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TheEndless
Channel Surfer
‎07-22-2011 12:56 PM

[SDK Bug : 2.9/3.0 : Hard Crash : Reproducible] Eval()

I've discovered an issue with the Eval() function that causes a hard crash of the Roku box, and is easily reproducible...

On 2.9, if you pass a string that is over 32k in length (regardless of content) to the Eval() function, the box will crash and reboot. In 3.0, the limit is slightly larger (I want to say 48k), but produces the same results.

If you're experiencing "random" reboots, and you're using the Eval() function in your code, this may be the issue.
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goya
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‎07-26-2011 02:05 PM

Re: [SDK Bug : 2.9/3.0 : Hard Crash : Reproducible] Eval()

oh oh this may explain why my benchmarks are crashing

now i'm just doing simple eval() basically subroutine call very little string being passed in
but its crashing on roku 2 xs and not on roku xd...
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TheEndless
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‎07-26-2011 02:12 PM

Re: [SDK Bug : 2.9/3.0 : Hard Crash : Reproducible] Eval()

I've only experienced it specifically with the string lengths I mentioned above, but it's possible something could be different in the 4.x firmware that causes similar behavior.
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goya
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‎07-26-2011 03:45 PM

Re: [SDK Bug : 2.9/3.0 : Hard Crash : Reproducible] Eval()

"TheEndless" wrote:
I've only experienced it specifically with the string lengths I mentioned above, but it's possible something could be different in the 4.x firmware that causes similar behavior.


thanks it looks like its not eval, member(s) traced it to something else...
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