Most of open functions in alsa-lib have the call pattern:
snd_config_update();
return snd_xxx_open(x, snd_config, ...);
This means that the toplevel config gets updated, and passed to a
local open function. Although snd_config_update() itself has a
pthread mutex to be thread safe, the whole procedure above isn't
thread safe. Namely, the global snd_config tree may be deleted and
recreated at any time while the open function is being processed.
This may lead to a data corruption and crash of the program.
For avoiding the corruption, this patch introduces a refcount to
config tree object. A few new helper functions are introduced as
well:
- snd_config_update_ref() does update and take the refcount of the
toplevel tree. The obtained config tree has to be freed via
snd_config_unref() below.
- snd_config_ref() and snd_config_unref() manage the refcount of the
config object. The latter eventually deletes the object when all
references are gone.
Along with these additions, the caller of snd_config_update() and
snd_config global tree in alsa-lib are replaced with the new helpers.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai <tiwai@suse.de>
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