[asterisk-dev] [Code Review] Sanely handle AMI connections during startup

[Russell Bryant]

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Ship it!


- Russell


On 2009-06-03 17:02:20, Sean Bright wrote:
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> (Updated 2009-06-03 17:02:20)
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> Review request for Asterisk Developers.
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> Summary
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> During asterisk startup, a lock on the list of modules is obtained by the
> primary thread while each module is initialized.  Issue 13778 pointed out a
> problem with this approach, however.  Because the AMI is loaded before other
> modules, it is possible for a module reload to be issued by a connected client
> (via Action: Command), causing a deadlock.
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> The resolution for 13778 was to move initialization of the manager to happen
> after the other modules had already been lodaded.  While this fixed this
> particular issue, it caused a problem for users (like FreePBX) who call AMI
> scripts via an #exec in a configuration file (See issue 15189).
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> The solution I have come up with is to defer any reload requests that come in
> until after the server is fully booted.  When a call comes in to
> ast_module_reload (from wherever) before we are fully booted, the request is
> added to a queue of pending requests.  Once we are done booting up, we then
> execute these deferred requests in turn.
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> Note that I have tried to make this a bit more intelligent in that it will not
> queue up more than 1 request for the same module to be reloaded, and if a
> general reload request comes in ('module reload') the queue is flushed and we
> only issue a single deferred reload for the entire system.
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> As for how this will impact existing installations - Before 13778, a reload
> issued before module initialization was completed would result in a deadlock.
> After 13778, you simply couldn't connect to the manager during startup (which
> causes problems with #exec-that-calls-AMI configuration files).  I believe this
> is a good general purposes solution that won't negatively impact existing
> installations.
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> This addresses bugs 13778 and 15189.
>     https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=13778
>     https://issues.asterisk.org/view.php?id=15189
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> Diffs
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>   /branches/1.4/include/asterisk.h 198953 
>   /branches/1.4/main/asterisk.c 198953 
>   /branches/1.4/main/loader.c 198953 
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> Diff: http://reviewboard.digium.com/r/272/diff
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> Testing
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> Compiles.  Created simple script to call 'module reload' from an #exec and
> another independent script that simply connects on startup and issues a reload.
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> Phillippe Lindheimer of the FreePBX project (reporter of issue 15189) has also
> tested and confirms that this resolves his problem.
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> Thanks,
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> Sean
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