[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0014625]: Random deadlocks leading to lockup on 1.4.23.1

Wed Apr 8 23:59:06 CDT 2009

A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=14625 
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Reported By:                acunningham
Assigned To:                tilghman
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   14625
Category:                   General
Reproducibility:            random
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
Asterisk Version:           1.4.23 
Regression:                 No 
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
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Date Submitted:             2009-03-08 19:36 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-04-08 23:59 CDT
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Summary:                    Random deadlocks leading to lockup on 1.4.23.1
Description: 
Random channels seem to be giving deadlocks on a 1.4.23.1 system:

# tail -f /var/log/asterisk/full | grep -i deadlock
[Mar  8 20:35:37] DEBUG[4249] channel.c: Avoiding initial deadlock for
channel '0x8779688'
[Mar  8 20:35:37] DEBUG[4249] channel.c: Avoiding initial deadlock for
channel '0x87ff698'
[Mar  8 20:35:42] DEBUG[4249] channel.c: Avoiding initial deadlock for
channel '0x8314468'
[Mar  8 20:35:46] DEBUG[4249] channel.c: Avoiding initial deadlock for
channel '0x861ddd0'

I've also seen "Avoiding deadlock" as well as "Avoiding initial deadlock",
though these are less common. The system is continually busy at medium load
(tens of calls). Over a period of days, the problem gets worse and worse
until Asterisk stops handling calls and needs to be killed with "kill -9".
Compiling with DEBUG_THREADS and running "core show locks" always shows:

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=== Currently Held Locks ==============================================
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=== <file> <line num> <function> <lock name> <lock addr> (times locked)
===
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with no further output. I've tried the patch in ticket
http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=13116 but this
doesn't help.

I'm not sure what debugs would be useful, but if someone can advise what
would be useful I'm happy to take them.
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 (0102971) svnbot (reporter) - 2009-04-08 23:59
 http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=14625#c102971 
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Repository: asterisk
Revision: 187302

_U  trunk/
U   trunk/agi/Makefile
U   trunk/build_tools/cflags.xml
U   trunk/include/asterisk.h
U   trunk/main/Makefile
U   trunk/main/asterisk.c
A   trunk/main/astfd.c
U   trunk/main/file.c
U   trunk/utils/Makefile

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r187302 | tilghman | 2009-04-08 23:59:05 -0500 (Wed, 08 Apr 2009) | 14
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Merged revisions 187300-187301 via svnmerge from 
https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4

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  r187300 | tilghman | 2009-04-08 23:31:38 -0500 (Wed, 08 Apr 2009) | 3
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  Add debugging mode for diagnosing file descriptor leaks.
  (Related to issue http://bugs.digium.com/view.php?id=14625)
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  r187301 | tilghman | 2009-04-08 23:32:40 -0500 (Wed, 08 Apr 2009) | 2
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  Oops, missed this file in the last commit.
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http://svn.digium.com/view/asterisk?view=rev&revision=187302 

Issue History 
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2009-04-08 23:59 svnbot         Checkin                                      
2009-04-08 23:59 svnbot         Note Added: 0102971                          
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