Opened 14 years ago

Closed 13 years ago

#1121 closed defect (fixed)

Deadlock in transaction code when hanging up calls (thanks Dennis Struble for the report)

Reported by: bennylp Owned by: bennylp
Priority: normal Milestone: release-1.8.5
Component: pjsip Version: trunk
Keywords: Cc:
Backport to 1.x milestone: Backported:

Description

Deadlock may occur when application is hanging up a ringing call while final response is received at the same time. Detailed scenario:

Thread 1:

  • the app is hanging up the call
  • dialog mutex acquired in acquire_call() in pjsua_call.c
  • attempting to acquire transaction mutex in call to pjsip_tsx_set_timeout() function from pjsip_inv_end_session()

Thread 2:

  • receives failure final response to INVITE request
  • transaction mutex acquired
  • attempting to acquire dialog mutex

Change History (3)

comment:1 Changed 14 years ago by bennylp

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from new to closed

(In [3311]) Fix #1121 (Deadlock in transaction code when hanging up calls (thanks Dennis Struble for the report))

comment:2 Changed 13 years ago by bennylp

  • Resolution fixed deleted
  • Status changed from closed to reopened

Reopened:

the fix may cause race condition, which leads to this assertion in pjsip_tsx_set_timeout():

    PJ_ASSERT_ON_FAIL(tsx->status_code < 200,
                  { unlock_timer(tsx); return PJ_EINVALIDOP; });

The race condition is: although the status code has been checked by the invite session before calling pjsip_tsx_set_timeout(), final response may have arrived after that and before the assert above, leading to the assertion. This is because the invite session doesn't hold the transaction lock for that brief period of time.

Thanks Dennis Struble for the report.

comment:3 Changed 13 years ago by bennylp

  • Resolution set to fixed
  • Status changed from reopened to closed

(In [3328]) Closed #1121 (Deadlock in transaction code when hanging up calls): fixed the race condition when setting up transaction timeout

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