[asterisk-bugs] [Asterisk 0015987]: ao2_iterator_init() does not hold a reference to the container it is iterating

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https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15987 
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Reported By:                kpfleming
Assigned To:                kpfleming
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Project:                    Asterisk
Issue ID:                   15987
Category:                   Core/General
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Asterisk Version:           Older 1.4 
JIRA:                        
Regression:                 No 
Reviewboard Link:            
SVN Branch (only for SVN checkouts, not tarball releases): N/A 
SVN Revision (number only!):  
Request Review:              
Resolution:                 fixed
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             2009-09-29 11:03 CDT
Last Modified:              2009-10-05 20:42 CDT
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Summary:                    ao2_iterator_init() does not hold a reference to the
container it is iterating
Description: 
While researching the astobj2 code to add some new functionality, I
discovered that the ao2_iterator_init() function makes a copy of the
container pointer it is passed, but does not increase the reference count
on the container. In situations where dynamically allocated containers are
being used and pointers to them are passed to (and iterators create on them
by) other functions, this could lead to the container being destroyed while
there are still iterators open using it.

There are no current usages of astobj2 in the tree that could experience
this problem, as they do not use dynamically allocated containers with
short lifetimes (all existing container usage would outlive any iterators
that might be used on those containers), but the API is clearly not living
up to the 'automatic reference count management' that developers would
expect it to have.
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 (0111894) svnbot (reporter) - 2009-10-05 20:42
 https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15987#c111894 
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Repository: asterisk
Revision: 222187

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U   branches/1.6.2/funcs/func_dialgroup.c
U   branches/1.6.2/include/asterisk/astobj2.h
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r222187 | kpfleming | 2009-10-05 20:42:18 -0500 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) | 34
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Merged revisions 222176 via svnmerge from 
https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/trunk

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  r222176 | kpfleming | 2009-10-05 20:24:24 -0500 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) | 27
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  Recorded merge of revisions 222152 via svnmerge from 
  https://origsvn.digium.com/svn/asterisk/branches/1.4
  
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    r222152 | kpfleming | 2009-10-05 20:16:36 -0500 (Mon, 05 Oct 2009) |
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    Fix ao2_iterator API to hold references to containers being iterated.
    
    See Mantis issue for details of what prompted this change.
    
    Additional notes:
    
    This patch changes the ao2_iterator API in two ways: F_AO2I_DONTLOCK
    has become an enum instead of a macro, with a name that fits our
    naming policy; also, it is now necessary to call
    ao2_iterator_destroy() on any iterator that has been
    created. Currently this only releases the reference to the container
    being iterated, but in the future this could also release other
    resources used by the iterator, if the iterator implementation changes
    to use additional resources.
    
    (closes issue https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15987)
    Reported by: kpfleming
    
    Review: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/383/
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Issue History 
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2009-10-05 20:42 svnbot         Checkin                                      
2009-10-05 20:42 svnbot         Note Added: 0111894                          
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