Socket Programming Error in Connect - linux

Question

I am trying to do Socket programming. I've google and looked at problems like mine. However, I can't see to figure out my error.
Whenever I run my code, I get an error in connect() in main in client.c. The error is invalid argument.
Server.c
/* chatroom server */
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <signal.h>
#define MAX_ROOMS 36
#define MAX_NAME_SIZE 56
#define PORT_NUM 12333
#define MSG_SIZE 8
#define MAX_LOAD 246
#define MAX_CRC 64 //max clients
#define MAX_BUF 256
#define SERVER_IP 32
#define DEBUG 0
struct msg {
int type; //create, join, delete
int length; // length or port num
};
struct chat_room {
int socket_d; //socket descriptor
int port;
pthread_t id; //id of chatroom
char name[MAX_NAME_SIZE];
int clients[MAX_ROOMS]; // used to hold the client's master sockets
};
struct chat_room* findRoom(char* name, struct chat_room* chat){
int iterator;
for(iterator = 0; iterator < MAX_ROOMS; iterator++){
if(strcmp(name, chat[iterator].name) && (chat[iterator].port != 0)) {
return &chat[iterator];
}
}
//if room does not exist
return NULL;
}
struct chat_room* joinServer(int chat_socket, char* name, struct chat_room* chat){
struct chat_room* local_chat = findRoom(name, chat);
int i;
if(local_chat != NULL){ //if the chat exists
for(i= 0; i< MAX_CRC; i++){
if(local_chat->clients[i] == 0)
{
local_chat->clients[i] = chat_socket;
}
return local_chat;
}
}
//if server if full or else error
return NULL;
}
int createResponse(int chat_socket, int new_port_num, int type){
struct msg temp;
char temp_buff[MAX_LOAD];
memset(temp_buff, 0, MAX_LOAD);
temp.type = type;
temp.length = new_port_num;
memcpy(temp_buff, &temp, sizeof(temp));
write(chat_socket, temp_buff, MSG_SIZE);
return 0;
}
int joinResponse(int chat_socket, int new_port_num){
struct msg temp;
char temp_buff[MAX_LOAD];
memset(temp_buff, 0, MAX_LOAD);
temp.type = 11;
temp.length = new_port_num;
memcpy(temp_buff, &temp, sizeof(temp));
write(chat_socket, temp_buff, MSG_SIZE);
return 0;
}
int deleteResponse(int chat_socket, struct chat_room* chat){
struct msg temp;
char temp_buff[MAX_LOAD];
int i;
memset(temp_buff, 0, MAX_LOAD);
temp.type = 12;
memcpy(temp_buff, &temp, sizeof(temp));
for(i=0; i<MAX_CRC; i++){
if((chat->clients[i] != chat_socket) && (chat->clients[i] != 0))
write(chat->clients[i],temp_buff, MSG_SIZE);
}
return 0;
}
struct chat_room* addRoom(int chat_socket, char* name, struct chat_room* chat){
int socket_d;
int i;
struct sockaddr_in sock;
static int port = PORT_NUM;
memset(&sock, 0, sizeof(sock));
int temp = -1;
for(i = 0; i<MAX_ROOMS; i++){
if((strcmp(chat[i].name, name) == 0) && (chat[i].port != 0)){
createResponse(chat_socket, chat[i].port, 15);
return NULL;
}
else if((chat[i].port == 0) && (temp== -1)){
temp = i;
}
}
if(temp == -1){
return NULL;
}
socket_d = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if(socket_d == -1 && DEBUG){
perror("Error creating chatroom socket");
return NULL;
}
sock.sin_family = AF_INET;
port++;
sock.sin_port = htons(port);
if(bind(socket_d, (struct sockaddr*)&sock, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in)) == -1){
perror("error in binding ");
return NULL;
}
chat[temp].socket_d = socket_d;
chat[temp].port = port;
strcpy(chat[temp].name, name);
return &chat[temp];
}
void* chat_room_main(void* chat_room_cluster){
char buf[MAX_LOAD];
int socket_d, chat_socket;
int temp; //temp_fd
int read_val;
int num_clients = 0;
int i;
int clients[MAX_CRC];
fd_set allfd, modfd;
struct chat_room chat_room_para;
memcpy(&chat_room_para, (struct chat_room*)chat_room_cluster, sizeof(struct chat_room));
free(chat_room_cluster);
memset(clients, 0, sizeof(int)*MAX_CRC);
socket_d = chat_room_para.socket_d;
listen(socket_d, 1);
FD_ZERO(&allfd);
FD_SET(socket_d, &allfd);
printf("New Chatroom Started\n");
while(1){
modfd = allfd;
select(FD_SETSIZE, &modfd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
for(temp = 0; temp < FD_SETSIZE; temp++){
if(FD_ISSET(temp, &modfd)){
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
if(temp == socket_d) {
chat_socket = accept(socket_d, NULL, NULL);
FD_SET(chat_socket, &allfd);
// find an empty spot to add the chat room
for(i = 0; i<MAX_CRC; i++) {
if(clients[i] == 0){
clients[i] = chat_socket;
break;
}
}
sprintf(buf, "Number of people in chatroom: %d", num_clients);
write(chat_socket, buf, strlen(buf));
num_clients++;
}
else{
if(read_val = read(temp, buf, MAX_LOAD) > 0){
for(i = 0; i< MAX_CRC; i++){
if((clients[i] != temp) && (clients[i] != 0)){
write(clients[i], buf, read_val);
}
}
}
else if(read_val <= 0) {
FD_CLR(temp, &allfd);
for(i = 0; i<MAX_CRC; i++){
if(clients[i] == temp)
clients[i] = 0;
}
num_clients--;
close(chat_socket);
}
}
}
}
}
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
int server_socket, chat_socket; //file descriptors for server and chat
int temp; //tempfd
int i, j;
char server_ip[SERVER_IP];
char buf[MAX_BUF];
char msg_buf[MSG_SIZE];
fd_set allfd, modfd;
struct sockaddr_in sock;
struct hostent* host_name;
struct chat_room chatrooms[MAX_ROOMS];
memset(chatrooms, '\0', sizeof(struct chat_room)* MAX_ROOMS);
memset(&sock, '\0', sizeof(sock));
server_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if(server_socket == -1){
perror("Error creating socket");
return -1;
}
sock.sin_family = AF_INET;
sock.sin_port = htons(PORT_NUM);
sock.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
if((bind(server_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&sock, sizeof(struct sockaddr_in))) == -1){
perror("Error in bind()");
return -1;
}
listen(server_socket, 1);
FD_ZERO(&allfd);
FD_SET(server_socket, &allfd);
FD_SET(0, &allfd);
printf("\n*******Chatroom Server*******");
while(1){
modfd = allfd;
select(FD_SETSIZE, &modfd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
for(temp = 0; temp < FD_SETSIZE; temp++) {
if(FD_ISSET(temp, &modfd)) {
switch(temp){
case 0:
break;
default:
if(temp == server_socket){
chat_socket = accept(server_socket, NULL, NULL);
}
else{
char msg_buf[MSG_SIZE];
char buf[MAX_LOAD];
char name[MAX_LOAD];
struct msg temp_message;
struct chat_room* local_chat = NULL;
void* (*init_chatroom)() = &chat_room_main;
void* thread_args;
pthread_attr_t attr;
pthread_t tid;
pthread_attr_init(&attr);
pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
memset(msg_buf, 0, sizeof(msg_buf));
msg_buf[19]= 0;
int read_val = read(temp, msg_buf, MSG_SIZE);
if(read_val > 0){
memcpy(&temp_message, msg_buf, sizeof(temp_message));
read(temp, buf, temp_message.length - sizeof(temp_message));
memcpy(name, buf, temp_message.length - sizeof(temp_message));
if(temp_message.type == 0) {//if create
local_chat = addRoom(temp, name, chatrooms);
if(local_chat != NULL){
thread_args = (void*)malloc(sizeof(struct chat_room));
memcpy((struct chat_room*) thread_args, local_chat, sizeof(struct chat_room));
pthread_create(&tid, &attr, init_chatroom, thread_args);
local_chat->id = tid;
createResponse(temp, local_chat->port, 10);
}
}
else if(temp_message.type == 1){ //join
local_chat = joinServer(temp, name, chatrooms);
if(local_chat != NULL){
joinResponse(temp, local_chat->port);
}
}
else if(temp_message.type == 2){ //delete
local_chat = findRoom(name, chatrooms);
printf("Deleting Room\n");
if(local_chat != NULL) {
local_chat->port = 0;
close(local_chat->socket_d);
deleteResponse(temp, local_chat);
for(j = 0; j<MAX_CRC; j++){
if(local_chat->clients[j]!=0) {
FD_CLR(local_chat->clients[j], &modfd);
local_chat->clients[j] = 0;
}
}
pthread_cancel(local_chat->id);
}
}
}
else if(read_val <= 0){
FD_CLR(temp, &allfd);
close(temp);
}
}
}
}
}
}
return 0;
}
Client.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#define PORT_NUM 12333
#define MSG_SIZE 8
#define MAX_LOAD 246
#define MAX_BUF 256
#define SERVER_IP 32
struct msg {
int type;
int length;
};
struct thread_para {
int port;
struct hostent* host_name;
};
int sendCmd(int chat_socket, char* buf, int type){ //function for sending the command
struct msg temp;
char temp_buf[MAX_LOAD];
char name[MAX_LOAD];
int iterator;
if(type == 0){
iterator = 6;
}
else if(type == 1){
iterator = 4;
}
else if(type == 2){
iterator = 6;
}
for(; iterator < strlen(buf); iterator++){
if(buf[iterator] == ' ') {
continue;
}
else{
break;
}
}
strcpy(name, buf+iterator);
memset(temp_buf, 0, MAX_LOAD);
temp.type = type;
temp.length = sizeof(temp)+strlen(name)+1; //for \0
memcpy(temp_buf, &temp, sizeof(temp));
memcpy(temp_buf+sizeof(temp), name, strlen(name)+1);
write(chat_socket, temp_buf, temp.length);
return 0;
}
void* connectChat(int port_num, struct hostent* host_name, int master){
char buf[MAX_BUF];
char temp_buf[MAX_BUF];
int chat_socket;
int i;
int input;
int temp; //temp fd
fd_set allfd, modfd;
struct sockaddr_in sock;
printf("Successfully Joined Room\n");
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
memset(&sock, 0, sizeof(sock));
sock.sin_family = AF_INET;
sock.sin_port = htons(port_num);
memcpy((char*)&sock.sin_addr.s_addr, host_name->h_addr, host_name->h_length);
chat_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if(chat_socket == -1){
perror("Error in creation");
return NULL;
}
if(connect(chat_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&sock, sizeof(struct sockaddr)) < 0 ){
perror("Error in connection");
return NULL;
}
FD_ZERO(&allfd);
FD_SET(chat_socket, &allfd);
FD_SET(0, &allfd);
FD_SET(master, &allfd);
while(1) {
modfd = allfd;
select(FD_SETSIZE, &modfd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
for(temp = 0; temp< FD_SETSIZE; temp++){
memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
memset(temp, 0, sizeof(buf));
if(temp == 0) { //reading from standard in
input = read(0, buf, MAX_BUF);
buf[input-1] = '\0'; //add termination to end
write(chat_socket, buf, strlen(buf));
}
else if(temp == chat_socket){
input = read(0, buf, MAX_BUF);
buf[input] = '\0';
memcpy(temp, buf, input);
//display message
printf("%s \n", temp_buf);
}
else if(temp == master){
struct msg temp_message;
input = read(temp, buf, MSG_SIZE);
memcpy(&temp_message, buf, MSG_SIZE);
if(temp_message.type == 12){
printf("Chatroom has been deleted, Shutting down chatroom\n");
return NULL;
}
}
}
}
return 0;
}
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
char buf[MAX_BUF];
int chat_socket;
int i;
int input;
int temp; //temp fd
int accept_input = 1; // take input for stdin to create a chat thread
fd_set allfd, modfd;
char server_ip[SERVER_IP];
struct hostent* host_name;
struct sockaddr_in sock;
struct msg temp_message;
pthread_attr_t tattr;
pthread_t tid;
if(argc < 2) {
printf("Please try ./crc <server IP> \n");
return -1;
}
pthread_attr_init(&tattr);
pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&tattr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
memset(&sock, '\0', sizeof(sock));
sock.sin_family = AF_INET;
sock.sin_port = htons(PORT_NUM);
strcpy(server_ip ,argv[1]);
if((host_name = (struct hostent*)gethostbyname(server_ip)) == NULL){
perror("failed to get host name");
return -1;
}
memcpy((char*)&sock.sin_addr.s_addr, host_name->h_addr, host_name->h_length);
chat_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if(chat_socket == -1){
perror("Error creating socket");
return -1;
}
if((connect(chat_socket, (struct sockaddr*)&sock, sizeof(sock))) < 0) {
perror("Error connecting");
return -1;
}
FD_ZERO(&allfd); /* first, clear the allfd set */
FD_SET(chat_socket, &allfd); /* adding client to the set */
FD_SET(0, &allfd);
printf("*****Welcome to the Chatroom*****\n");
while(1){
modfd = allfd;
select(FD_SETSIZE, &modfd, NULL, NULL, NULL);
for(temp = 0; temp < FD_SETSIZE; temp++){
if(FD_ISSET(temp, &modfd)){
if(temp == 0){
input = read(0, buf, MAX_BUF);
buf[input-1] = '\0'; //remove \n inserts termination
if((strncasecmp(buf, "create ", 7) == 0)) {
sendCmd(chat_socket, buf, 0);
}
else if((strncasecmp(buf, "join ", 5) == 0)) {
sendCmd(chat_socket, buf, 1);
}
else if((strncasecmp(buf, "delete ", 7)==0)){
sendCmd(chat_socket, buf, 2);
}
else
{
printf("Enter a valid command: create <Room_name>, join <Room_name>, delete <Room_name>\n");
}
}
else if(temp == chat_socket){
input = read(temp, buf, MSG_SIZE);
memcpy(&temp_message, buf, sizeof(temp_message));
if(temp_message.type == 10) {
printf("Created Chatroom\n");
}
else if(temp_message.type == 11){
connectChat(temp_message.length, host_name, chat_socket);
fflush(stdin);
}
else if(temp_message.type == 15) {
printf("Chatroom exits. Type join <Room_name> to join\n");
}
}
}
}
}
close(chat_socket);
return 0;
}
I gave both sets of code just in case it was need. The program is designed to create multiple chat rooms.

Answer 1

invalid argument is the EINVAL error code, which in the context of connect() means:
An invalid argument was detected (e.g., address_len is not valid for the address family, the specified address family is invalid).
You have multiple calls to connect() in your client code (why?), but you did not indicate which call is the one that is failing. In connectChat() at least, sizeof(struct sockaddr) should be sizeof(struct sockaddr_in) instead, or better sizeof(sock), like you do in main().
Also, if either connect() fails, you are leaking the socket returned by socket(). You need to close() it.
Also, gethostbyname() is deprecated, you should be using getaddrinfo() instead. You are creating IPv4 sockets, which only work with IPv4 addresses. You are not checking if gethostbyname() actually returns an IPv4 address (host_name->h_addr_type == AF_INET) before copying the address bytes into your sock variable. At least with getaddrinfo(), you can restrict the output to IPv4 addresses only. You don't have that option with gethostbyname().

Answer 2

Since you're looking for a way to figure out your error, I'll suggest you to use the following Makefile:
CFLAGS=-Wall -g -O2
CC=gcc
LDFLAGS=-lpthread
all: Server Client
Server: Server.c
Client: Client.c
After running make command you'll see a lot of warnings. Some of them:
Server.c: In function ‘createResponse’:
Server.c:81:5: warning: ignoring return value of ‘write’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result [-Wunused-result]
write(chat_socket, temp_buff, MSG_SIZE);
^
Server.c: In function ‘chat_room_main’:
Server.c:237:25: warning: ‘chat_socket’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
close(chat_socket);
^
Server.c: In function ‘main’:
Server.c:319:36: warning: array subscript is above array bounds [-Warray-bounds]
msg_buf[19]= 0;
Client.c: In function ‘connectChat’:
Client.c:113:20: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘memset’ makes pointer from integer without a cast
memset(temp, 0, sizeof(buf));
^
So just try to fix these warnings. I mean all of them.