Thread: Run code from different arch

  1. 07-03-2012 #1
    polslinux
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    Run code from different arch

    I've developed a small (very small) ftp client and server.
    Both of these programs compile and run well only if they use the same arch.


    1. If client is Ubuntu amd64 and server is Ubuntu i386 i got a segfault (i think it is a pointer problem)
    2. If client is Ubuntu amd64 and server is Ubuntu amd64 all ok
    3. If client is Ubuntu i386 and server is Ubuntu i386 all ok

    How can i made these 2 programs working on different archs?
    It is a code problem? If so what i have to do?
    PS: i think it is a problem,for example, of pointer because they are 4 or 8 bytes based on the PC's arch!
  2. 07-03-2012 #2
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    More likely it is the different sizes of the int type then that of pointer being different sizes.

    Use the header stdint.h to define the types used to pass data from client to server.

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    All FTP commands and replies are in plain text so there shouldn't be a problem with integer/pointer sizes between different architectures. It might help to look at the actual data being sent by the server and client with a packet sniffer like Wireshark. Make sure there isn't any binary data being transferred (except for the contents of a file transfer, of course).
  4. 07-03-2012 #4
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    Do you mean something like:
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    typedef int int32_t
typedef unsigned int uint32_t
  5. 07-03-2012 #5
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    > How can i made these 2 programs working on different archs?
    If you can post a small program which "works" on one machine, but crashes on another, then we can tell you where you're screwing up.
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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  6. 07-05-2012 #6
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    I have solved
    i have changed all of my size_t to uint32_t
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