Missing HDHomeRun device can crash backend on startup

[Nigel]

% gdb ./mythbackend            
...
(gdb) run -v channel
...
2009-08-11 10:51:33.748 mythbackend version: trunk [20846M] www.mythtv.org
2009-08-11 10:51:33.767 Using runtime prefix = /Volumes/MythBuild/.osx-packager/src/myth-svn/mythtv/programs/Resources
2009-08-11 10:51:33.767 Using localhost value of macaque.ind.tansu.com.au
2009-08-11 10:51:33.769 New DB connection, total: 1
2009-08-11 10:51:33.771 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2009-08-11 10:51:33.772 Closing DB connection named 'DBManager0'
2009-08-11 10:51:33.777 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2009-08-11 10:51:33.783 Current Schema Version: 1239
2009-08-11 10:51:33.786 MythBackend: Starting up as the master server.
2009-08-11 10:51:33.791 New DB connection, total: 2
2009-08-11 10:51:33.792 Connected to database 'mythconverg' at host: 127.0.0.1
2009-08-11 10:51:33.798 TVRec(11): Start channel: 2.
2009-08-11 10:51:33.798 HDHRChan(121079F0): Opening HDHR channel
2009-08-11 10:51:37.808 HDHRSH: hdhomerun device 121079F0 not found

Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at address: 0x31323124
0x007ad0de in hdhomerun_control_get_device_ip_requested (cs=0x31323120) at hdhomerun_control.c:164
164     {
(gdb) where
#0  0x007ad0de in hdhomerun_control_get_device_ip_requested (cs=0x31323120) at hdhomerun_control.c:164
#1  0x0169c915 in HDHRStreamHandler::FindDevice ()
#2  0x0412ff10 in ?? ()
Previous frame inner to this frame (gdb could not unwind past this frame)
(gdb)

[Nigel]

This simple hack fixes the problem, but I'm not sure about what state that code in FindDevice?() is meant to be falling back to.

Index: hdhrstreamhandler.cpp
===================================================================
--- hdhrstreamhandler.cpp       (revision 21158)
+++ hdhrstreamhandler.cpp       (working copy)
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@
             VERBOSE(VB_IMPORTANT,
                     QString("HDHRSH: hdhomerun device %1 not found").arg(_devicename));
             device_data.device_id = 0;
-            device_data.device_ip = hdhomerun_device_get_device_ip_requested(thisdevice);
+            device_data.device_ip = 0;
             device_data.tuner     = 0;
         }
     }

[mikeb@…]

Have a look at #6881; there's no need to even have the FindDevices? function.

[mikeb@…]

Traced out the problem; bug in the original code that was fixed as part of the #6881 cleanup. The cleanup patches also fix a reconnection bug present in the original code.

[Nigel]

Not sure what commits fixed it, but yes, all good as of -r21445. Thanks for looking, Mike.

[mikeb@…]

I think you misunderstood, the bug has yet to be patched and the patch is in #6881.