Unable to write in LocalfileSystem

Mbed OS Bugs
1

hello I am using lpc1768 with mbed 2 + rtos and I try to migrate it to MBED-0S 5.
all my code is compilng wth MBED-OS V5.15 (I am getting it from online compiler “blinky” and it seems the latest version 5.14.2 regarding commit of blinky code)
but I am facing problem when trying to ready my parameter file in LocalFileSystem
for that I got a snippet code on bug report on same pb and try to solve the situation but unsucessfully

***here is the sample code tested witl latest firmware 141212 and previous one 21164 ****
*** with same result ***

int hits;   // hit counter

void write(){
    _led2=1;
    FILE *fp=NULL;
    fp= fopen("/local/out.txt", "a");    // use the append to ADD data to the out.txt file
    fprintf(fp,"test %d \r\n", hits);   // add test + hit count to the out.txt file
    fflush (fp);
    //free(fp);  //  mbed-os  reported but not working
    fclose(fp);
    _led2=0;
}


int main()
{
    while(1){   // keep looping round wating for button press

    	if (hits<200)
    	{
            _led3=1;
            write();
            _led3=0;
            ThisThread::sleep_for(1000);  // small delay for debounce
            hits++;         // increase hit counter
        }
    	_led4=!_led4;
    }
}

thanks a lot for your help

******* RESULTS ****
led1 is blinking rapidly and lowly all the time
led2-3-4 are light on
file is create “out.txt” on file system with 1 line “test 0”

serial port is getting report

  • MbedOS Fault Handler ++

                        FaultType: HardFault

                                        Context:
                                                R0   : 00000001
                                                               R1   : 10003A1C

    R2 : 00000017
    R3 : 74007478
    R4 : 00000001
    R5 : 10003A1C
    R6 : 10003A4C
    R7 : 00000000
    R8 : 000028D1
    R9 : 00000000
    R10 : 00000000
    R11 : 00000000
    R12 : 01010101
    SP : 10003A18
    LR : 000035DD
    PC : 000035E6
    xPSR : 01000000
    PSP : 100039F8
    MSP : 10007FA0
    CPUID: 412FC230
    HFSR : 80000000
    MMFSR: 00000000
    BFSR : 00000000
    UFSR : 00000000
    DFSR : 0000000A
    AFSR : 00000000
    Mode : Thread
    Priv : Privileged
    Stack: PSP

    – MbedOS Fault Handler –

                            ++ MbedOS Error Info ++
                                               Error Status: 0x80FF013D Code: 317 Module: 255
             Error Message: Fault exception
                                           Location: 0x234F
                                                           Error Value: 0x35E6

    Current Thread: main Id: 0x10002628 Entry: 0x1E17 StackSize: 0x1000 StackMem: 0x10002AD8 SP: 0x10007F3C
    For more info, visit: mbedos-error
    – MbedOS Error Info –

2

Same problem here!

Apparently the sleep_for breaks the LocalfileSystem.

Does anyone have found the solution?

3

Have you tried to put the routines containing sleep_for into it’s own Thread?
For some reason, sleep_for sometimes behave unexpectedly when it’s used on the only (main) Thread.

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4

Thanks @ardwar for your suggestion, it works perfectly! One possible solution is to put routines with sleep_for into threads and control the main loop timing using a Timer .

My test code:

#include "mbed.h"
#include "platform/mbed_thread.h"

// Blinking rate in milliseconds
#define BLINKING_RATE_MS  500
#define SAVE_DELAY        1000

DigitalOut led(LED1);
DigitalOut led2(LED2);

int counter,last_time;
LocalFileSystem local("local");               // Create the local filesystem under the name "local"
Serial pc(USBTX, USBRX,115200);
Thread led2_thread;
Timer t;

void append_to_file(int n){
    pc.printf("Writing %d to file\r\n",n);
    FILE *fp = fopen("/local/test.txt", "a");  // Open "test.txt" on the local file system for writing (append)
    fprintf(fp, "Write number: %d\r\n",n);
    fclose(fp);
}
 
void led2_loop(void){
    while (true) {
        led2 = !led2;
        thread_sleep_for(BLINKING_RATE_MS); 
    }
}
 
int main() {
    pc.printf("\r\n\nStarting LocalFileSystem Test\r\n");
    append_to_file(1);
    
    led2_thread.start(led2_loop);
    
    append_to_file(2);
    
    counter=3;
    t.start();
    last_time=t.read_ms();
    
    while (true) {
        if(t.read_ms()-last_time > SAVE_DELAY){
            last_time=t.read_ms();
            led = !led;
            append_to_file(counter++);
        }
    }    
}

Just for record, my final application uses the Ethernet Interface library, the connect method also breaks the LocalFileSystem. Running the ethernet into it’s own Thread can solve this issue.