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Posted: **Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:00 pm**

I am scanning for BLE devices. When I check to see if it is a device that I am looking for, I print a message to the serial log. Every now and then, the ESP32 reboots because of an abort. The backtrace shows the problem is with the tostring function on BLEAddress. Any ideas?

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#include <BLEDevice.h>
#define allowed_devices  "ff:ff:20:00:26:53,ff:ff:80:02:13:f9,e9:99:8d:f2:65:ce,f9:54:a9:22:48:0d"      


class MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks: public BLEAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks {
    void onResult(BLEAdvertisedDevice advertisedDevice) {
            if (strstr(allowed_devices,advertisedDevice.getAddress().toString().c_str()) != NULL) {
                ble_found = true;
                if (!ble_connected) {
                    ble_device = String(advertisedDevice.getName().c_str());
                        char strBuf[100];
                        sprintf(strBuf, "Device authorized %s(%s) %i", advertisedDevice.getName().c_str(),advertisedDevice.getAddress().toString().c_str(),rssi);
                        PRINTLN(strBuf);
                    ble_connected = true;
                }
    } // onResult
}; // MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks

// When scanning complete, start all over again looking for a device
void ScanCompleteCB(BLEScanResults scanResults) {
    if (!ble_found and ble_connected) {
        ble_connected = false;
        }
    start_scan = true;
} // scanCompleteCB

void setup() {
    pBLEScan = BLEDevice::getScan();
    pBLEScan->setAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks(new MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks());
    pBLEScan->setActiveScan(true);
 }

// Main processing loop
void loop() {
    if (start_scan) {
        ble_found = false;
        pBLEScan->start(5, ScanCompleteCB, false);
        // PRINTLN("Starting BLE scan");
        // wifi_send(t_state,"Starting BLE scan");
        start_scan = false;

Here is my decode of the trace:

0x4008f670: invoke_abort at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c line 156
0x4008f8ed: abort at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c line 171
0x401ccbff: __cxxabiv1::__terminate(void (*)()) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc line 47
0x401ccc46: std::terminate() at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc line 57
0x401cc56d: __cxxabiv1::__cxa_allocate_exception(std::size_t) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_alloc.cc line 268
0x401cc648: operator new(unsigned int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc line 54
0x401cdab5: std::__cxx11::basic_string, std::allocator >::_M_create(unsigned int&, unsigned int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/ext/new_allocator.h line 104
0x401cdd03: std::__cxx11::basic_string, std::allocator >::reserve(unsigned int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/basic_string.tcc line 297
0x401daa46: std::__cxx11::basic_stringbuf, std::allocator >::overflow(int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/sstream.tcc line 114
0x401cd2aa: std::basic_streambuf >::xsputn(char const*, int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/streambuf.tcc line 98
0x401f60d5: std::basic_streambuf >::sputn(char const*, int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/streambuf line 451
0x401d5d61: std::__write(std::ostreambuf_iterator >, char const*, int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/streambuf_iterator.h line 282
0x401d6613: std::num_put > >::_M_insert_int(std::ostreambuf_iterator >, std::ios_base&, char, long) const at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc line 933
0x401d6647: std::num_put > >::do_put(std::ostreambuf_iterator >, std::ios_base&, char, long) const at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h line 2510
0x401f6ba1: std::num_put > >::put(std::ostreambuf_iterator >, std::ios_base&, char, long) const at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.h line 2371
0x401ce5f9: std::ostream::_M_insert(long) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/ostream.tcc line 73
0x401ce69d: std::ostream::operator(int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/xtensa-esp32-elf/build/build-cc-gcc-final/xtensa-esp32-elf/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/ostream.tcc line 112
0x400d4b06: BLEAddress::toString[abi:cxx11]() at D:\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP32_BLE_Arduino\src\BLEAddress.cpp line 87
0x400d713f: BLEScan::handleGAPEvent(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t*) at D:\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP32_BLE_Arduino\src\BLEScan.cpp line 101
0x400d605a: BLEDevice::gapEventHandler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t*) at D:\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP32_BLE_Arduino\src\BLEDevice.cpp line 272
0x40124c7d: btc_gap_ble_cb_handler at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/bt/bluedroid/btc/profile/std/gap/btc_gap_ble.c line 54
0x4011e642: btc_task at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/bt/common/btc/core/btc_task.c line 163
0x40090962: vPortTaskWrapper at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/freertos/port.c line 143

Posted: **Fri Dec 16, 2022 9:02 pm**

I thought the problem might be related to my usage of strings, so I took the away the string usage. The nature of the abort changed, but it is still aborting, I added a display of the heap size in the loop every 10 minutes, but I am not running out of heap (never gets below 62,000 before aborting. I am assuming that either I am getting a malformed scan record or running out of a critical resource. And ides?

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class MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks: public BLEAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks {
    void onResult(BLEAdvertisedDevice advertisedDevice) {
        int rssi = advertisedDevice.getRSSI();
        if (advertisedDevice.haveName() and rssi > RSSI_CUTOFF) {
            char macaddr[17];
            strcpy(macaddr,advertisedDevice.getAddress().toString().c_str());
            if (strstr(allowed_devices,macaddr) != NULL) {
                ble_found = true;
                if (!ble_connected) {
                    ble_connected = true;
                }
            } else if (advertisedDevice.haveManufacturerData()) {
                char manufacturerdata[32];
                strcpy(manufacturerdata,BLEUtils::buildHexData(NULL, (uint8_t*)advertisedDevice.getManufacturerData().data(), advertisedDevice.getManufacturerData().length()));
                if  (strstr(allowed_devices2,manufacturerdata) != NULL) {
                    ble_found = true;
                    if (!ble_connected) {
                        ble_connected = true;
                    }
            }
        } 
    } // onResult
}; // MyAdvertisedDeviceCallbacks

Decoded stack results:

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Decoding stack results
0x4008f670: invoke_abort at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c line 156
0x4008f8ed: abort at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/esp32/panic.c line 171
0x401cca03: __cxxabiv1::__terminate(void (*)()) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc line 47
0x401cca4a: std::terminate() at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_terminate.cc line 57
0x401cc053: __cxxabiv1::__cxa_throw(void*, std::type_info*, void (*)(void*)) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/eh_throw.cc line 87
0x401cc45a: operator new(unsigned int) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/src/gcc-5.2.0/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/new_op.cc line 54
0x400d6f42: BLEScan::handleGAPEvent(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t*) at D:\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP32_BLE_Arduino\src\BLEScan.cpp line 115
0x400d5dea: BLEDevice::gapEventHandler(esp_gap_ble_cb_event_t, esp_ble_gap_cb_param_t*) at D:\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP32_BLE_Arduino\src\BLEDevice.cpp line 272
0x40124a81: btc_gap_ble_cb_handler at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/bt/bluedroid/btc/profile/std/gap/btc_gap_ble.c line 54
0x4011e446: btc_task at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/bt/common/btc/core/btc_task.c line 163
0x40090962: vPortTaskWrapper at /home/runner/work/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp32-arduino-lib-builder/esp-idf/components/freertos/port.c line 143

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:00 am**

Hi dwaynez,

got the same problem. Did you find a solution?

Thanks, Hajo

Posted: **Sun Nov 26, 2023 4:41 pm**

Showing the original error in addition to the stack trace would be useful. Your allocation there is from stack, not heap, so if you are getting a stack canary error, you are running out of stack memory. Check if macaddr is NULL before you copy into it.

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