[asterisk-dev] [Code Review] Out-of-tree modules can fail because of compiler flag differences.

[Kevin Fleming]

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OK, so this looks like the problems have been addressed, so if run-time testing has been done of all four scenarios (core/module DEBUG_THREADS on/off), then I'd say this is ready to go.

- Kevin


On 2010-03-02 17:40:06, Jason Parker wrote:
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> (Updated 2010-03-02 17:40:06)
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> Review request for Asterisk Developers.
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> Summary
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> When compiling modules out-of-tree, there is a large potential for ABI breakage, due to changing compiler flags.  If Asterisk is compiled with DEBUG_THREADS, and an out-of-tree module is not, it should not give undefined symbol errors during load (in fact, there's no reason it shouldn't work).  The biggest problem areas seemed to be DEBUG_THREADS and DEBUG_CHANNEL_LOCKS.
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> Is this the right way to go about this?
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> Note: Many of the functions in lock.h had to be moved into a .c file (main/lock.c).  They were defined as static inline, which defeats much of the purpose.  A module *would* have the information about where a lock was obtained, but since it was including lock.h without DEBUG_THREADS enabled, it wouldn't bother logging it - even though Asterisk would really like it to.
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> Diffs
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>   /branches/1.4/include/asterisk/astobj2.h 249888 
>   /branches/1.4/include/asterisk/lock.h 249888 
>   /branches/1.4/main/Makefile 249888 
>   /branches/1.4/main/astobj2.c 249888 
>   /branches/1.4/main/channel.c 249888 
>   /branches/1.4/main/lock.c PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: https://reviewboard.asterisk.org/r/508/diff
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> Testing
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> Compile tests with/without DEBUG_THREADS and DEBUG_CHANNEL_LOCKS work great.  I've not tried building an external module with different flags yet.  I suspect that one would compile fine, but may not act properly, partially because of the note above.
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> Thanks,
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