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  • Kent-DorfmanK Kent-Dorfman

    I cannot answer your question about why it spins in the debugger, but I can tell you that the loop bothers me. First off, if you are creating a listenner then you will need to execute the bind regardless. The simpler design approach is right out of the Qt reference docs. Create your socket and bind it, checking if the bind fails. If it fails then either you don't have privilege to that port or something else is already bound there. No need for a loop.

    I think checking if your new QUdpSocket succeeded is more important than the bind loop.

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    JulsPower
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    @Kent-Dorfman Hi
    I agree with you originatly there wasn't any loop
    indeed I should check if the new succeed.
    the loop was only for testing purpose
    im certain the port isn't open at the moment and it does work if not executed by the debugger...

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      you don't mention which debugger. I don't use the qt-creator stuff at all. maybe try it in a system debugger like gdb, or one of its front-ends. browsing other threads, the qt debugger seems to be a point of frustration with others as well.

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        Hi
        im using qt creator 16 under windows 11, im pretty sure the debugger is GDB under the hood

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          Hi
          im using qt creator 16 under windows 11, im pretty sure the debugger is GDB under the hood

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          • J JulsPower

            Hi
            got a small problem with the bind function

                m_UdpSocket = new QUdpSocket();
                bool b;
                while(m_UdpSocket->state() != QAbstractSocket::BoundState)
                    b = m_UdpSocket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, 55555);
            

            while debugging it always return false and stays in the loop
            in release mode work on first try and the socket is correctly binded and receive datagram send on that port
            any idea why?

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            jsulm
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            @JulsPower You are blocking the Qt event loop with such a loop, not sure that is the issue here

            https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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              @JulsPower Hi
              Maybe you can check what the error value for m_UdpSocket->state() means first.
              https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qabstractsocket.html#SocketState-enum

              “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.”
              —— Martin Golding

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                Ok I changed the init function to be more like it should be

                    ui->setupUi(this);
                    m_UdpSocket = new QUdpSocket(this);
                    bool b;
                    b = m_UdpSocket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, 55555);
                    auto state = m_UdpSocket->state();
                    QMessageBox::information(this, "info", QString(b?"true ":"false ") + QString::number(state));
                    connect(m_UdpSocket, &QUdpSocket::readyRead, this, &MainWindow::readPendingDatagrams);
                    connect(m_UdpSocket, &QUdpSocket::errorOccurred, this, &MainWindow::errorOccurred);
                
                

                if I debug the message box show false 0 (which is unconnected)
                and if I run the debug version it shows true 4

                errorOccurred is never called

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                  Ok I changed the init function to be more like it should be

                      ui->setupUi(this);
                      m_UdpSocket = new QUdpSocket(this);
                      bool b;
                      b = m_UdpSocket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, 55555);
                      auto state = m_UdpSocket->state();
                      QMessageBox::information(this, "info", QString(b?"true ":"false ") + QString::number(state));
                      connect(m_UdpSocket, &QUdpSocket::readyRead, this, &MainWindow::readPendingDatagrams);
                      connect(m_UdpSocket, &QUdpSocket::errorOccurred, this, &MainWindow::errorOccurred);
                  
                  

                  if I debug the message box show false 0 (which is unconnected)
                  and if I run the debug version it shows true 4

                  errorOccurred is never called

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                  @JulsPower
                  You can now use error() or errorString() to see the actual error message.
                  https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qabstractsocket.html#error
                  https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qiodevice.html#errorString

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                    indeed
                    QMessageBox::information(this, "info", QString(b?"true ":"false ") + QString::number(state) + m_UdpSocket->errorString());
                    return unknow error :(

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                      @JulsPower What is return value of error().

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                      —— Martin Golding

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                        @JulsPower What is return value of error().

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                        @Hanson said in QUdpSocket bind problem:

                        @JulsPower What is return value of error().

                        -1

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                          @JulsPower
                          I checked the relevant source code and I can see that the error code without an error message could be WSANOTINITIALISED, which stands for WSAStartup failed. I guess it could be a mismatch or missing winsock library in the debug environment.
                          https://learn.microsoft.com/zh-cn/windows/win32/winsock/windows-sockets-error-codes-2

                          bool QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeBind(const QHostAddress &a, quint16 port)
                          {
                              QHostAddress address = a;
                              if (address.protocol() == QAbstractSocket::IPv4Protocol) {
                                  if ((address.toIPv4Address() & 0xffff0000) == 0xefff0000) {
                                      // binding to a multicast address
                                      address = QHostAddress(QHostAddress::AnyIPv4);
                                  }
                              }
                          
                              qt_sockaddr aa;
                              QT_SOCKLEN_T sockAddrSize = 0;
                              setPortAndAddress(port, address, &aa, &sockAddrSize);
                          
                              if (aa.a.sa_family == AF_INET6) {
                                  // The default may change in future, so set it explicitly
                                  int ipv6only = 0;
                                  if (address.protocol() == QAbstractSocket::IPv6Protocol)
                                      ipv6only = 1;
                                  ::setsockopt(socketDescriptor, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_V6ONLY, (char*)&ipv6only, sizeof(ipv6only) );
                              }
                          
                          
                              int bindResult = ::bind(socketDescriptor, &aa.a, sockAddrSize);
                              if (bindResult == SOCKET_ERROR && WSAGetLastError() == WSAEAFNOSUPPORT
                                      && address.protocol() == QAbstractSocket::AnyIPProtocol) {
                                  // retry with v4
                                  aa.a4.sin_family = AF_INET;
                                  aa.a4.sin_port = htons(port);
                                  aa.a4.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(address.toIPv4Address());
                                  sockAddrSize = sizeof(aa.a4);
                                  bindResult = ::bind(socketDescriptor, &aa.a, sockAddrSize);
                              }
                              if (bindResult == SOCKET_ERROR) {
                                  int err = WSAGetLastError();
                                  WS_ERROR_DEBUG(err);
                                  switch (err) {
                                  case WSANOTINITIALISED:
                                      //###
                                      break;
                                  case WSAEADDRINUSE:
                                  case WSAEINVAL:
                                      setError(QAbstractSocket::AddressInUseError, AddressInuseErrorString);
                                      break;
                                  case WSAEACCES:
                                      setError(QAbstractSocket::SocketAccessError, AddressProtectedErrorString);
                                      break;
                                  case WSAEADDRNOTAVAIL:
                                      setError(QAbstractSocket::SocketAddressNotAvailableError, AddressNotAvailableErrorString);
                                      break;
                                  default:
                                      break;
                                  }
                          
                          #if defined (QNATIVESOCKETENGINE_DEBUG)
                                  qDebug("QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeBind(%s, %i) == false (%s)",
                                         address.toString().toLatin1().constData(), port, socketErrorString.toLatin1().constData());
                          #endif
                          
                                  return false;
                              }
                          
                          #if defined (QNATIVESOCKETENGINE_DEBUG)
                              qDebug("QNativeSocketEnginePrivate::nativeBind(%s, %i) == true",
                                     address.toString().toLatin1().constData(), port);
                          #endif
                              socketState = QAbstractSocket::BoundState;
                              return true;
                          }
                          

                          “Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.”
                          —— Martin Golding

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                            Interesting
                            would you know a way to confirm this? and even more fix it?

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                              I did update to qt creator 17 with all debug symbol, issue remain

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                                @JulsPower
                                You can try the following code before executing the bind() function

                                #include <winsock2.h>
                                #include <ws2tcpip.h>
                                #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
                                
                                ....
                                WSAData wsadata;
                                int err = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,0), &wsadata);
                                if (err != 0) {
                                        qWarning("QTcpSocketAPI: WinSock v2.0 initialization failed.");
                                    } 
                                ....
                                

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                                —— Martin Golding

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                                  @JulsPower
                                  You can try the following code before executing the bind() function

                                  #include <winsock2.h>
                                  #include <ws2tcpip.h>
                                  #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
                                  
                                  ....
                                  WSAData wsadata;
                                  int err = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,0), &wsadata);
                                  if (err != 0) {
                                          qWarning("QTcpSocketAPI: WinSock v2.0 initialization failed.");
                                      } 
                                  ....
                                  
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                                  @Hanson said in QUdpSocket bind problem:

                                  @JulsPower
                                  You can try the following code before executing the bind() function

                                  #include <winsock2.h>
                                  #include <ws2tcpip.h>
                                  #pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")
                                  
                                  ....
                                  WSAData wsadata;
                                  int err = WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,0), &wsadata);
                                  if (err != 0) {
                                          qWarning("QTcpSocketAPI: WinSock v2.0 initialization failed.");
                                      } 
                                  ....
                                  

                                  WSAStartup return 0 so no error there
                                  but the bind function continue to return false

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                                    @JulsPower
                                    emmm... I can't figure it out anymore :)
                                    Or you can download the qt source code and debug it.

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                                      WSAGetLastError return error 10106 (WSAEPROVIDERFAILEDINIT)
                                      gives you an idea??

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                                        WSAGetLastError return error 10106 (WSAEPROVIDERFAILEDINIT)
                                        gives you an idea??

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                                        @JulsPower
                                        Can you show me where in your code calling WSAGetLastError()?

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                                        —— Martin Golding

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                                          @JulsPower
                                          Can you show me where in your code calling WSAGetLastError()?

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                                          @Hanson said in QUdpSocket bind problem:

                                          @JulsPower
                                          Can you show me where in your code calling WSAGetLastError()?

                                          b = m_UdpSocket->bind(QHostAddress::Any, 55555);
                                          auto state = m_UdpSocket->state();
                                          QMessageBox::information(this, "info", QString(b?"true ":"false ") + QString::number(state) + QString::number(WSAGetLastError()));
                                          

                                          show while debugging it shows false 010106

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