Bug #12109 possible locking bug in init_available_charset

• Submitted: 22 Jul 2005 13:31
• Modified: 6 Aug 2005 22:34
• Reporter: Alexander Barkov
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Assigned to: Alexander Barkov
• CPU Architecture: Any

[22 Jul 2005 13:31] Alexander Barkov

Description:
From a user's letter:
>Reading the mysql code, I found some buggy locking code in init_available_charsets().
>The code fails to recheck the value of charset_initialized once it acquires THR_LOCK_charset,
> so it is possible for a second thread to reinitialize the charset info while a first thread is  accessing it.

How to repeat:
see code

[25 Jul 2005 16:33] Bugs System

A patch for this bug has been committed. After review, it may
be pushed to the relevant source trees for release in the next
version. You can access the patch from:

  http://lists.mysql.com/internals/27559

[28 Jul 2005 3:35] Alexander Barkov

Reviewed by Sinisa.

Fixed in 4.1.14 and 5.0.11

[6 Aug 2005 22:34] Mike Hillyer

Documented in 4.1.14 and 5.0.11 changelogs:

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 Two threads could potentially initialize different characters sets and overwrite each other. (Bug #12109)
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