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    Segmentation fault on TCP server.

    I have developed a server in C ++ and a client that connects to it.

    Both are running on a PC with linux.

    When we run the server and a client is connected to it, a
    Segmentation fault on the server, specifically, on the line:
    sClient = ((struct ThreadArgs *) threadArgs) -> sClient;

    Attached is the source code of the server.
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    You have a warning in your code. It may not actually be a problem, but it is usually best to fix all warnings.
    Code:
    ServerTCP.cpp: In member function ‘void ServerTCP::waitConnections()’:
    ServerTCP.cpp:116:70: warning: converting from ‘void* (ServerTCP::*)(void*)’ to ‘THREAD_FUNC_PTR {aka void* (*)(void*)}’ [-Wpedantic]
         if (pthread_create(&threadID, NULL, (THREAD_FUNC_PTR)&ServerTCP::ThreadMain, (void *)threadArgs
    Making ThreadMain static silences the warning.
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    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    The TCP server that I am developing as a C ++ class is based on a C client-server application that works perfectly.

    The C ++ class of the server is intended to be a replica of the server written in C (and it works fine).

    I attach the code of the client and the server written in C.

    When I test the server in C ++ I also use the client written in C.

    If the C server works fine, but the C++ server gets a segmentation fault, what am I doing wrong when I migrate the server code from C to C ++?
    Last edited by jstechg; 02-04-2019 at 03:31 PM.

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    client.c : (It works fine)
    ----------
    Code:
        #include <stdio.h>
        #include <sys/socket.h>
        #include <arpa/inet.h>
        #include <netdb.h>
        #include <stdlib.h>
        #include <string.h>
        #include <unistd.h>
    
    
        #define MAX_FRAME_LENGTH    65000
    
    
        int main()
        {
          struct hostent *host;
    
          char data_out[MAX_FRAME_LENGTH];
          int ret, aux;
    
          char serverAddress[64];
          int iPort;
    
          int s;
          struct sockaddr_in addr;
    
          char keys[50];
    
          strcpy (serverAddress, "localhost");
          iPort = 5772;
    
          s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP);
          if(s < 0)
          {
            printf("Error: Call to socket has failed.\n");
            exit(1);
          }
    
          addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
          addr.sin_port = htons(iPort);
          addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(serverAddress);
    
          if(addr.sin_addr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE)
          {
            host = NULL;
            host = gethostbyname(serverAddress);
    
            if(host == NULL)
            {
              printf("Error\nUnknown host: %s\n", serverAddress);
              exit(1);
            }
            memcpy(&addr.sin_addr, host->h_addr_list[0], host->h_length);
          }
    
          ret = connect(s, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
          if (ret < 0)
          {
            printf("Error: Call to connect(s, (SOCKADDR) addr, sizeof(addr)); has failed.\n");
            exit(1);
          }
    
          printf("Client has connected to %s:%d\n",serverAddress, iPort);
          printf ("Please, press any key to send data to the Server. Press 'e' to finish.\n\n");
    
          do
          {
            for (aux=0; aux<20; aux++)
              data_out[aux] = aux;
    
            ret = send(s, data_out, 20, 0);
            if (ret < 0)
            {
              printf("Error: Call to send has failed.");
              exit(1);
            }
            else if (ret != 20)
              printf ("ERROR sending data: Wrong length of data.\n");
    
            aux = scanf ("%s", keys);
          }
          while ((strcmp (keys, "e") != 0) && (strcmp(keys, "E") != 0));
    
          close(s);
          return 0;
        }

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    serverTCP.c: (C version. It works fine)
    ------------
    Code:
        #include <stdio.h>
        #include <sys/socket.h>
        #include <arpa/inet.h>
        #include <stdlib.h>
        #include <string.h>
        #include <unistd.h>
        #include <pthread.h>
        
        
        
        #define MAX_DATA_LENGTH    65000
        
        
        
        struct ThreadArgs
           {
           int sClient;
           };
        
        void *ThreadMain(void *arg);    /* Main program of a thread */
        
        
        
        int main()
        {
          int ret;
          unsigned int iPort, iAddrLen;
          int sListen, sClient;
          struct sockaddr_in addr, remote_addr;
          pthread_t threadID;
          struct ThreadArgs *threadArgs;
        
          iPort = 5772;
        
          sListen = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP);
          if (sListen < 0)
          {
            printf("Error: Call to socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP); has failed.\n");
            exit(1);
          }
        
          addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
          addr.sin_port = htons(iPort);
          addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
        
          ret = bind(sListen, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr));
          if(ret < 0)
          {
            printf("Error: Call to bind(sListen, (struct sockaddr *) &addr, sizeof(addr)); has failed.\n");
            exit(1);
          }
        
          ret = listen(sListen, 10);
          if(ret < 0)
          {
            printf("Error: Call to listen(sListen, 10); has failed.\n");
            exit(1);
          }
        
          for(;;)
          {
            printf("Waiting for connection from a client...\n");
        
            iAddrLen = sizeof(remote_addr);
        
            sClient = accept(sListen, (struct sockaddr *) &remote_addr, &iAddrLen);
            if(sClient < 0)
            {
              printf("Error: Call to accept(sListen, (struct sockaddr *) remote_addr, sizeof(remote_addr)); has failed.\n");
              exit(1);
            }
        
            printf("%s has connected.\n\n", inet_ntoa(remote_addr.sin_addr));
               
            if ((threadArgs = (struct ThreadArgs *) malloc(sizeof(struct ThreadArgs))) == NULL)
            {
              printf("Error: malloc() for threadArgs has failed.\n");
              exit(1);
            }
        
            threadArgs -> sClient = sClient;
        
            if (pthread_create(&threadID, NULL, ThreadMain, (void *)threadArgs) != 0)
            {
              printf("Error: pthread_create() has failed.\n");
              exit(1);
            }
          }
        }
        
        
        
        void *ThreadMain(void *threadArgs)
        {
          int sClient;
          int ret;
          char data_in[MAX_DATA_LENGTH];
        
          pthread_detach(pthread_self() ) ;
        
          sClient = ((struct ThreadArgs *) threadArgs) -> sClient;
          free(threadArgs);
        
          ret = 1;
          while (ret != 0)
          {
            printf("Waiting to receive client data.\n");
        
            ret = recv(sClient, data_in, MAX_DATA_LENGTH, 0);
            if (ret < 0)
            {
              printf("Error: Call to recv(sClient, frame_in, sizeof(frame_in), 0); has failed.\n");
              exit(1);
            }
        
            printf("Received data from client %d\n\n", sClient);
          }
        
          close(sClient);
          return NULL;
        }

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    > what am I doing wrong when I migrate the server code from C to C ++?
    Do as john.c said, make your class member thread function static.

    pthread_create knows nothing of 'this' pointers.

    Perhaps you should use std::thread to hide that detail from you.
    std::thread - cppreference.com
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    Thanks, I am going to try this. But I want to have a multithread server. So, I think that defining the thread function as static is not a good idea.

    Colud be that I define it as friend instead?

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    A static member function is very different from a static local variable, if that's why you're objecting.
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