[Users] avp_check in ONREPLY

[Bogdan-Andrei Iancu]

Federico Giannici wrote:

> Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> On 08/21/06 11:42, Gerry wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Good question. I find this restriction very annoying, too.
>>> Sometimes you can get around by checking the things in the forward 
>>> route and using setflag() / resetflag() / isflagset() .
>>>
>>> Greetings, Gerry.
>>>
>>> Federico Giannici schrieb:
>>>
>>>> Is there a reason why the avp_check() function cannot be used in 
>>>> the ONREPLY_ROUTE, while it can be used for example in the 
>>>> FAILURE_ROUTE?
>>>>
>>>> Using OpenSER 1.1.0 from CVS of a few days ago.
>>>
>> this restriction comes because the replies are not processed under 
>> mutex, therefore the access to avps is not synchronized. We look for 
>> a solution to this issue, since it affects other features we want to 
>> have.
>
>
> So, it shouldn't be usable in the FAILURE_ROUTEs too.
> Or not?

from failure route is safe to use since the route is protected by a lock 
from TM - a transaction has only one final reply, but have several 
provisional replies that can be processed in parallel.

regards,
bogdan