Bug 1185710

Summary:	gnuradio / volk library problem
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Jussi Eloranta <eloranta>
Component:	gnuradio	Assignee:	Jaroslav Škarvada <jskarvad>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	20	CC:	jskarvad, lucilanga, mmahut
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Hardware:	armv7l
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-02-04 07:58:06 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description Jussi Eloranta 2015-01-26 04:26:58 UTC

Description of problem:

The volk library that comes with gnuradio does not seem to work on armv7l.
For example, gqrx program core dumps after spitting out several of these:

VOLK: Error allocating memory (posix_memalign: 22)

There seems to be a workaround for this given in:
https://gnuradio.org/redmine/issues/692
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/discuss-gnuradio/2014-03/msg00419.html

I recompiled gnuradio from source with the suggested patch:

diff --git a/volk/lib/volk_malloc.c b/volk/lib/volk_malloc.c
index b2b77dd..e913ffc 100644
--- a/volk/lib/volk_malloc.c
+++ b/volk/lib/volk_malloc.c
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@

 // Otherwise, test if we are a POSIX or X/Open system
 // This only has a restriction that alignment be a power of 2.
-#if _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
+//#if _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600
+#if 0

 void *volk_malloc(size_t size, size_t alignment)
 {

and it seems to work now. So, maybe include this patch form arm for now or it would be even better to fix the code properly.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Current FC 20 packages.

How reproducible:

Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install gnuradio and gqrx
2. Plugin rtl usb dongle (sdr)
3. Start gqrx

Actual results:

Program core dumps.

Expected results:

gqrx should display the waterfall and demodulate the RF signals.


Additional info:

Comment 1 Jaroslav Škarvada 2015-01-26 10:57:53 UTC

Thanks for the report. I think upstream has it wrong in the current code [1].

I am applying the "upstream proposed workaround for now.

[1] https://gnuradio.org/redmine/issues/692#note-14

Comment 2 Jussi Eloranta 2015-01-26 14:15:25 UTC

Forgot - in addition to disabling the posix malloc, I also had to disable neon to get it to compile - just like the above web page mentions.

Comment 3 Jaroslav Škarvada 2015-01-26 15:03:52 UTC

(In reply to Jussi Eloranta from comment #2)
> Forgot - in addition to disabling the posix malloc, I also had to disable
> neon to get it to compile - just like the above web page mentions.

Neon is disabled by default in Fedora, it needs to be build --with=neon to enable.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2015-01-26 15:04:22 UTC

gnuradio-3.7.5.1-2.fc21 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 21.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnuradio-3.7.5.1-2.fc21

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2015-01-26 15:25:51 UTC

gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2015-01-27 02:56:28 UTC

Package gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2015-1186/gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2015-02-04 07:58:06 UTC

gnuradio-3.7.5.1-2.fc21 has been pushed to the Fedora 21 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2015-02-04 07:58:47 UTC

gnuradio-3.7.3-3.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.