> From: Branko Cibej [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 19 March 2002 16:14

> Sander Striker wrote:
> 
> >>From: Bill Stoddard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>Sent: 19 March 2002 05:43
> >>
> >
> >>>I'm pretty sure I have identified the problem on Windows.  The blow up 
> >>>happens when we
> >>>are trying to obtain a mutex that has been freed. This happens on the very 
> >>>last pool to be
> >>>cleaned up (the "global_pool"). In apr_pool_destroy, we call the pool 
> >>>cleanups (one of
> >>>which is for the mutex in the allocator) then call apr_allocator_free() 
> >>>which proceeds
> >>>to attempt to acquire the mutex that was just freed.
> >>>
> >
> >Oh, duh!  Why didn't I think of that?
> >Thanks for tracking this down Bill.
> >
> >
> >>This hack of a patch eliminates the seg fault.  I am not so familier with 
> >>the pool code and
> >>am not inclined to dig into it right now.  Perhaps the check to NULL out 
> >>the mutex should
> >>be
> >>
> >>if (apr_allocator_get_owner(allocator) == pool) {
> >>
> >>???
> >>
> >
> >Yes, that is the correct spot.  I've committed a patch similar to yours.
> >
> 
> That patch doesn't solve the problem. apr_terminate still crashes in the 
> pool cleanup.

Hmmm, reviewing the code again.  The patch is basically a noop, since
apr_allocator_destroy doesn't even use the lock.  Moving the code up
a few lines, as in my next commit, will fix it I think.

Thanks,

Sander

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