[asterisk-users] Re: unable to get channel lock BAD BAD BAD

[Steve Davies]

On 16 Nov 2006 13:55:52 +0100, Benny Amorsen <benny+usenet at amorsen.dk> wrote:
> >>>>> "TU" == Tim Uckun <timuckun at gmail.com> writes:
>
> TU> I am seeing the following in my log file (standard trixbox
> TU> install). One seems to be complaining about an error in the
> TU> dialplan but it won't tell me what file or what line. The other
> TU> (maybe related) is complaining about a channel lock.
>
> TU> How to do go about trying to figure out what the problem is and
> TU> how to solve it?
>
> I can confirm the "BAD! BAD! BAD!" message on both our servers running
> 1.2.13. Our servers running 1.2.7.1 do not exhibit the problem.
>

Pre 1.2.8, chan_sip would try to get the lock indefinitely, and would
basically hang the thread until the lock was fetched. Since 1.2.8, it
gives up after 100 tries and logs that message.

Of course that does not explain why the lock is failing...

Steve