Fix a spurious segmentation fault during client load on Windows with fast CPUs

src/global_objects_noui.hpp

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extern int nBoincUtilization;
 extern std::string sRegVer;
 extern bool bForceUpdate;
 extern bool fQtActive;
-extern bool bGridcoinGUILoaded;
+extern bool bGridcoinCoreInitComplete;
 
 // Timers
 extern std::map<std::string, int> mvTimers; // Contains event timers that reset after max ms duration iterator is exceeded

src/gridcoinresearchd.cpp

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 
     SetupEnvironment();
 
+    // Note every function above the InitLogging() call must use fprintf or similar.
+
     ThreadHandlerPtr threads = std::make_shared<ThreadHandler>();
     bool fRet = false;
 
@@ -95,6 +97,9 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
         /** Check here config file incase TestNet is set there and not in mapArgs **/
         ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
 
+        // Initialize logging as early as possible.
+        InitLogging();
+
         // Check to see if the user requested a snapshot and we are not running TestNet!
         if (mapArgs.count("-snapshotdownload") && !mapArgs.count("-testnet"))
         {
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
 
                 catch (std::runtime_error& e)
                 {
-                    LogPrintf("Snapshot Downloader: Runtime exception occured in SanpshotMain() (%s)", e.what());
+                    LogPrintf("Snapshot Downloader: Runtime exception occured in SnapshotMain() (%s)", e.what());
 
                     Snapshot.DeleteSnapshot();
 
@@ -143,8 +148,6 @@ bool AppInit(int argc, char* argv[])
             exit(ret);
         }
 
-        InitLogging();
-
         fRet = AppInit2(threads);
     }
     catch (std::exception& e) {

src/init.cpp

@@ -340,21 +340,11 @@ void InitLogging()
 
     LogInstance().m_print_to_file = !IsArgNegated("-debuglogfile");
     LogInstance().m_file_path = AbsPathForConfigVal(GetArg("-debuglogfile", DEFAULT_DEBUGLOGFILE));
-
-    //printf("LogInstance().m_file_path = %s\n", LogInstance().m_file_path.c_str());
-    //printf("LogInstance().m_print_to_file = %i\n", LogInstance().m_print_to_file);
-
     LogInstance().m_print_to_console = fPrintToConsole;
     LogInstance().m_log_timestamps = fLogTimestamps;
     LogInstance().m_log_time_micros = GetBoolArg("-logtimemicros", DEFAULT_LOGTIMEMICROS);
     LogInstance().m_log_threadnames = GetBoolArg("-logthreadnames", DEFAULT_LOGTHREADNAMES);
 
-    //BCLog::LogFlags flags = BCLog::LogFlags::ALL;
-
-    //LogInstance().EnableCategory(flags);
-
-    //printf("LogInstance().GetCategoryMask() = %x\n", LogInstance().GetCategoryMask());
-
     fLogIPs = GetBoolArg("-logips", DEFAULT_LOGIPS);
 
     if (LogInstance().m_print_to_file)
@@ -423,13 +413,13 @@ void InitLogging()
     LogPrintf("Default data directory %s\n", GetDefaultDataDir().string());
     LogPrintf("Using data directory %s\n", GetDataDir().string());
 
-    std::string version_string = FormatFullVersion();
+    std::string build_type;
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    version_string += " (debug build)";
+    build_type = "debug build";
 #else
-    version_string += " (release build)";
+    build_type = "release build";
 #endif
-    LogPrintf(PACKAGE_NAME " version %s\n", version_string);
+    LogPrintf(PACKAGE_NAME " version %s (%s - %s)", FormatFullVersion(), build_type, CLIENT_DATE);
 }
 
 
@@ -438,11 +428,16 @@ void ThreadAppInit2(ThreadHandlerPtr th)
 {
     // Make this thread recognisable
     RenameThread("grc-appinit2");
-    bGridcoinGUILoaded=false;
-    LogPrintf("Initializing GUI...");
+
+    bGridcoinCoreInitComplete = false;
+
+    LogPrintf("Initializing Core...");
+
     AppInit2(th);
-    LogPrintf("GUI Loaded...");
-    bGridcoinGUILoaded = true;
+
+    LogPrintf("Core Initialized...");
+
+    bGridcoinCoreInitComplete = true;
 }
 
 
@@ -743,9 +738,6 @@ bool AppInit2(ThreadHandlerPtr threads)
     }
 #endif
 
-    ShrinkDebugFile();
-    LogPrintf("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
-    LogPrintf("Gridcoin version %s (%s)", FormatFullVersion(), CLIENT_DATE);
     LogPrintf("Using OpenSSL version %s", SSLeay_version(SSLEAY_VERSION));
     if (!fLogTimestamps)
         LogPrintf("Startup time: %s", DateTimeStrFormat("%x %H:%M:%S",  GetAdjustedTime()));
@@ -768,15 +760,6 @@ bool AppInit2(ThreadHandlerPtr threads)
 
     int64_t nStart;
 
-
-    // Start the lightweight task scheduler thread
-    CScheduler::Function serviceLoop = std::bind(&CScheduler::serviceQueue, &scheduler);
-    threadGroup.create_thread(std::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));
-
-    // TODO: Do we need this? It would require porting the Bitcoin signal handler.
-    // GetMainSignals().RegisterBackgroundSignalScheduler(scheduler);
-
-
     // ********************************************************* Step 5: verify database integrity
 
     uiInterface.InitMessage(_("Verifying database integrity..."));
@@ -1192,6 +1175,13 @@ bool AppInit2(ThreadHandlerPtr threads)
     int64_t nBalanceInQuestion;
     pwalletMain->FixSpentCoins(nMismatchSpent, nBalanceInQuestion);
 
+    // Start the lightweight task scheduler thread
+    CScheduler::Function serviceLoop = std::bind(&CScheduler::serviceQueue, &scheduler);
+    threadGroup.create_thread(std::bind(&TraceThread<CScheduler::Function>, "scheduler", serviceLoop));
+
+    // TODO: Do we need this? It would require porting the Bitcoin signal handler.
+    // GetMainSignals().RegisterBackgroundSignalScheduler(scheduler);
+
     scheduler.scheduleEvery([]{
         g_banman->DumpBanlist();
     }, DUMP_BANS_INTERVAL * 1000);

src/logging.cpp

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ bool BCLog::Logger::StartLogging()
 
         // Add newlines to the logfile to distinguish this execution from the
         // last one.
-        FileWriteStr("\n\n\n\n\n", m_fileout);
+        FileWriteStr("\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n", m_fileout);
     }
 
     // dump buffered messages from before we opened the log

src/main.cpp

@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ BlockFinder blockFinder;
 
 bool bForceUpdate = false;
 bool fQtActive = false;
-bool bGridcoinGUILoaded = false;
+bool bGridcoinCoreInitComplete = false;
 
 extern void GetGlobalStatus();
 bool PollIsActive(const std::string& poll_contract);
@@ -4781,7 +4781,7 @@ bool static ProcessMessage(CNode* pfrom, string strCommand, CDataStream& vRecv,
                             unsigned int banscore_out = 0;
 
                             // Also don't send a manifest that is not current.
-                            if (CScraperManifest::IsManifestAuthorized(manifest.pubkey, banscore_out) && manifest.IsManifestCurrent())
+                            if (CScraperManifest::IsManifestAuthorized(manifest.nTime, manifest.pubkey, banscore_out) && manifest.IsManifestCurrent())
                             {
                                 CScraperManifest::SendManifestTo(pfrom, inv.hash);
                             }

src/qt/bitcoin.cpp

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static std::string Translate(const char* psz)
 void DebugMessageHandler(QtMsgType type, const char *msg)
 {
     if (type == QtDebugMsg) {
-        LogPrint("qt", "GUI: %s\n", msg);
+        LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::QT, "GUI: %s\n", msg);
     } else {
         LogPrintf("GUI: %s\n", msg);
     }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void DebugMessageHandler(QtMsgType type, const QMessageLogContext& context, cons
 {
     Q_UNUSED(context);
     if (type == QtDebugMsg) {
-        LogPrint("qt", "GUI: %s\n", msg.toStdString());
+        LogPrint(BCLog::LogFlags::QT, "GUI: %s\n", msg.toStdString());
     } else {
         LogPrintf("GUI: %s\n", msg.toStdString());
     }
@@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     SetupEnvironment();
 
-    // Do this early as we don't want to bother initializing if we are just calling IPC
-    ipcScanRelay(argc, argv);
+    // Note every function above the InitLogging() call must use fprintf or similar.
 
     // Command-line options take precedence:
     // Before this would of been done in main then config file loaded.
@@ -223,6 +222,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     ReadConfigFile(mapArgs, mapMultiArgs);
 
+    // Initialize logging as early as possible.
+    InitLogging();
+
+    // Do this early as we don't want to bother initializing if we are just calling IPC
+    ipcScanRelay(argc, argv);
+
     // Here we do it if it was started with the snapshot argument and we not TestNet
     if (mapArgs.count("-snapshotdownload") && !mapArgs.count("-testnet"))
     {
@@ -245,7 +250,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
             catch (std::runtime_error& e)
             {
-                LogPrintf("Snapshot Downloader: Runtime exception occured in SanpshotMain() (%s)", e.what());
+                LogPrintf("Snapshot Downloader: Runtime exception occured in SnapshotMain() (%s)", e.what());
 
                 Snapshot.DeleteSnapshot();
 
@@ -328,14 +333,15 @@ int StartGridcoinQt(int argc, char *argv[])
     // Install qDebug() message handler to route to debug.log
     qInstallMsgHandler(DebugMessageHandler);
 #else
-#if defined(WIN32)
-    // Install global event filter for processing Windows session related Windows messages (WM_QUERYENDSESSION and WM_ENDSESSION)
-    qApp->installNativeEventFilter(new WinShutdownMonitor());
-#endif
     // Install qDebug() message handler to route to debug.log
     qInstallMessageHandler(DebugMessageHandler);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(WIN32) && QT_VERSION >= 0x050000
+    // Install global event filter for processing Windows session related Windows messages (WM_QUERYENDSESSION and WM_ENDSESSION)
+    app.installNativeEventFilter(new WinShutdownMonitor());
+#endif
+
     if (!boost::filesystem::is_directory(GetDataDir(false)))
     {
         QMessageBox::critical(0, "Gridcoin",
@@ -355,8 +361,6 @@ int StartGridcoinQt(int argc, char *argv[])
     // ... then GUI settings:
     OptionsModel optionsModel;
 
-    InitLogging();
-
     // Get desired locale (e.g. "de_DE") from command line or use system locale
     QString lang_territory = QString::fromStdString(GetArg("-lang", QLocale::system().name().toStdString()));
     QString lang = lang_territory;
@@ -439,10 +443,14 @@ int StartGridcoinQt(int argc, char *argv[])
         else
         {
              //10-31-2015
-            while (!bGridcoinGUILoaded)
+            while (!bGridcoinCoreInitComplete)
             {
                 app.processEvents();
-                MilliSleep(300);
+
+                // The sleep here has to be pretty short to avoid a buffer overflow crash with
+                // fast CPUs due to too many events. It originally was set to 300 ms and has
+                // been reduced to 100 ms.
+                MilliSleep(100);
             }
 
             {
@@ -476,6 +484,8 @@ int StartGridcoinQt(int argc, char *argv[])
                 WinShutdownMonitor::registerShutdownBlockReason(QObject::tr("%1 didn't yet exit safely...").arg(QObject::tr(PACKAGE_NAME)), (HWND)window.winId());
 #endif
 
+                LogPrintf("GUI loaded.");
+
                 app.exec();
 
                 window.hide();

src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static bool ipcScanCmd(int argc, char *argv[], bool fRelay)
                 // the first start of the first instance
                 if (ex.get_error_code() != boost::interprocess::not_found_error || !fRelay)
                 {
-                    LogPrintf("main() - boost interprocess exception #%d: %s", ex.get_error_code(), ex.what());
+                    fprintf(stderr, "main() - boost interprocess exception #%d: %s", ex.get_error_code(), ex.what());
                     break;
                 }
             }

src/qt/winshutdownmonitor.cpp

@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ bool WinShutdownMonitor::nativeEventFilter(const QByteArray &eventType, void *pM
 
        // Seed OpenSSL PRNG with Windows event data (e.g.  mouse movements and other user interactions)
        if (RAND_event(pMsg->message, pMsg->wParam, pMsg->lParam) == 0) {
-            // Warn only once as this is performance-critical
-            static bool warned = false;
-            if (!warned) {
-                LogPrintf("%s: OpenSSL RAND_event() failed to seed OpenSSL PRNG with enough data.\n", __func__);
-                warned = true;
-            }
+           // Warn only once as this is performance-critical
+           static bool warned = false;
+           if (!warned) {
+               LogPrintf("%s: OpenSSL RAND_event() failed to seed OpenSSL PRNG with enough data.\n", __func__);
+               warned = true;
+           }
        }
 
        switch(pMsg->message)