QTcpSocket.read returns only a single character in Release mode

[wallyh010]

The following Qt C++ source code successfully reads and processes 1024 size data chunks while running in Qt Debug mode. However, if running in release mode, only a single character appears to be in readBuffer after the message header has been successfully read. This may be a problem related to unicode data processing. Why would this code work when compiled in Debug mode, but not in Release mode?

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//Code snippet
memset(readBuffer, 0, sizeof(readBuffer));
bytesReceived = mTCPSocket.read(readBuffer, ChunkSize);
//bytesReceived shows correct amount, but readBuffer contains only a single character.

//Complete Method (Works in Debug mode; however, read only gets the first character of each data chunk.
void TCPClient::slotReceiveData()
{
Logger::getInstance()->write(LogLevel::Info, "TCPClient::slotReceiveData()");

qint64 bytesReceived;
static quint16 ChunkSize = TCPClient::READ_BUFFER_SIZE;  //1024
char readBuffer[ChunkSize];

if (mBytesExpected == 0)
{
    MessageHeader messageHeader;
    int sizeofMessageHeader = sizeof(messageHeader);

    memset(readBuffer, 0, sizeof(readBuffer));
    bytesReceived = mTCPSocket.read(readBuffer, sizeofMessageHeader);
    memcpy(&messageHeader, readBuffer, sizeofMessageHeader);

    //QString signature = QString::number(messageHeader.Signature);
    //QString protocolVersion = QString::number(messageHeader.ProtocolVersion);
    QString dataLength = QString::number(messageHeader.DataLength);

    Logger::getInstance()->write(LogLevel::Info, "mBytesExpected = 0, dataLength = " + dataLength);

    mBuffer.clear();
    mBuffer.reserve(messageHeader.DataLength);
    mBytesExpected = messageHeader.DataLength;
}

memset(readBuffer, 0, sizeof(readBuffer));
bytesReceived = mTCPSocket.read(readBuffer, ChunkSize);


QString inData(readBuffer);
Logger::getInstance()->write(LogLevel::Info, "mBytesExpected = " + QString::number(mBytesExpected));
Logger::getInstance()->write(LogLevel::Info, "bytesReceived = " + QString::number(bytesReceived));
Logger::getInstance()->write(
                 LogLevel::Info,
                 "readBuffer = " + inData);


if(bytesReceived > 0)
{
   mBuffer.append(readBuffer, bytesReceived);
   mBytesExpected -= bytesReceived;
}
else
{
   mBytesExpected = 0;
   Logger::getInstance()->write(LogLevel::Error,
                                           "Error reading data from mTCPSocket.");
}

if (mBytesExpected == 0)
{
    emit dataReceived(mBuffer.data());
}

}
@

//LOG OUTPUT IN RELEASE MODE

INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.873 (UTC): TCPClient::slotReceiveData()
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): mBytesExpected = 0, dataLength = 3104
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): mBytesExpected = 3104
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): bytesReceived = 996
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): readBuffer = <
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): TCPClient::slotReceiveData()
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): mBytesExpected = 2108
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): bytesReceived = 1024
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): readBuffer = 4
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): TCPClient::slotReceiveData()
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): mBytesExpected = 1084
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): bytesReceived = 1024
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): readBuffer = i
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): TCPClient::slotReceiveData()
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.874 (UTC): mBytesExpected = 60
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.875 (UTC): bytesReceived = 60
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.875 (UTC): readBuffer = s
INFO: 2014-03-04 16:48:10.875 (UTC): slotProcessIncomingRawData : incomingMessage = <

[chezgi]

QTcpSocket is buffered. there is no need to buffer it.
only use bytesAvailable() for received size and peek for monitoring your received header bytes.
use setReadBufferSize for setting internal buffer size.