R3.14.12

Don't use epicsMutexMustLock() in msgbufGetFree().
When we're shutting down, the pvtData.msgQueueLock gets destroyed.
This makes msgbufGetFree() return NULL if the lock is dead.
The epicsMutexMustLock() routine asserts(), which recurses...

configure/CONFIG_BASE_VERSION

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ EPICS_PATCH_LEVEL = 0
 #EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-pre1-DEV
 #EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-pre2
 #EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-pre2-DEV
-EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-rc1
+#EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-rc1
 #EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-rc1-DEV
 #EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-rc2
 #EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=-rc2-DEV
-#EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=
+EPICS_DEV_SNAPSHOT=
 
 # No changes should be needed below here
 

configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc

@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ OP_SYS_LDLIBS += $(STLPORT_LDLIBS_$(USE_STLPORT))
 
 # OS libraries used when generating shared libraries or static binaries
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS += -lsocket -lnsl
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 += -lCrun -lc
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 += -lumem -lCrun -lc
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 += -ldl -lCrun -lc
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 += -ldl -lumem -lCrun -lc
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS_10 += -lumem -lCrun -lc
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS += $(OP_SYS_LDLIBS_$(SOLARIS_VERSION))
 

configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-sparc-gnu

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COMPILER_CPPFLAGS =  -D_REENTRANT
 
 STLPORT_LDLIBS_NO =
 
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 =
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 =
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 = -ldl
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 = -ldl
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS_10 =
 

configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ OP_SYS_CFLAGS+=$(STLPORT_CFLAGS_$(USE_STLPORT))
 OP_SYS_LDFLAGS+=$(STLPORT_CFLAGS_$(USE_STLPORT))
 
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS += -lsocket -lnsl
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 += -lCrun -lc
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 += -lCrun -lc
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 += -ldl -lCrun -lc
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 += -ldl -lCrun -lc
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS_10 += -lCrun -lc
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS += $(OP_SYS_LDLIBS_$(SOLARIS_VERSION))
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS += $(STLPORT_LDLIBS_$(USE_STLPORT))

configure/os/CONFIG.Common.solaris-x86-gnu

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ COMPILER_CPPFLAGS = -D_REENTRANT
 
 STLPORT_LDLIBS_NO =
 
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 = -lc
-OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 = -lc
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_8 = -ldl -lc
+OP_SYS_LDLIBS_9 = -ldl -lc
 OP_SYS_LDLIBS_10 = -lc
 

configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-cris

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-cris
 #
+# $Revision-Id$
+#
 # Site Specific definitions for linux-cris target
 # Only the local epics system manager should modify this file
 
@@ -15,9 +17,21 @@
 # c) Add the runtime path to /etc/ld.so.conf and run ldconfig
 #    to inform the system of the shared library location.
 
-# If readline is not installed comment the following line
-# to omit command-line editing and history support
+# Depending on your version of Linux you may want one of the following
+# lines to enable command-line editing and history in iocsh.  If you're
+# not sure which, start with the top one and work downwards until the
+# build doesn't fail to link the readline library.  If none of them work,
+# comment them all out to build without readline support.
 
+# No other libraries needed (recent Fedora, Ubuntu etc.):
 #COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
+
+# Needs -lncurses (RHEL 5 etc.):
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_NCURSES
+
+# Needs -lcurses (older versions)
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_CURSES
+
+
 OP_SYS_CFLAGS += -g
 

configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86

@@ -18,12 +18,19 @@
 #    to inform the system of the shared library location.
 
 # Depending on your version of Linux you'll want one of the following
-# lines to enable command-line editing and history support.  If you're
+# lines to enable command-line editing and history in iocsh.  If you're
 # not sure which, start with the top one and work downwards until the
-# build doesn't fail to link the readline library.  If none of them
-# work, comment them all out.
-#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
-COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_NCURSES
+# build doesn't fail to link the readline library.  If none of them work,
+# comment them all out to build without readline support.
+
+# No other libraries needed (recent Fedora, Ubuntu etc.):
+COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
+
+# Needs -lncurses (RHEL 5 etc.):
+#COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_NCURSES
+
+# Needs -lcurses (older versions)
 #COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_CURSES
 
+
 OP_SYS_CFLAGS += -g

configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-x86_64

@@ -18,12 +18,19 @@
 #    to inform the system of the shared library location.
 
 # Depending on your version of Linux you'll want one of the following
-# lines to enable command-line editing and history support.  If you're
+# lines to enable command-line editing and history in iocsh.  If you're
 # not sure which, start with the top one and work downwards until the
-# build doesn't fail to link the readline library.  If none of them
-# work, comment them all out.
+# build doesn't fail to link the readline library.  If none of them work,
+# comment them all out to build without readline support.
+
+# No other libraries needed (recent Fedora, Ubuntu etc.):
 COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE
+
+# Needs -lncurses (RHEL 5 etc.):
 #COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_NCURSES
+
+# Needs -lcurses (older versions)
 #COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY = READLINE_CURSES
 
+
 OP_SYS_CFLAGS += -g

documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html

@@ -13,6 +13,85 @@
 <h2 align="center">Changes between 3.14.11 and 3.14.12</h2>
 <!-- Insert new items immediately below here ... -->
 
+<h4>Launchpad Bugs Resolved</h4>
+
+<p>The following are links to bugs in the Launchpad bug tracker that have been
+fixed in this release:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>541258
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/541258">
+    compiler warnings in base</a></li>
+<li>541264
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/541264">
+    CA subscription element count is fixed - eliminates compressed video
+    option</a></li>
+<li>541331
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/541331">
+    Several devLib routines don't use vector table</a></li>
+<li>541391
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/541391">
+    when subscribing for zero elements, array element count should be
+    dynamic</a></li>
+<li>545385
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/545385">
+    SIGFPE calculating epicsNAN, epicsINF</a></li>
+<li>546991
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/546991">
+    prev. value fields not initialized in init_record</a></li>
+<li>551909
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/551909">
+    macExpandString writes out of boundary</a></li>
+<li>552803
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/552803">
+    Compress record segfaults on ALG (algorithm) change</a></li>
+<li>571121
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/571121">
+    Perl issue compiling with INSTALL_LOCATION set</a></li>
+<li>572589
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/572589">
+    Make dbl emit empty strings for non-existent fields</a></li>
+<li>595154
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/595154">
+    C++ errors building base using cygwin1.7</a></li>
+<li>595240
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/595240">
+    C code uses C++ keywords as variable names</a></li>
+<li>595242
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/595242">
+    C code uses C++ "//" style comments</a></li>
+<li>615916
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/615916">
+    Bug in RULES.Db breaks parallel make when using MSI</a></li>
+<li>625034
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/625034">
+    Remove compiler checks for VMS in src/toolsComm/flex</a></li>
+<li>626848
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/626848">
+    Build with GNU make 3.82 fails when installing libraries</a></li>
+<li>626859
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/626859">
+    RTEMS build does not create .d dependancy files</a></li>
+<li>627511
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/627511">
+    MSVC linker fails if input lib dirs start with forward slash</a></li>
+<li>644263
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/644263">
+    EPICS softIOC always dies in response to SIGHUP</a></li>
+<li>650000
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/650000">
+    caput tool won't write to mbbo w/o state strings</a></li>
+<li>663875
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/663875">
+    NTP broadcasts break NTP synchronization (RTEMS)</a></li>
+<li>667384
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/667384">
+    are the request and response bytes pending reversed in casr?</a></li>
+<li>680702
+  <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/epics-base/+bug/680702">
+    calc and calcout record get_precision bug</a></li>
+</ul>
+
 <h4>Support for Cygwin 1.7</h4>
 
 <p>Base can now built with shared libraries on Cygwin 1.7.x, although only with
@@ -26,8 +105,8 @@ installation.</p>
 
 <p>epicsEvent is now explicitly required to act as a simple binary semaphore.
 A single epicsEventSignal call must awaken just one thread when multiple
-threads are waiting for the event.  A test thats checks for this has been
-added to epicsEventTest and the application developers guide is being updated
+threads are waiting for the event.  A test that checks for this has been
+added to epicsEventTest and the Application Developer's Guide has been updated
 to describe this requirement.</p>
 
 <h4>Enable array puts to subArray records</h4>
@@ -110,8 +189,8 @@ connections over ssh.  See the CA reference manual for more details.</p>
 <h4>Record Types aai and aao</h4>
 
 <ul>
-<li>Fixed bug in memory allocation that caused crashes when linking other records
-to aai or aao.</li>
+<li>Fixed bug in memory allocation that caused crashes when linking other
+records to aai or aao.</li>
 <li>Fixed bug where NELM was modified instead of NORD.</li>
 <li>Added Soft Channel device support.</li>
 <li>Added SIOL link and proper simulation mode for Soft Channel support.</li>
@@ -139,19 +218,20 @@ macro <tt>NO_DEVLIB_COMPAT</tt> is defined.</li>
 <li>The "virtual os" table was renamed from <tt>pdevLibVirtualOS</tt> to
 <tt>pdevLibVME</tt> reflecting the fact that other bus types will need seperate
 tables.</li>
-<li>The "virtual os" table API has been moved to a seperate header file,
+<li>The "virtual os" table API has been moved to a different header file,
 <tt>devLibVMEImpl.h</tt>.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <h4>DTYP and INP/OUT order</h4>
 
-<p>The fields DTYP and INP/OUT can now be specified in any order.</p>
+<p>The fields DTYP and INP/OUT can now be specified in any order in a database
+instance (.db) file.</p>
 
 <h4>Rewrite epicsThreadOnce()</h4>
 
 <p>Michael Davidsaver suggested a better implementation of epicsThreadOnce()
 which makes it possible for all architectures to detect recursive initialization
-functions.  This change also renames the routines to remove the original macro
+functions.  This change also renames the routines to remove the original macro,
 and fixes some questionable usage in places.</p>
 
 <h4>Many Record Types</h4>
@@ -162,7 +242,7 @@ giving correct initial monitor behavior in some circumstances.</p>
 
 <h4>Compress Record Type</h4>
 
-<p>Fixed crash when ALG (algorithm) was changed to Average at runtime.</p>
+<p>Fixed a crash when ALG (algorithm) was changed to Average at runtime.</p>
 
 <h4>configure/RELEASE Enhancements</h4>
 
@@ -174,9 +254,11 @@ definition is expanded.  The variable <tt>EPICS_HOST_ARCH</tt> can now be used,
 but target-architecture-specific values must be set in a target-specific
 <tt>configure/RELEASE</tt> file such as <tt>RELEASE.Common.linux-x86</tt>.</p>
 
-<h4>VxWorks 6.7 support</h4>
+<h4>VxWorks 6.7 and 6.8 support</h4>
 
-<p>Added build support for the latest Wind River release.</p>
+<p>Added build support for the latest Wind River releases.  This does not
+include the ability to run on SMP vxWorks systems though, those will need some
+more extensive modifications.</p>
 
 <h4>RTEMS 4.10 support</h4>
 
@@ -188,7 +270,7 @@ is used.</p>
 
 <p>Changes to the way in which we generate header dependency files, which are
 now named with a <tt>.d</tt> suffix instead of <tt>.depends</tt>.  We now use
-the compiler to generate these if possible, and create them in the
+the compiler to generate these where possible, and create them in the
 <tt>O.$(T_A)</tt> directory.</p>
 
 <h4>Installed file permissions</h4>
@@ -210,7 +292,11 @@ server.</p>
 readline; some need <tt>-lcurses</tt>, others <tt>-lncurses</tt> and others
 don't require either.  The <tt>configure/os/CONFIG_SITE.Common.linux-*</tt>
 files now make this configuration easy to choose between different settings for
-the <tt>COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY</tt> variable.</p>
+the <tt>COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY</tt> variable.  If your build fails as it's trying
+to create the <tt>antelope</tt> binary in the Base directory
+<tt>src/toolsComm/antelope/O.<i>arch</i></tt> this is almost certainly the
+problem. You will need to do a <tt>make rebuild</tt> from the top of Base after
+fixing the setting of <tt>COMMANDLINE_LIBRARY</tt>.</p>
 
 <h4>CA Command Line Tools Changes</h4>
 

src/RTEMS/base/setBootConfigFromNVRAM.c

@@ -133,12 +133,13 @@ motScriptParm(const char *mot_script_boot, char parm)
     int l;
 
     while (*mot_script_boot != '\0') {
-        if (isspace(*mot_script_boot)
+        if (isspace(*(unsigned char *)mot_script_boot)
          && (*(mot_script_boot+1) == '-')
          && (*(mot_script_boot+2) == parm)) {
             mot_script_boot += 3;
             cp = mot_script_boot;
-            while ((*mot_script_boot != '\0') && !isspace(*mot_script_boot))
+            while ((*mot_script_boot != '\0') &&
+                   !isspace(*(unsigned char *)mot_script_boot))
                 mot_script_boot++;
             l = mot_script_boot - cp;
             ret = malloc(l+1);

src/ca/CAref.html

@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ the output.</p>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>-s</td>
-      <td>Get value as string (may honour server-side precision)</td>
+      <td>Get value as string (honors server-side precision)</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>-lx</td>
@@ -1466,7 +1466,7 @@ the output.</p>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>-s</td>
-      <td>Get value as string (may honour server-side precision)</td>
+      <td>Get value as string (honors server-side precision)</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td>-lx</td>

src/catools/caget.c

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void usage (void)
     "  -e <nr>: Use %%e format, with a precision of <nr> digits\n"
     "  -f <nr>: Use %%f format, with a precision of <nr> digits\n"
     "  -g <nr>: Use %%g format, with a precision of <nr> digits\n"
-    "  -s:      Get value as string (may honour server-side precision)\n"
+    "  -s:      Get value as string (honors server-side precision)\n"
     "  -lx:     Round to long integer and print as hex number\n"
     "  -lo:     Round to long integer and print as octal number\n"
     "  -lb:     Round to long integer and print as binary number\n"

src/catools/camonitor.c

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void usage (void)
     "  -e <nr>: Use %%e format, with a precision of <nr> digits\n"
     "  -f <nr>: Use %%f format, with a precision of <nr> digits\n"
     "  -g <nr>: Use %%g format, with a precision of <nr> digits\n"
-    "  -s:      Get value as string (may honour server-side precision)\n"
+    "  -s:      Get value as string (honors server-side precision)\n"
     "  -lx:     Round to long integer and print as hex number\n"
     "  -lo:     Round to long integer and print as octal number\n"
     "  -lb:     Round to long integer and print as binary number\n"

src/libCom/error/errlog.c

@@ -552,7 +552,9 @@ static char *msgbufGetFree(int noConsoleMessage)
 {
     msgNode *pnextSend;
 
-    epicsMutexMustLock(pvtData.msgQueueLock);
+    if (epicsMutexLock(pvtData.msgQueueLock) != epicsMutexLockOK)
+        return 0;
+
     if ((ellCount(&pvtData.msgQueue) == 0) && pvtData.missedMessages) {
         int nchar;
 

src/rec/calcRecord.c

@@ -159,12 +159,13 @@ static long get_units(DBADDR *paddr, char *units)
 static long get_precision(DBADDR *paddr, long *pprecision)
 {
     calcRecord *prec = (calcRecord *)paddr->precord;
+    int fieldIndex = dbGetFieldIndex(paddr);
 
-    if (paddr->pfield == (void *)&prec->val) {
-	*pprecision = prec->prec;
-    } else {
+    *pprecision = prec->prec;
+
+    if (fieldIndex != calcRecordVAL)
 	recGblGetPrec(paddr, pprecision);
-    }
+
     return 0;
 }
 

src/rec/calcoutRecord.c

@@ -374,12 +374,13 @@ static long get_units(DBADDR *paddr, char *units)
 static long get_precision(DBADDR *paddr, long *pprecision)
 {
     calcoutRecord *prec = (calcoutRecord *)paddr->precord;
+    int fieldIndex = dbGetFieldIndex(paddr);
 
-    if (paddr->pfield == (void *)&prec->val) {
-        *pprecision = prec->prec;
-    } else {
+    *pprecision = prec->prec;
+
+    if (fieldIndex != calcoutRecordVAL)
         recGblGetPrec(paddr, pprecision);
-    }
+ 
     return 0;
 }