[asterisk-bugs] [Zaptel 0010806]: Channel opening and unregistering race

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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=10806 
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Reported By:                Matti
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    Zaptel
Issue ID:                   10806
Category:                   zaptel (the module)
Reproducibility:            sometimes
Severity:                   crash
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
Zaptel Version:              SVN 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases):  1.4  
SVN Revision (number only!): 3052 
Disclaimer on File?:        N/A 
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             09-23-2007 03:45 CDT
Last Modified:              10-22-2007 13:40 CDT
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Summary:                    Channel opening and unregistering race
Description: 
Function zt_specchan_open can have a race condition with zt_chan_unreg
resulting in crashing of the program (Asterisk) or the whole computer
during the opening of a Zap device file.
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 Matti - 10-22-07 13:40  
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Channel access in interrupt context does not need a lock if the access is
done by the driver owning the channel.

Zaptel does not need a separate span lock and I don't see an advantage in
adding it, so I don't recommend it.

The crash possibility can be either
- a deadlock (e.g. spinlock held while sleeping) or
- an unprotected access that would lead to segfault/exit/fatal exception
in 
  interrupt (e.g. inconsistent value) 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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10-22-07 13:40  Matti          Note Added: 0072380                          
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