channels: Allow updating variable value

When modifying an already defined variable in some channel drivers they
add a new variable with the same name to the list, but that value is
never used, only the first one found.

Introduce ast_variable_list_replace() and use it where appropriate.

ASTERISK-23756 #close
Patches:
  setvar-multiplie.patch submitted by Michael Goryainov

Change-Id: Ie1897a96c82b8945e752733612ee963686f32839

channels/chan_dahdi.c

@@ -12777,8 +12777,10 @@ static struct dahdi_pvt *mkintf(int channel, const struct dahdi_chan_conf *conf,
 			struct ast_variable *v, *tmpvar;
 			for (v = conf->chan.vars ; v ; v = v->next) {
 				if ((tmpvar = ast_variable_new(v->name, v->value, v->file))) {
-					tmpvar->next = tmp->vars;
+					if (ast_variable_list_replace(&tmp->vars, tmpvar)) {
-					tmp->vars = tmpvar;
+						tmpvar->next = tmp->vars;
+						tmp->vars = tmpvar;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}

channels/chan_iax2.c

@@ -7916,9 +7916,11 @@ static int check_access(int callno, struct ast_sockaddr *addr, struct iax_ies *i
 		/* We found our match (use the first) */
 		/* copy vars */
 		for (v = user->vars ; v ; v = v->next) {
-			if((tmpvar = ast_variable_new(v->name, v->value, v->file))) {
+			if ((tmpvar = ast_variable_new(v->name, v->value, v->file))) {
-				tmpvar->next = iaxs[callno]->vars;
+				if (ast_variable_list_replace(&iaxs[callno]->vars, tmpvar)) {
-				iaxs[callno]->vars = tmpvar;
+					tmpvar->next = iaxs[callno]->vars;
+					iaxs[callno]->vars = tmpvar;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		/* If a max AUTHREQ restriction is in place, activate it */
@@ -13184,9 +13186,11 @@ static struct iax2_user *build_user(const char *name, struct ast_variable *v, st
 				if ((varval = strchr(varname, '='))) {
 					*varval = '\0';
 					varval++;
-					if((tmpvar = ast_variable_new(varname, varval, ""))) {
+					if ((tmpvar = ast_variable_new(varname, varval, ""))) {
-						tmpvar->next = user->vars;
+						if (ast_variable_list_replace(&user->vars, tmpvar)) {
-						user->vars = tmpvar;
+							tmpvar->next = user->vars;
+							user->vars = tmpvar;
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			} else if (!strcasecmp(v->name, "allow")) {

channels/chan_sip.c

@@ -31370,8 +31370,10 @@ static struct ast_variable *add_var(const char *buf, struct ast_variable *list)
 	if ((varval = strchr(varname, '='))) {
 		*varval++ = '\0';
 		if ((tmpvar = ast_variable_new(varname, varval, ""))) {
-			tmpvar->next = list;
+			if (ast_variable_list_replace(&list, tmpvar)) {
-			list = tmpvar;
+				tmpvar->next = list;
+				list = tmpvar;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	return list;

include/asterisk/config.h

@@ -948,6 +948,24 @@ struct ast_variable *ast_variable_list_append_hint(struct ast_variable **head, s
 	struct ast_variable *new_var);
 #define ast_variable_list_append(head, new_var) ast_variable_list_append_hint(head, NULL, new_var)
 
+/*!
+ * \brief Replace a variable in the given list with a new value
+ * \since 13.30.0
+ *
+ * \param head A pointer to an ast_variable * of the existing variable list head. May NOT be NULL
+ * but the content may be to initialize a new list.  If so, upon return, this parameter will be updated
+ * with a pointer to the new list head.
+ * \param replacement The variable that replaces another variable in the list with the
+ * same name.
+ *
+ * \retval 0 if a variable was replaced in the list
+ * \retval -1 if no replacement occured
+ *
+ * \note The variable name comparison is performed case-sensitively
+ * \note If a variable is replaced, its memory is freed.
+ */
+int ast_variable_list_replace(struct ast_variable **head, struct ast_variable *replacement);
+
 /*!
  * \brief Update variable value within a config
  *

main/config.c

@@ -665,6 +665,22 @@ struct ast_variable *ast_variable_list_append_hint(struct ast_variable **head, s
 	return curr;
 }
 
+int ast_variable_list_replace(struct ast_variable **head, struct ast_variable *replacement)
+{
+	struct ast_variable *v, **prev = head;
+
+	for (v = *head; v; prev = &v->next, v = v->next) {
+		if (!strcmp(v->name, replacement->name)) {
+			replacement->next = v->next;
+			*prev = replacement;
+			ast_free(v);
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -1;
+}
+
 const char *ast_config_option(struct ast_config *cfg, const char *cat, const char *var)
 {
 	const char *tmp;

res/res_pjsip/pjsip_configuration.c

@@ -1044,7 +1044,9 @@ static int set_var_handler(const struct aco_option *opt,
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	ast_variable_list_append(&endpoint->channel_vars, new_var);
+	if (ast_variable_list_replace(&endpoint->channel_vars, new_var)) {
+		ast_variable_list_append(&endpoint->channel_vars, new_var);
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }