Thread: why it cause a Segmentation fault?

  1. #1
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    why it cause a Segmentation fault?

    Hello,all.
    Following are codes.It 's function is to set RTC.
    Code:
    #include <time.h>
    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <sys/time.h>
    #include <sys/ioctl.h>
    #include <fcntl.h>
    #include <unistd.h>
    #include <getopt.h>
    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/stat.h>
    
    /* Copied from linux/rtc.h to eliminate the kernel dependency */
    struct linux_rtc_time {
            int tm_sec;
            int tm_min;
            int tm_hour;
            int tm_mday;
            int tm_mon;
            int tm_year;
            int tm_wday;
            int tm_yday;
            int tm_isdst;
    };
    
    #define RTC_SET_TIME   _IOW('p', 0x0a, struct linux_rtc_time) /* Set RTC time    */
    
    static void write_rtc(time_t t)
    {
            int rtc;
            struct tm tm;
    
            if (( rtc = open ( "/dev/rtc", O_WRONLY )) < 0 ) {
                    if (( rtc = open ( "/dev/misc/rtc", O_WRONLY )) < 0 )
                            fprintf(stdout,"Could not access RTC\n" );
            }
    
            tm = *(localtime ( &t ));
            tm. tm_isdst = 0;
    
            if ( ioctl ( rtc, RTC_SET_TIME, &tm ) < 0 )
                    fprintf(stdout,"Could not set the RTC time.\n" );
    
            close ( rtc );
    }
    
    int sync_time(const unsigned char *cmd)
    {        
            time_t tma;
            struct tm * tmb;
            char tmp[4];
            
    //        time(&result);
    //        my_time = gmtime(&result);
    //        my_time->tm_year += 1900;
    //        my_time->tm_mon += 1;
    
            tmp[0] = cmd[2] >> 4;                                // get the year
            tmp[1] = cmd[2] & 0x0f;
            tmp[2] = cmd[3] >> 4;
            tmp[3] = cmd[3] &0x0f;
            tmb->tm_year = (tmp[0] * 1000 + tmp[1] * 100 + tmp[2] * 10 + tmp[3]) - 1900;
    
            tmp[0] = cmd[4] >>4;                                //get month
            tmp[1] = cmd[4] & 0x0f;
            tmb->tm_mon = (tmp[0] * 10 + tmp[1]) - 1;
    
            tmp[0] = cmd[5] >> 4;                                //day
            tmp[1] = cmd[5] & 0x0f;
            tmb->tm_mday = tmp[0] * 10 + tmp[1];
    
            tmp[0] = cmd[6] >> 4;                                //hour
            tmp[1] = cmd[6] & 0x0f;
            tmb->tm_hour = tmp[0] * 10 + tmp[1];
    
            tmp[0] = cmd[7] >> 4;                                //minute
            tmp[1] = cmd[7] & 0x0f;
            tmb->tm_min =  tmp[0] * 10 + tmp[1];
    
            tmp[0] = cmd[8] >> 4;                                //second
            tmp[1] = cmd[8] & 0x0f;
            tmb->tm_sec =  tmp[0] * 10 + tmp[1];
            printf("%02d:%02d:%02d",tmb->tm_hour,tmb->tm_min,tmb->tm_sec);
            tma = mktime(tmb);                //conver tm to time_t
                    /* write_rtc(tma); */                // set RTC .
    
            return 0;
            
    }
    
    int main(void)
    {
            unsigned char cmd[9]={0x00,0x00,0x20,0x06,0x09,0x26,0x11,0x23,0x11};
            int re;
            re=sync_time(cmd);
            return 0;
    }

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    >why it cause a Segmentation fault?
    > struct tm * tmb;
    Because you haven't allocated any memory for tmb.
    You could change this to a non-pointer:
    Code:
            struct tm tmb;
    Then you would change all references to tmb pointer access:
    > tmb->tm_year = (tmp[0] * 1000 + tmp[1] * 100 + tmp[2] * 10 + tmp[3]) - 1900;
    to structure access:
    Code:
            tmb.tm_year = (tmp[0] * 1000 + tmp[1] * 100 + tmp[2] * 10 + tmp[3]) - 1900;
    > tma = mktime(tmb); //conver tm to time_t
    And this would become:
    Code:
            tma = mktime(&tmb);                //conver tm to time_t

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