[Mono-dev] Unable to call methods on managed objects while running Mono on the iPhone

[Zoltan Varga]

Hi,

  You have to compile your AOT code using --aot=full, and run the runtime using
the --full-aot option. When embedding, the later can be achieved by setting the
mono_aot_only variable to TRUE _before_ calling mono_jit_init ().

                Zoltan

On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 6:07 AM, mobbe <peter.moberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> An update on this one...I found a setting in XCode that said  "Compile for
> Thumb" and that one was set to true. I unchecked it and recompiled
> everything and now the code doesn't stop at the same position anymore...now
> I get an EXC_BAD_ACCESS on the get_hazardous_pointer...so I am still not
> there but at least I cleared the hurdle I first posted about. Since thumb
> instructions are 16 bits and ARM mode are 32 bits things must have not been
> aligned properly and hence the BAD_INSTRUCTION exceptions. This is the call
> stack right now...
>
> #0      0x0007e0cc in get_hazardous_pointer at domain.c:276
> #1      0x0007e4e8 in mono_jit_info_table_find at domain.c:370
> #2      0x0020f17c in mono_get_generic_context_from_code at
> mini-generic-sharing.c:26
> #3      0x0020f5a8 in mono_convert_imt_slot_to_vtable_slot at
> mini-trampolines.c:47
> #4      0x0021044c in mono_magic_trampoline at mini-trampolines.c:348
> #5      0x03904524 in method_order_end
>
> I guess my next step is to research my hazardous_pointers....
>
>
>
> mobbe wrote:
>>
>> Over the past couple of weeks I have been working with getting the Mono
>> framework up and running on the iPhone and I am darn close to have it all
>> working.. .I have been able to get the AOT compilation to work and was
>> able this morning to startup Mono in full aot mode on the device. Big
>> thanks to Zoltan Varga for helping me through all the roadblocks I ran
>> into.  I have been working with a SVN HEAD version that I updated last
>> week sometime.
>>
>> Next step I took was to try to invoke some methods on classes in the
>> msorlib assembly to see if I could execute managed code and this is where
>> I ran into a new road block..
>>
>> It looks like I am only able to execute .ctor methods!? During the startup
>> of Mono it creates a few exceptions (OutOfMemoryException etc..) and it
>> invokes its constructor method and passes in parameters. This works just
>> fine...and here it is executing managed code.
>>
>> However, I tried to execute the ToString() method on an instance of the
>> Exception class and then the program is interrupted and stopped in the
>> prolog for the function mono_get_lmf_addr.. if I continue to run the
>> program
>> I get a BAD_INSTRUCTION message and the whole thing shuts down...
>>
>> Here is the code I am trying to execute...
>>
>> MonoDomain * domain = mono_jit_init("");
>> MonoAssembly* msCorlib = mono_domain_assembly_open (domain,"mscorlib");
>> MonoImage* image = mono_assembly_get_image(msCorlib);
>>
>> MonoClass *klass = mono_class_from_name (image, "System", "Exception");
>> MonoObject* o = mono_object_new (domain, klass);
>>
>> MonoMethodDesc* methodDesc =
>> mono_method_desc_new("System.Object:ToString", TRUE);
>> MonoMethod* toStringMethod = mono_method_desc_search_in_class(methodDesc,
>> klass);
>> MonoObject* result = mono_runtime_invoke(toStringMethod, o, NULL, NULL);
>>
>>
>> I don't know if it would help you but here is the assembly where it all
>> stops...
>> mono_get_lmf_addr
>> 0x001d5bdc  <+0000>  push {r4, r5, r7, lr}
>> 0x001d5bde  <+0002>  add r7, sp, #8
>> 0x001d5be0  <+0004>  sub sp, #12 <-- stops here
>> 0x001d5be2  <+0006>  ldr r3, [pc, #76] (0x1d5c30
>> <mono_get_lmf_addr+84>)
>> 0x001d5be4  <+0008>  add r3, pc
>> 0x001d5be6  <+0010>  ldr r3, [r3, #0]
>> 0x001d5be8  <+0012>  adds r0, r3, #0
>> 0x001d5bea  <+0014>  bl 0x3e640 <TlsGetValue>
>>
>> I get the same problem if I try to run other methods on other objects or
>> static methods as well...Only constructor methods seems to work.
>>
>> It looks to me that the stack isn't setup properly since it always throws
>> the EXC_BAD_INSTRUCTION when trying to access the stack pointer.
>>
>> I have been banging my head against this problem for two days and right
>> now I am not able to figure out how to troubleshoot this. If there is
>> anyone out there that have any suggestion on how I should go about
>> troubleshooting this I would really appreciate it. It stings a bit to come
>> this close and not be able to cross the finish line...
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>
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