreebytes(char*, short) + 75
2 com.cycling74.MaxMSP 0x0002de91 sysmem_freeptr + 51
3 com.cycling74.MaxAPI 0×04141071 sysmem_freeptr + 31
4 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1c28ba9b lsd_deletesprite + 168
5 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1c28bb0a lsd_doclosesprite + 96

Thread 1 Crashed:
0 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1b5859cd spritelem_free + 21
1 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1b585a9b lsd_deletesprite + 168
2 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1b585b0a lsd_doclosesprite + 96

Thread 0 Crashed:
0 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1a192285 lsd_drawloop + 46
1 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1a18ce9d lsd_drawsprite_cb + 200
2 com.cycling74.MaxMSP 0x0005c27a linklist_funall + 68
3 com.cycling74.MaxAPI 0x041470ad linklist_funall + 45
4 com.cycling74.lcd 0x1a18cd5c lsd_paint + 2272

I’m on Max 5.1.4, Mac OS 10.5.8 and here is the patch:

– Pasted Max Patch, click to expand. –
#51652

Diemo Schwarz

Diemo Schwarz
Aug 31, 2010 at 12:21pm

Sadly, the 5.1.5 update didn’t fix this crash.

Could we get a timeframe or at least an acknowledgement, please?

Best, Diemo

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Codes: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00000000458b18f4
Crashed Thread:  0

Thread 0 Crashed:
0   com.cycling74.lcd             	0x1bbc9285 lsd_drawloop + 46
1   com.cycling74.lcd             	0x1bbc3e9d lsd_drawsprite_cb + 200
2   com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x0005bca8 linklist_funall + 68
3   com.cycling74.MaxAPI          	0x026fef91 linklist_funall + 45
4   com.cycling74.lcd             	0x1bbc3d5c lsd_paint + 2272
5   com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x0010b481 BoxComponent::paint(juce::Graphics&, juce::AffineTransform const&) + 1545
6   com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x001d790d ZoomableComponent::paint(juce::Graphics&) + 43
7   com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f668f juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 555
8   com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
9   com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x001bc1e8 PatcherLayerComponent::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 80
10  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
11  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
12  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
13  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
14  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
15  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
16  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x002f68a9 juce::Component::paintEntireComponent(juce::Graphics&) + 1093
17  com.cycling74.MaxMSP          	0x0038ef90 juce::ComponentPeer::handlePaint(juce::LowLevelGraphicsContext&) + 48
#185348

Dave Holton

Dave Holton
Aug 31, 2010 at 10:49pm

Haven’t been able to reproduce the crash as of yet in 10.6 or 10.5.

Perhaps if you describe what you’re going for, we can try to help you find a way to patch it that would have a better chance at minimizing event backlog.

#185349

pizza olives

pizza olives
Sep 1, 2010 at 10:58am

Hello maxers,

i had crashes with [lcd] when i test my [yankee] external with really high (and stupid) flow of messages to [lcd] ; i tried to reproduce the crash without my external ; but i couldn’t ; maybe it is qelem specific as when i reproduce the patch without [yankee] (but using [defer]) it didn’t crash but seems to store messages in memory as [lcd] continued to draw stuff during almost ten seconds – while i stopped the [metro] – …

not very clear but HTH

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  1. LCD_Crash.zip
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