new problem with simple C++ static variables

[landonmkelsey]

I moved some stuff around in my TCP/IP program and now I get a duplicate defined
message for static variables.

The strange thing is that the compiler is calling the use of a static variable a definition. :confused:

#ifndef TCPIP_SERVER_H_
#define TCPIP_SERVER_H_
#include "ui_tcpip.h"
#include   "inet.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <exception>
using namespace std;
#include "thread.cpp"
#include "sock_io.cpp"
#include "tstash.h"
#include <QtDebug>
 
typedef void* (*p_VOID_FUNCT)(void*);
class tcpip_server {
 
        socklen_t clilen;
        struct sockaddr_in cli_addr, serv_addr;
        ushort port;
//      struct  sock_addr_in    accept_ip_struct;
        int     accept_ip_address;
        int     client_ip_address;
        Ui::tcpipClass ui;
public:
    tcpip_server(int  accept_ip_addr, 
    		ushort port_port,
            p_VOID_FUNCT p_void_funct, Ui::tcpipClass uip);
    //:
      //      accept_ip_address(accept_ip_addr),
        //    port(port_port),
          //  ui(uip);
    // destructor
    ~tcpip_server()
    {
    	close(socketfd);                /* close original socket */
    }
	static int socketfd, newsocketfd;
	static QList<QString> qlist;
    static bool running;
    static QStringList qstrList;
    static void   localClose()
    {
        	qDebug()<<"close detected";
        	running = false;
        	close(socketfd);                                 // obviously this is NOT a definition
        	close(newsocketfd);
        	exit(0);
    }
    static void* str_echo(void* p_void);
//      struct  sock_addr_in    client_ip_struct;
 
 
};
bool tcpip_server::running = true;
int tcpip_server::socketfd = 0;
int tcpip_server::newsocketfd = 0;
QStringList tcpip_server::qstrList = QStringList();
QList<QString> tcpip_server::qlist = QList<QString>();
#endif /*TCPIP_SERVER_H_*/

#ifndef TCPIP_SERVER_H_
#define TCPIP_SERVER_H_
#include "ui_tcpip.h"
#include   "inet.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <exception>
using namespace std;
#include "thread.cpp"
#include "sock_io.cpp"
#include "tstash.h"
#include <QtDebug>

typedef void* (*p_VOID_FUNCT)(void*);
class tcpip_server {

        socklen_t clilen;
        struct sockaddr_in cli_addr, serv_addr;
        ushort port;
//      struct  sock_addr_in    accept_ip_struct;
        int     accept_ip_address;
        int     client_ip_address;
        Ui::tcpipClass ui;
public:
    tcpip_server(int  accept_ip_addr, 
    		ushort port_port,
            p_VOID_FUNCT p_void_funct, Ui::tcpipClass uip);
    //:
      //      accept_ip_address(accept_ip_addr),
        //    port(port_port),
          //  ui(uip);
    // destructor
    ~tcpip_server()
    {
    	close(socketfd);                /* close original socket */
    }
	static int socketfd, newsocketfd;
	static QList<QString> qlist;
    static bool running;
    static QStringList qstrList;
    static void   localClose()
    {
        	qDebug()<<"close detected";
        	running = false;
        	close(socketfd);                                 // obviously this is NOT a definition
        	close(newsocketfd);
        	exit(0);
    }
    static void* str_echo(void* p_void);
//      struct  sock_addr_in    client_ip_struct;


};
bool tcpip_server::running = true;
int tcpip_server::socketfd = 0;
int tcpip_server::newsocketfd = 0;
QStringList tcpip_server::qstrList = QStringList();
QList<QString> tcpip_server::qlist = QList<QString>();
#endif /*TCPIP_SERVER_H_*/

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

link errors for each static variable!

make release
make -f Makefile.Release
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip'
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Irelease -I. -o release/tcpip_client.o tcpip_client.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Irelease -I. -o release/tcpip_server.o tcpip_server.cpp
tcpip_client.h: In constructor ‘tcpip_client::tcpip_client(int, ushort, bool, Ui::tcpipClass)’:
tcpip_client.h:14: warning: ‘tcpip_client::accept_ip_address’ will be initialized after
tcpip_client.h:12: warning: ‘ushort tcpip_client::port’
tcpip_client.cpp:17: warning: when initialized here
tcpip_client.cpp: At global scope:
tcpip_client.cpp:17: warning: unused parameter ‘ui’
tcpip_client.cpp: In member function ‘int tcpip_client::tcp_write(char*, int)’:
tcpip_client.cpp:64: warning: ignoring return value of ‘ssize_t write(int, const void*, size_t)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Irelease -I. -o release/main.o main.cpp
In file included from tcpip_server.h:11,
from tcpip_server.cpp:2:
sock_io.cpp: In member function ‘int sock_io::tcp_write(char*, int)’:
sock_io.cpp:18: warning: ignoring return value of ‘ssize_t write(int, const void*, size_t)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
tcpip_server.h: In constructor ‘tcpip_server::tcpip_server(int, ushort, void* (*)(void*), Ui::tcpipClass)’:
tcpip_server.h:21: warning: ‘tcpip_server::accept_ip_address’ will be initialized after
tcpip_server.h:19: warning: ‘ushort tcpip_server::port’
tcpip_server.cpp:4: warning: when initialized here
tcpip_server.cpp:43: warning: suggest parentheses around assignment used as truth value
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Irelease -I. -o release/tcpip.o tcpip.cpp
/usr/lib/qt4/bin/moc -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Irelease -I. tcpip.h -o release/moc_tcpip.cpp
In file included from tcpip_server.h:11,
from tcpip.cpp:8:
sock_io.cpp: In member function ‘int sock_io::tcp_write(char*, int)’:
sock_io.cpp:18: warning: ignoring return value of ‘ssize_t write(int, const void*, size_t)’, declared with attribute warn_unused_result
g++ -c -pipe -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Irelease -I. -o release/moc_tcpip.o release/moc_tcpip.cpp
g++ -o tcpip release/tcpip_client.o release/tcpip_server.o release/main.o release/tcpip.o release/moc_tcpip.o -lQtGui -lQtCore -lpthread
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip'
release/tcpip.o:/usr/include/QtCore/qlist.h:527: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::qstrList'
release/tcpip_server.o:/usr/include/QtCore/qatomic_i386.h:90: first defined here
release/tcpip.o:/usr/include/QtCore/qlist.h:559: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::qlist'
release/tcpip_server.o:/usr/lib/gcc/i386-redhat-linux/4.3.0/../../../../include/c++/4.3.0/iostream:77: first defined here
release/tcpip.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip.cpp:175: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::socketfd'
release/tcpip_server.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip_server.cpp:90: first defined here
release/tcpip.o:(.data+0x0): multiple definition of `tcpip_server::running'
release/tcpip_server.o:(.data+0x0): first defined here
release/tcpip.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip.cpp:175: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::newsocketfd'
release/tcpip_server.o:/usr/include/QtCore/qatomic_i386.h:90: first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [tcpip] Error 1
make: *** [release] Error 2

[jacek]

bool tcpip_server::running = true;
int tcpip_server::socketfd = 0;
int tcpip_server::newsocketfd = 0;
QStringList tcpip_server::qstrList = QStringList();
QList<QString> tcpip_server::qlist = QList<QString>();

This should be in a .cpp file, not a header.

Why are they static anyway?

[landonmkelsey]

Made some changes and am now getting fewer but equally mystifying compile errors! The call to close(int) didn't cause a problem in

tcpip_server::str_echo(void* p_void)

tcpip_server::str_echo(void* p_void)

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

but causes a problem in

void tcpip::localClose()!

void tcpip::localClose()!

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

The difference is that class tcpip has the Q_OBJECT but class tcpip_server does not have the Q_OBJECT!

The remaining question is simple: why?
The compiler seems to regard close as a tcpip function!

#include "tcpip.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <exception>
 
#include "tcpip_server.h"
#include "tcpip_client.h"
#include "tstash.h"
#include <QStringListModel>
using namespace std;
#include "thread.cpp"
#include "sock_io.cpp"
#include <QtDebug>
 
tcpip::tcpip(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
	ui.setupUi(this);
	connect( ui.pushButtonStartTCPServer, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(StartTCPServer()) );
	connect( ui.pushButtonStartTCPClient, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(StartTCPClient()) );
	connect( ui.pushButtonClose, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(localClose()) );
 
    ui.listWidgetServer->addItem(QString("server constructor"));
 
}
tcpip::~tcpip()
{
	delete ptcpipThreadStart;
}
void tcpip::StartTCPServer()
{
	ui.listWidgetServer->addItem(QString("server1 StartTCPServer"));
	QStringList qsl;
	qsl.append(QString("abcd1234"));
	QStringListModel *qStringListModel;
	qStringListModel = new QStringListModel;
	qStringListModel->setStringList(tcpip_server::qstrList);
 
	ui.listViewServer->setModel(qStringListModel);
 
	QApplication::processEvents();
	bool ok = true;
	QString qstr = ui.lineEditTCPIPServerPortServer->text();
	port = qstr.toInt(&ok);
	//qDebug()<<" server port "<<port;
	ui.lineEditServerStatus->setText("server started");
	QApplication::processEvents();
	tcpipThread* ptcpipThreadStart = new tcpipThread(ui, port);
	ptcpipThreadStart->start();
}
 
void tcpip::StartTCPClient()
{
	ui.listWidgetClient->addItem(QString("client StartTCPClient"));
	bool ok = true;
	QString qstr = ui.lineEditTCPIPServerPortClient->text();
 
	ushort port = qstr.toInt(&ok);
	tcpip_client* p_client = new tcpip_client((int)19999,port,FALSE, ui);
 
	str_client(p_client, ui); /* process the request */
	close();
}
#define MAXLINE 512
 
void* tcpip_server::str_echo(void* p_void)
{
	sock_io* p_sio = (sock_io*)p_void;
	int     n;
	char    line[MAXLINE];
	const char* pline = line;
	bool exitNow = false;
 
	do
	{
		n = p_sio->tcp_read(line);
		if(!n)
		{
			running = false;
			close(socketfd);
			close(newsocketfd);
			qDebug()<<"str_echo tried to close";
			exit(0);
		}
		line[n] = '\n';
		line[n+1] = 0;
		n++;
		QString qstr(pline);
		qstr = qstr.trimmed();
		qstrList.append(QString(pline));
		qDebug()<<"_____"<<qstr.size()<<"_________";
		qDebug()<<"_____"<<QString("close").size()<<"_________";
		if (qstr == QString("close"))
		{
			qDebug()<<"close detected";
			running = false;
			close(socketfd);
			close(newsocketfd);
			exitNow = true;
			break;
		}
		p_sio->tcp_write(line, n);
	} while(!exitNow);
	void* p_void_exit=0;
	delete p_sio;
	if (exitNow) exit(0);
	pthread_exit(p_void_exit);
	return p_void_exit;
}
 
#define MAXLINE 512
 
void tcpip::str_client(tcpip_client* tcpip_x,  Ui::tcpipClass ui)
{
	int n;
	char sendline[MAXLINE], recvline[MAXLINE + 1];
	bool done=FALSE;
	while (!done)
	{
		cout<<"enter keyboard string"<<endl;
		cin.getline(sendline,256);
		n = strlen(sendline);
		if(n==0) break;
		sendline[n] = '\n'; /* newline terminate */
		sendline[n+1] = 0;/* newline terminate */
		n++;
		ui.listWidgetClient->addItem(QString("client constructorstr_client"));
		tcpip_x->tcp_write(sendline,n);
		cout<<"sendline:"<<sendline<<endl;
		n = tcpip_x->tcp_read(recvline);
		recvline[n] = '\n';     /* null terminate */
		recvline[n+1] = 0;      /* null terminate */
		n++;
		cout<<"bytes received "<<n;
		cout<<"client received:echo = "<<recvline<<endl;
	}
}
void tcpip::currChanged(QWidget*){};
 
void tcpipThread::run()
{
	tcpip_server* p_serv = new tcpip_server((int)19999,port,tcpip_server::str_echo, ui);
	qDebug()<<"should not happen before client calls in...back from CTOR";
	delete p_serv;
}
 
void tcpip::localClose()
{
	qDebug()<<"close detected";
	tcpip_server::running = false;
	close(tcpip_server::socketfd);
	close(tcpip_server::newsocketfd);
	exit(0);
}

#include "tcpip.h"
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <exception>

#include "tcpip_server.h"
#include "tcpip_client.h"
#include "tstash.h"
#include <QStringListModel>
using namespace std;
#include "thread.cpp"
#include "sock_io.cpp"
#include <QtDebug>

tcpip::tcpip(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
	ui.setupUi(this);
	connect( ui.pushButtonStartTCPServer, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(StartTCPServer()) );
	connect( ui.pushButtonStartTCPClient, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(StartTCPClient()) );
	connect( ui.pushButtonClose, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(localClose()) );

    ui.listWidgetServer->addItem(QString("server constructor"));

}
tcpip::~tcpip()
{
	delete ptcpipThreadStart;
}
void tcpip::StartTCPServer()
{
	ui.listWidgetServer->addItem(QString("server1 StartTCPServer"));
	QStringList qsl;
	qsl.append(QString("abcd1234"));
	QStringListModel *qStringListModel;
	qStringListModel = new QStringListModel;
	qStringListModel->setStringList(tcpip_server::qstrList);

	ui.listViewServer->setModel(qStringListModel);

	QApplication::processEvents();
	bool ok = true;
	QString qstr = ui.lineEditTCPIPServerPortServer->text();
	port = qstr.toInt(&ok);
	//qDebug()<<" server port "<<port;
	ui.lineEditServerStatus->setText("server started");
	QApplication::processEvents();
	tcpipThread* ptcpipThreadStart = new tcpipThread(ui, port);
	ptcpipThreadStart->start();
}

void tcpip::StartTCPClient()
{
	ui.listWidgetClient->addItem(QString("client StartTCPClient"));
	bool ok = true;
	QString qstr = ui.lineEditTCPIPServerPortClient->text();

	ushort port = qstr.toInt(&ok);
	tcpip_client* p_client = new tcpip_client((int)19999,port,FALSE, ui);

	str_client(p_client, ui); /* process the request */
	close();
}
#define MAXLINE 512

void* tcpip_server::str_echo(void* p_void)
{
	sock_io* p_sio = (sock_io*)p_void;
	int     n;
	char    line[MAXLINE];
	const char* pline = line;
	bool exitNow = false;

	do
	{
		n = p_sio->tcp_read(line);
		if(!n)
		{
			running = false;
			close(socketfd);
			close(newsocketfd);
			qDebug()<<"str_echo tried to close";
			exit(0);
		}
		line[n] = '\n';
		line[n+1] = 0;
		n++;
		QString qstr(pline);
		qstr = qstr.trimmed();
		qstrList.append(QString(pline));
		qDebug()<<"_____"<<qstr.size()<<"_________";
		qDebug()<<"_____"<<QString("close").size()<<"_________";
		if (qstr == QString("close"))
		{
			qDebug()<<"close detected";
			running = false;
			close(socketfd);
			close(newsocketfd);
			exitNow = true;
			break;
		}
		p_sio->tcp_write(line, n);
	} while(!exitNow);
	void* p_void_exit=0;
	delete p_sio;
	if (exitNow) exit(0);
	pthread_exit(p_void_exit);
	return p_void_exit;
}

#define MAXLINE 512

void tcpip::str_client(tcpip_client* tcpip_x,  Ui::tcpipClass ui)
{
	int n;
	char sendline[MAXLINE], recvline[MAXLINE + 1];
	bool done=FALSE;
	while (!done)
	{
		cout<<"enter keyboard string"<<endl;
		cin.getline(sendline,256);
		n = strlen(sendline);
		if(n==0) break;
		sendline[n] = '\n'; /* newline terminate */
		sendline[n+1] = 0;/* newline terminate */
		n++;
		ui.listWidgetClient->addItem(QString("client constructorstr_client"));
		tcpip_x->tcp_write(sendline,n);
		cout<<"sendline:"<<sendline<<endl;
		n = tcpip_x->tcp_read(recvline);
		recvline[n] = '\n';     /* null terminate */
		recvline[n+1] = 0;      /* null terminate */
		n++;
		cout<<"bytes received "<<n;
		cout<<"client received:echo = "<<recvline<<endl;
	}
}
void tcpip::currChanged(QWidget*){};

void tcpipThread::run()
{
	tcpip_server* p_serv = new tcpip_server((int)19999,port,tcpip_server::str_echo, ui);
	qDebug()<<"should not happen before client calls in...back from CTOR";
	delete p_serv;
}

void tcpip::localClose()
{
	qDebug()<<"close detected";
	tcpip_server::running = false;
	close(tcpip_server::socketfd);
	close(tcpip_server::newsocketfd);
	exit(0);
}

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

compile errors:
make debug
make -f Makefile.Debug
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip'
g++ -c -pipe -g -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Idebug -I. -o debug/tcpip.o tcpip.cpp
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip'
tcpip.cpp: In member function ‘void tcpip::localClose()’:
tcpip.cpp:187: error: no matching function for call to ‘tcpip::close(int&)’
/usr/include/QtGui/qwidget.h:477: note: candidates are: bool QWidget::close()
tcpip.cpp:188: error: no matching function for call to ‘tcpip::close(int&)’
/usr/include/QtGui/qwidget.h:477: note: candidates are: bool QWidget::close()
make[1]: *** [debug/tcpip.o] Error 1
make: *** [debug] Error 2

#include "tcpip_server.h"
tcpip_server::tcpip_server(int  accept_ip_addr, ushort port_port,
p_VOID_FUNCT p_void_funct, Ui::tcpipClass uip):
accept_ip_address(accept_ip_addr),
port(port_port),
ui(uip)
{
	int setreuse=1;
	int istatus;
 
	if ( (socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
	{
qDebug()<<"socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0";
		return;
	}
	qDebug()<<"socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))"<<socketfd;
	int errorDup = dup2(socketfd,20);
	qDebug()<<"errorDup"<<errorDup;
	qDebug()<<"socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))"<<socketfd;
 
	memset((char *) &serv_addr,0, sizeof(serv_addr));
	serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
	serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
	serv_addr.sin_port = htons(SERV_TCP_PORT);
 
        if(istatus = setsockopt(socketfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *) &setreuse, sizeof(setreuse)))
	{
		qDebug()<<"setsockopt";
		return;
	}
 
	if (bind(socketfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
	{
		qDebug()<<"bind";
		return;
	}
 
	listen(socketfd, 5);
	tstash<sock_io> vector_psio;
	void* p_void = NULL;
	running = true;
	while(1)
	{
		QApplication::processEvents();
		clilen = sizeof(cli_addr);
qDebug()<<"enter accept()";
		newsocketfd = accept(socketfd, (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, &clilen);
		qDebug()<<"newsocketfd"<<newsocketfd;
		qDebug()<<"exit accept()";
		if (newsocketfd < 0)
		{
			return;
		}
		sock_io* p_sio = new sock_io( newsocketfd);
		p_void = (void*)p_sio;
		tthread* p_thread = new tthread( p_void_funct, p_void);
		p_thread->run();
	}
}

#include "tcpip_server.h"
tcpip_server::tcpip_server(int  accept_ip_addr, ushort port_port,
p_VOID_FUNCT p_void_funct, Ui::tcpipClass uip):
accept_ip_address(accept_ip_addr),
port(port_port),
ui(uip)
{
	int setreuse=1;
	int istatus;
   
	if ( (socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
	{
qDebug()<<"socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0";
		return;
	}
	qDebug()<<"socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))"<<socketfd;
	int errorDup = dup2(socketfd,20);
	qDebug()<<"errorDup"<<errorDup;
	qDebug()<<"socketfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0))"<<socketfd;

	memset((char *) &serv_addr,0, sizeof(serv_addr));
	serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
	serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
	serv_addr.sin_port = htons(SERV_TCP_PORT);

        if(istatus = setsockopt(socketfd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *) &setreuse, sizeof(setreuse)))
	{
		qDebug()<<"setsockopt";
		return;
	}

	if (bind(socketfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
	{
		qDebug()<<"bind";
		return;
	}

	listen(socketfd, 5);
	tstash<sock_io> vector_psio;
	void* p_void = NULL;
	running = true;
	while(1)
	{
		QApplication::processEvents();
		clilen = sizeof(cli_addr);
qDebug()<<"enter accept()";
		newsocketfd = accept(socketfd, (struct sockaddr *) &cli_addr, &clilen);
		qDebug()<<"newsocketfd"<<newsocketfd;
		qDebug()<<"exit accept()";
		if (newsocketfd < 0)
		{
			return;
		}
		sock_io* p_sio = new sock_io( newsocketfd);
		p_void = (void*)p_sio;
		tthread* p_thread = new tthread( p_void_funct, p_void);
		p_thread->run();
	}
}

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

Just to break things loose, I made the following change:

void tcpip::localClose()
{
	qDebug()<<"close detected";
	tcpip_server::running = false;
	::close(tcpip_server::socketfd);		// changed
	::close(tcpip_server::newsocketfd);	// changed
	exit(0);
}

void tcpip::localClose()
{
	qDebug()<<"close detected";
	tcpip_server::running = false;
	::close(tcpip_server::socketfd);		// changed
	::close(tcpip_server::newsocketfd);	// changed
	exit(0);
}

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

Now I get new link errors from that "qatomic thing"

make debug
make -f Makefile.Debug
make[1]: Entering directory `/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip'
g++ -c -pipe -g -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Idebug -I. -o debug/tcpip.o tcpip.cpp
/usr/lib/qt4/bin/moc -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Idebug -I. tcpip.h -o debug/moc_tcpip.cpp
g++ -c -pipe -g -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -I/usr/lib/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtCore -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include/QtGui -I/usr/include -Idebug -I. -o debug/moc_tcpip.o debug/moc_tcpip.cpp
g++ -o tcpip debug/tcpip_client.o debug/tcpip_server.o debug/main.o debug/tcpip.o debug/moc_tcpip.o -lQtGui -lQtCore -lpthread
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip'
debug/tcpip.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0':
/usr/include/QtCore/qlist.h:364: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::qstrList'
debug/tcpip_server.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip_server.cpp:90: first defined here
debug/tcpip.o: In function `__static_initialization_and_destruction_0':
/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip.cpp:190: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::qlist'
debug/tcpip_server.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip_server.cpp:90: first defined here
debug/tcpip.o:/usr/include/QtCore/qatomic_i386.h:82: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::socketfd'
debug/tcpip_server.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip_server.cpp:90: first defined here
debug/tcpip.o.data+0x0): multiple definition of `tcpip_server::running'
debug/tcpip_server.o.data+0x0): first defined here
debug/tcpip.o:/usr/include/QtCore/qatomic_i386.h:120: multiple definition of `tcpip_server::newsocketfd'
debug/tcpip_server.o:/home/landon4/workspace/tcpip/tcpip_server.cpp:90: first defined here
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [tcpip] Error 1
make: *** [debug] Error 2

BINGO! I moved the static definitions as you suggested and got rid of the qatomic errors!

No errors! Thanks! In many years of C++ programming I never noticed a need for defining static variables just ahead of the implementation code!

Maybe it is the Q_OBJECT thing!

Unfortunately, the following changes are necessary!

void tcpip::localClose()
{
	qDebug()<<"close detected";
	tcpip_server::running = false;
	::close(tcpip_server::socketfd);
	::close(tcpip_server::newsocketfd);
	exit(0);
}

void tcpip::localClose()
{
	qDebug()<<"close detected";
	tcpip_server::running = false;
	::close(tcpip_server::socketfd);
	::close(tcpip_server::newsocketfd);
	exit(0);
}

To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

program is now working perfectly (for the desired current state)

thanks!