improve GEX_Poll() to wait for the correct response, not only "one frame rx'd"

gex/gex_client.c

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
-#include <utils/hexdump.h>
+
 #include "TinyFrame.h"
 
 #define GEX_H // to allow including other headers
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "gex_internal.h"
 #include "gex_message_types.h"
 #include "utils/payload_parser.h"
+#include "utils/hexdump.h"
 
 
 /** Delete recursively all GEX callsign look-up table entries */
@@ -112,6 +113,8 @@ static TF_Result list_units_lst(TinyFrame *tf, TF_Msg *msg)
         tail = lu;
     }
 
+    gex->units_loaded = true;
+
     return TF_CLOSE;
 }
 
@@ -195,7 +198,7 @@ GexClient *GEX_Init(const char *device, uint32_t timeout_ms)
     TF_QuerySimple(gex->tf, MSG_PING,
                    NULL, 0,
                    connectivity_check_lst, 0);
-    GEX_Poll(gex);
+    GEX_Poll(gex, &gex->connected);
 
     if (!gex->connected) {
         fprintf(stderr, "GEX doesn't respond to ping!\n");
@@ -208,7 +211,7 @@ GexClient *GEX_Init(const char *device, uint32_t timeout_ms)
     TF_QuerySimple(gex->tf, MSG_LIST_UNITS,
                    NULL, 0,
                    list_units_lst, 0);
-    GEX_Poll(gex);
+    GEX_Poll(gex, &gex->units_loaded);
 
     // Bind the catch-all event handler. Will be re-distributed to individual unit listeners if needed.
     TF_AddTypeListener(gex->tf, MSG_UNIT_REPORT, unit_report_lst);
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ GexClient *GEX_Init(const char *device, uint32_t timeout_ms)
 }
 
 /** Try to read from the serial port and process any received bytes with TF */
-void GEX_Poll(GexClient *gex)
+void GEX_Poll(GexClient *gex, const volatile bool *done_flag)
 {
     static uint8_t pollbuffer[TF_MAX_PAYLOAD_RX];
 
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ void GEX_Poll(GexClient *gex)
 
     bool first = true;
 
-#define MAX_RETRIES 10
+#define MAX_RETRIES 15
 
     int cycle = 0;
     do {
@@ -261,7 +264,17 @@ void GEX_Poll(GexClient *gex)
                     }
                 } else {
                     // nothing more received and TF is in the base state, we're done.
-                    break;
+                    if (done_flag != NULL) {
+                        if (*done_flag == true) {
+                            break;
+                        } else {
+                            cycle++;
+                            first=true;
+                            if (cycle >= MAX_RETRIES) break;
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
             else {

gex/gex_client.h

@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ GexClient *GEX_Init(const char *device, uint32_t timeout_ms);
 /**
  * Poll for new messages
  * @param gex - client
+ * @param done_flag - if given (not NULL), checks flag for true before quitting. Flag should be set in the callback.
  */
-void GEX_Poll(GexClient *gex);
+void GEX_Poll(GexClient *gex, const volatile bool *done_flag);
 
 /**
  * Safely release all resources used up by GEX_Init()

gex/gex_internal.h

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ struct gex_client {
     const char *acm_device; //!< Comport device name, might be used to reconnect (?)
     int acm_fd;             //!< Open comport file descriptor
     bool connected;         //!< Flag that we're currently connected to the comport
+    bool units_loaded;      //!< Units loaded flag for poll
     uint32_t ser_timeout;   //!< Timeout for read()/write()
 
     // synchronous query "hacks"

gex/gex_unit.c

@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ GexMsg GEX_QueryEx(GexUnit *unit, uint8_t cmd,
                  session, is_reply, sync_query_lst,
                  NULL /*userdata2*/, raw_pld);
 
-    GEX_Poll(gex);
+    GEX_Poll(gex, &gex->squery_ok);
 
     if (!gex->squery_ok) {
         fprintf(stderr, "No response to query of unit %s!\n", unit->name);

gex/protocol/TinyFrame.c

@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ static void _TF_FN TF_HandleReceivedMessage(TinyFrame *tf)
     TF_Result res;
 
     // Prepare message object
-    TF_Msg msg;
-    TF_ClearMsg(&msg);
+    TF_Msg msg = {};
     msg.frame_id = tf->id;
     msg.is_response = false;
     msg.type = tf->type;
@@ -801,8 +800,7 @@ bool _TF_FN TF_Send(TinyFrame *tf, TF_Msg *msg)
 /** send without listener and struct */
 bool _TF_FN TF_SendSimple(TinyFrame *tf, TF_TYPE type, const uint8_t *data, TF_LEN len)
 {
-    TF_Msg msg;
-    TF_ClearMsg(&msg);
+    TF_Msg msg = {};
     msg.type = type;
     msg.data = data;
     msg.len = len;
@@ -812,8 +810,7 @@ bool _TF_FN TF_SendSimple(TinyFrame *tf, TF_TYPE type, const uint8_t *data, TF_L
 /** send with a listener waiting for a reply, without the struct */
 bool _TF_FN TF_QuerySimple(TinyFrame *tf, TF_TYPE type, const uint8_t *data, TF_LEN len, TF_Listener listener, TF_TICKS timeout)
 {
-    TF_Msg msg;
-    TF_ClearMsg(&msg);
+    TF_Msg msg = {};
     msg.type = type;
     msg.data = data;
     msg.len = len;