[asterisk-bugs] [JIRA] (ASTERISK-22982) CEL/cel_custom: Using non-standard func_channel CHANNEL(..) variables causes segfaults

Fri Dec 13 06:23:03 CST 2013

     [ https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-22982?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]

Walter Doekes updated ASTERISK-22982:
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    Description: 
I'm confused here.

In {{cel_odbc}} (and {{cel_pgsql}}) I simply get a certain set of columns, like {{cid_name}}, {{accountcode}}, and so on.

In {{cel_custom}} (and {{cel_sqlite}}) I have to specify channel functions, like {{$\{CALLERID(name)}}} and {{$\{CHANNEL(accountcode)}}}.

Those will get run through ast_str_substitute_variables_full.

But, then the channel isn't completely initialized -- which it apparently isn't -- we can't get all possible values out of that:

For instance, using {{$\{CHANNEL(channeltype)}}} yields this:

{noformat}
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
445			locked_copy_string(chan, buf, ast_channel_tech(chan)->type, len);

(gdb) print ast_channel_tech(chan)
$1 = (const struct ast_channel_tech *) 0x0

(gdb) back
#0  0x00007fffc73dc270 in func_channel_read (chan=0x7ffff0000b28, function=0x7ffff7fc7a00 "CHANNEL", data=0x7ffff7fc7a08 "channeltype", buf=0x7ffff00034b8 "", len=4096) at func_channel.c:445
#1  0x0000000000532c0d in ast_func_read2 (chan=0x7ffff0000b28, function=0x7ffff0003478 "CHANNEL(channeltype)", str=0x7ffff7fc7b38, maxlen=0) at pbx.c:4127
#2  0x00000000005331f1 in ast_str_substitute_variables_full (buf=0x7ffff7fc7c20, maxlen=0, c=0x7ffff0000b28, headp=0x0, templ=0x7ffff00021e3 "{UNIQUETREE}/${CHANNEL(channeltype)})", used=0x7ffff7fc7c30)
    at pbx.c:4256
#3  0x0000000000533170 in ast_str_substitute_variables_full (buf=0x7ffff7fc7d00, maxlen=0, c=0x7ffff0000b28, headp=0x0, 
    templ=0xe9c85e "ype})},${CSV_QUOTE(${eventtime})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(name)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(num)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(ANI)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(RDNIS)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(DNID)})},${CSV_Q"..., used=0x7ffff7fc7cc8) at pbx.c:4246
#4  0x000000000053373a in ast_str_substitute_variables (buf=0x7ffff7fc7d00, maxlen=0, chan=0x7ffff0000b28, 
    templ=0xe9c84a "${CSV_QUOTE(${eventtype})},${CSV_QUOTE(${eventtime})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(name)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(num)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(ANI)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLERID(RDNIS)})},${CSV_QUOTE(${CALLE"...) at pbx.c:4343
#5  0x00007fffc77ec7e3 in custom_log (event=0x7fffc0032fb0, userdata=0x0) at cel_custom.c:149
#6  0x00000000004c8872 in handle_event (data=0x7fffc0033138) at event.c:1520
{noformat}

Dereferencing 0x0 for 'type' is obviously bad. Same goes for {{ast_channel_zone(chan)}} and probably a bunch of others too.

_The question_

Did we really want to call these functions? Or do we only want the {{$\{CSV_QUOTE()}}} expansion?

If the former is the case, why don't I have access to my other channel variables? If the latter, why the detour through the CHANNEL and CALLERID functions. Couldn't we call the variables {{$\{cid_name}}} and {{$\{accountcode}}} instead?

_Answering parts of my question_

Apparently we get a bogus channel that doesn't hold any more info than exactly the variables put in from the CEL event.

{noformat}
dummy = ast_cel_fabricate_channel_from_event(event);
{noformat}

Like I mentioned in the first line: this sets the wrong expectations and causes confusion.

And it seems to me that calling the {{CALLERID}} and friends would cause more overhead than loading up the vars through a bunch of {{ast_var_assign}}'s.

Is there a reason why we didn't do that in the first place?

Cheers,
Walter

  was:
I'm confused here.