Heap-error calling FirebaseData::setExternalClient()

[MartinXBcn]

Hello,

I just updated your library from version 4.3.10 to 4.3.12. I am using an external client (TinyGsm) (ESP32; PlatformIO) which worked fine in version 4.3.10.

With the new version 4.3.12 I get the following heap-error when calling fbdoRtdb.setExternalClient(...):

CORRUPT HEAP: Bad head at 0x3ffd1368. Expected 0xabba1234 got 0x8c8fc300
assert failed: multi_heap_free multi_heap_poisoning.c:253 (head != NULL)

Backtrace: 0x40084055:0x3ffd90e0 0x400963d5:0x3ffd9100 0x4009c811:0x3ffd9120 0x4009c427:0x3ffd9250 0x40084519:0x3ffd9270 0x4009c841:0x3ffd9290 0x401da25d:0x3ffd92b0 0x40109a07:0x3ffd92d0 0x40203e62:0x3ffd92f0 0x4010dd65:0x3ffd9310 0x40109e30:0x3ffd9340 0x4013c096:0x3ffd9360 0x400d640a:0x3ffd9380 0x400d4f12:0x3ffd93c0

  #0  0x40084055:0x3ffd90e0 in panic_abort at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/esp_system/panic.c:408
  #1  0x400963d5:0x3ffd9100 in esp_system_abort at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/esp_system/esp_system.c:137
  #2  0x4009c811:0x3ffd9120 in __assert_func at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/newlib/assert.c:85
  #3  0x4009c427:0x3ffd9250 in multi_heap_free at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/heap/multi_heap_poisoning.c:253
      (inlined by) multi_heap_free at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/heap/multi_heap_poisoning.c:245
  #4  0x40084519:0x3ffd9270 in heap_caps_free at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/heap/heap_caps.c:361
  #5  0x4009c841:0x3ffd9290 in free at /Users/ficeto/Desktop/ESP32/ESP32S2/esp-idf-public/components/newlib/heap.c:39
  #6  0x401da25d:0x3ffd92b0 in operator delete(void*) at /builds/idf/crosstool-NG/.build/HOST-x86_64-w64-mingw32/xtensa-esp32-elf/src/gcc/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/del_op.cc:49
  #7  0x40109a07:0x3ffd92d0 in FB_Custom_TCP_Client::~FB_Custom_TCP_Client() at lib/MsFirebaseESPClient/src/./wcs/custom/FB_Custom_TCP_Client.h:50
  #8  0x40203e62:0x3ffd92f0 in Firebase_Signer::freeClient(FB_Custom_TCP_Client**) at lib/MsFirebaseESPClient/src/signer/Signer.cpp:852 (discriminator 1)
  #9  0x4010dd65:0x3ffd9310 in Firebase_Signer::setTCPClient(FB_Custom_TCP_Client*) at lib/MsFirebaseESPClient/src/signer/Signer.cpp:1605
  #10 0x40109e30:0x3ffd9340 in FirebaseData::setExternalClient(Client*) at lib/MsFirebaseESPClient/src/session/FB_Session.cpp:83

MsFirebaseESPClient is a fork of your library.

The only relevant difference between 4.3.10 and 4.3.12 I found is the elimination of

    if (noClient)
        freeClient(&tcpClient);

in bool Firebase_Signer::reconnect().

With re-inserting these two lines version 4.3.12 works for me with an external client again.

Regards, Martin

[mobizt]

Thanks for reporting this bug,

This is because I'm trying to avoid the annoying and unnecessary verbose debug message from ssl_client class "Cleaning the SSL connection" when its destructor was called even it does not use. I will fix and inform you soon for the update.

[mobizt]

I update the library with bug fixes in v4.3.13.

This version is based on your modification in the fork for header files inclusion/exclusion for reduce program space.

If no filesystems macro defined in FirebaseFS.h, the FS.h and SPI.h will not include. If external client macro was defined in FirebaseFS.h, the ETH.h will not include in ESP32.

FirebaseJson's readClient function is also updated.

[MartinXBcn]

Thanks a lot for your quick response!