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Retry motor limit queries until every motor replies - #12
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Reviewer's GuideThe PR adds an opt-in waitForMotorLimits() API that repeatedly queries motor limits while the read thread processes replies, returning success once both aggregates are complete or false at a bounded timeout; socketpair tests verify retries and no-response termination. Sequence diagram for retrying motor limit queriessequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant PiperInterfaceV2
participant MotorBus
participant ReadThread
Caller->>PiperInterfaceV2: waitForMotorLimits(timeout, retry_interval)
PiperInterfaceV2->>MotorBus: searchAllMotorLimits()
loop until aggregates valid or timeout
MotorBus-->>ReadThread: motor limit replies
ReadThread->>PiperInterfaceV2: update limit aggregates
alt retry interval elapsed
PiperInterfaceV2->>MotorBus: searchAllMotorLimits()
end
end
alt both aggregates valid
PiperInterfaceV2-->>Caller: true
else timeout reached
PiperInterfaceV2-->>Caller: false
end
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## Individual Comments
### Comment 1
<location path="piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp" line_range="941" />
<code_context>
+ const auto deadline = clock::now() + timeout;
+ auto last_sent = clock::now();
+ searchAllMotorLimits();
+ while (!(arm_all_motor_angle_limit_max_spd_.isValid() && arm_all_motor_max_acc_limit_.isValid()))
+ {
+ if (clock::now() >= deadline)
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Stale limits report success**
When the aggregates are already valid and the caller re-queries after an arm reset or limit change without disconnecting, `piperInit()` does not clear the aggregate states, so `waitForMotorLimits()` sees the old aggregates as valid and skips waiting for fresh replies; callers receive success with stale limits.
Invalidate both aggregates before querying and require fresh replies before returning success.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 2
<location path="piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp" line_range="941-943" />
<code_context>
+ const auto deadline = clock::now() + timeout;
+ auto last_sent = clock::now();
+ searchAllMotorLimits();
+ while (!(arm_all_motor_angle_limit_max_spd_.isValid() && arm_all_motor_max_acc_limit_.isValid()))
+ {
+ if (clock::now() >= deadline)
+ return false;
+ std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Success arrives after timeout**
When the final replies arrive after the deadline but before the next loop-condition check, `waitForMotorLimits()` checks aggregate validity before checking the deadline, so replies received after the timeout make the method return true.
Check the deadline before accepting aggregate validity as success.
</issue_to_address>
### Comment 3
<location path="piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp" line_range="373" />
<code_context>
+ // Nobody answers. The few dozen queries sent before the timeout fit in the socket buffer,
+ // so the sends never block.
+ const auto t0 = steady_clock::now();
+ EXPECT_FALSE(bus.piper->waitForMotorLimits(300ms, 50ms));
+ EXPECT_LT(std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(steady_clock::now() - t0).count(), 1000);
+ EXPECT_FALSE(bus.piper->getArmAllMotorAngleLimitMaxSpd().is_valid);
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**Immediate timeout goes undetected**
When `waitForMotorLimits(300ms, 50ms)` returns false immediately, before the timeout passes, `WaitForMotorLimitsGivesUpAtTheTimeout` passes when `EXPECT_FALSE` accepts an immediate return; the elapsed-time assertion only sets an upper bound, so the test never verifies that the call waited for the supplied timeout.
Assert that the call does not return before the timeout, using a robust lower-bound check or a controllable clock.
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### Comment 4
<location path="piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp" line_range="352" />
<code_context>
+ bus.peer,
+ {
+ {3, 1},
+ {5, 2}
+ }
+ ); // motor 3's angle reply and motor 5's acc reply get lost once
</code_context>
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**Accumulator wait goes undetected**
When `waitForMotorLimits` returns as soon as the angle aggregate is valid, without waiting for the accumulator aggregate, an implementation that waits only for angle limits still passes: the retry sends motor 5's accumulator query before motor 6's angle query, so the responder's accumulator reply is processed before the final angle reply completes the angle aggregate. The success test then observes both aggregates valid, while the timeout test leaves both invalid.
Delay the final accumulator reply until after all angle replies have arrived, and assert that the call remains blocked until that accumulator reply is delivered.
Also at `piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp:375`.
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Approval pending. 4 findings to address first.
Blocking findings: piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp:941, piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp:943, piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp:373, piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp:352
| while (!(arm_all_motor_angle_limit_max_spd_.isValid() && arm_all_motor_max_acc_limit_.isValid())) | ||
| { | ||
| if (clock::now() >= deadline) |
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🟡 Medium · Success arrives after timeout
When the final replies arrive after the deadline but before the next loop-condition check, waitForMotorLimits() checks aggregate validity before checking the deadline, so replies received after the timeout make the method return true.
Check the deadline before accepting aggregate validity as success.
Prompt for AI agents
In `piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp` at lines 941-943:
**Success arrives after timeout**
When the final replies arrive after the deadline but before the next loop-condition check, `waitForMotorLimits()` checks aggregate validity before checking the deadline, so replies received after the timeout make the method return true.
Check the deadline before accepting aggregate validity as success.| bus.peer, | ||
| { | ||
| {3, 1}, | ||
| {5, 2} |
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🟡 Medium · Accumulator wait goes undetected
When waitForMotorLimits returns as soon as the angle aggregate is valid, without waiting for the accumulator aggregate, an implementation that waits only for angle limits still passes: the retry sends motor 5's accumulator query before motor 6's angle query, so the responder's accumulator reply is processed before the final angle reply completes the angle aggregate. The success test then observes both aggregates valid, while the timeout test leaves both invalid.
Delay the final accumulator reply until after all angle replies have arrived, and assert that the call remains blocked until that accumulator reply is delivered.
Also at piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp:375.
Prompt for AI agents
In `piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp` at line 352:
**Accumulator wait goes undetected**
When `waitForMotorLimits` returns as soon as the angle aggregate is valid, without waiting for the accumulator aggregate, an implementation that waits only for angle limits still passes: the retry sends motor 5's accumulator query before motor 6's angle query, so the responder's accumulator reply is processed before the final angle reply completes the angle aggregate. The success test then observes both aggregates valid, while the timeout test leaves both invalid.
Delay the final accumulator reply until after all angle replies have arrived, and assert that the call remains blocked until that accumulator reply is delivered.
Also at `piper_cpp/test/piper_interface_v2_test.cpp:375`.![coderabbitai[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/347564?s=60&v=4){kind=small}
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Review comments at @piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp:
- Line 940: Before the initial searchAllMotorLimits() call, check connected_ and
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| using clock = std::chrono::steady_clock; | ||
| const auto deadline = clock::now() + timeout; | ||
| auto last_sent = clock::now(); | ||
| searchAllMotorLimits(); |
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win
Handle a failed initial searchAllMotorLimits() call.
searchAllMotorLimits() returns false when the interface is not connected or a send fails. It also stops at the first failed send, so later motors get no query. The wait loop ignores this result in both places. If the port is disconnected, the function polls until the full timeout and then returns false with no diagnostic. Return false early when the first send fails because the interface is not connected. A partial failure during a retry is acceptable, because the next retry sends the queries again.
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- searchAllMotorLimits();
+ if (!connected_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed))
+ return false;
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| searchAllMotorLimits(); | |
| if (!connected_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) | |
| return false; | |
| searchAllMotorLimits(); |
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Review comment at @piper_cpp/src/interface/piper_interface_v2.cpp at line 940:
Before the initial searchAllMotorLimits() call, check connected_ and return
false immediately when the interface is disconnected; preserve the existing
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piperInit() sends each motor's limit queries once; a lost frame left that motor's slot empty
and, since #7, the aggregate states invalid for the whole session.
waitForMotorLimits(timeout, retry_interval) re-sends the queries every interval until both
aggregates are valid or the timeout passes, and reports which. It is not called automatically:
piperInit() runs before the read thread starts, and a wait in connectPort() would change its
behaviour on a dead bus for every caller.
Two tests drive it through the socketpair: one drops two replies the first time and checks
the retry fills them in, one gets no replies and checks the bounded timeout.
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Provide explicit, bounded retries for motor limit discovery so callers can reliably obtain complete limit data.
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