[Bugfix] Fix corrupted remote attribute reads with chained mbufs - #1186
[Bugfix] Fix corrupted remote attribute reads with chained mbufs#1186lowbaud wants to merge 1 commit into
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Walk the mbuf chain instead of copying the full packet length from the first buffer.
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In `@src/NimBLERemoteValueAttribute.cpp`:
- Around line 220-221: Update the successful short-read path in onReadCB so it
releases the waiting task before returning when rc is 0, while preserving
deferred completion and task retention for chained long reads.
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Release the waiting task on successful short reads. Arrr, ble_gattc_read() returns BLE_HS_EDONE without a later callback for short reads. When onReadCB returns 0 at src/NimBLERemoteValueAttribute.cpp:220-221, it skips taskRelease, so readValue can remain blocked. Release the task on this path, but keep deferred completion for chained long reads.
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In `@src/NimBLERemoteValueAttribute.cpp` around lines 220 - 221, Update the
successful short-read path in onReadCB so it releases the waiting task before
returning when rc is 0, while preserving deferred completion and task retention
for chained long reads.
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Fixes characteristic reads when the response is split across multiple mbufs.
I ran into this with MTU 512 while reading a larger characteristic. The data was correct up to byte 279 and corrupted after that. This likely won’t show up with smaller MTUs where the response fits into a single mbuf.
From what I can tell, the issue is that the full packet length is copied from the first mbuf's data pointer instead of walking the mbuf chain. I don't work with NimBLE internals regularly, so please double-check that assumption.
This changes the read handling so chained mbufs are copied correctly instead of being treated as one contiguous buffer.
I targeted release/2.5 since that’s where I reproduced the issue and wanted to keep the change minimal. Happy to retarget this to master if that’s preferred.
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