[BUG] Core Dump fails compiling

[EtienneMdv]

Describe the bug

I get the following error when building my project trying to use coredump: ../amazon-freertos/vendors/espressif/esp-idf/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_port.c: In function 'esp_core_dump_get_tasks_snapshot': ../amazon-freertos/vendors/espressif/esp-idf/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_port.c:281:12: error: unknown type name 'TaskSnapshot_t' static TaskSnapshot_t s_tasks_snapshots[CONFIG_ESP32_CORE_DUMP_MAX_TASKS_NUM]; ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ../amazon-freertos/vendors/espressif/esp-idf/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_port.c:285:27: error: 'TaskSnapshot_t' undeclared (first use in this function); did you mean 'TaskStatus_t'? _Static_assert(sizeof(TaskSnapshot_t) >= sizeof(core_dump_task_header_t), "FreeRTOS task snapshot binary compatibility issue!"); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TaskStatus_t ../amazon-freertos/vendors/espressif/esp-idf/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_port.c:285:27: note: each undeclared identifier is reported only once for each function it appears in ../amazon-freertos/vendors/espressif/esp-idf/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_port.c:285:20: error: expression in static assertion is not an integer _Static_assert(sizeof(TaskSnapshot_t) >= sizeof(core_dump_task_header_t), "FreeRTOS task snapshot binary compatibility issue!"); ^~~~~~ ../amazon-freertos/vendors/espressif/esp-idf/components/espcoredump/src/core_dump_port.c:287:35: error: implicit declaration of function 'uxTaskGetSnapshotAll'; did you mean 'uxTaskGetSystemState'? [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration] uint32_t task_num = (uint32_t)uxTaskGetSnapshotAll(s_tasks_snapshots, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ uxTaskGetSystemState cc1: some warnings being treated as errors

It looks like uxTaskGetSnapshotAll and TaskSnapshot_t are no longer defined in FreeRTOS. This issue echoes #2820. Is there any solution for this? I am using AFR latest version.

System information

• Hardware board: ESP32-WROOM-32D
• Operating System: Linux
• Project/Demo: custom application

Steps to reproduce bug Configure project to use coredump. Build project using idf.py build.

[dachalco]

Hi @EtienneMdv

Reviewed the last ticket. To clarify, AFAIK uxTaskGetSnapshotAll was never a 1st party feature provided by FreeRTOS, but rather an extension added to ESP-IDF's components/freertos -- a revision specific for ESP devices.

Amazon-freertos uses the 1st party FreeRTOS-Kernel esp32 port, which differs from ESP-IDF's components/freertos in several ways, such as the former port only supporting single-core, while the latter supports multicore.

So the issue is rather that FreeRTOS-Kernel 1st party port for esp32 does not contain these IDF added members e.g. uxTaskGetSnapshotAll. There's quite a bit more additions in IDF's components/freertos, besides multicore support, that may make importing uxTaskGetSnapshotAll to the 1st party port complicated. For example there's other extended RTOS features that are used throughout components/freertos that don't exist in the 1st party port.

@shubhamkulkarni97 Are you able to suggest a simplest route here?

As suggested in the linked ticket, if it's possible, I would recommend using a JTAG like this one which can be hooked up to your board for full stop-mode debugging.

[EtienneMdv]

Thank you for your help @dachalco. It all becomes clearer.

However, the difference between the linked ticket and my project is that I am trying to use Core Dump and not the debugger. I don't really see any work-around...

[dachalco]

@EtienneMdv

What I mean to ask is, what are your high level intentions? Are you looking to debug the board in any way, or are you looking to specifically have this work with IDF's core dump?

If you're looking to generally debug, the simplest route, and my best suggestion, would be to get a JTAG like the one I linked earlier, or a similar tool. In practice, such debugging capability is almost necessary for developing on MCU's.

If you're looking to use core dump with amazon-freertos as a means for post-mortem crash analysis, I can take a look at what can be done to the 1st party port. Though, even with 1st party support for this feature, I suspect you wouldn't be able to use IDF's menuconfig for its configuration, and would need to use a FreeRTOS config *.h instead.

[EtienneMdv]

I am sorry my intentions weren't really clear. I am indeed trying to use core dump to perform post-mortem crash analysis with AFR. It isn't a problem if I can't use menuconfig to configure core dump.

I would be very grateful if you could take a look at it.