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Summary:ASTERISK-29943: file.c: seeking to negative file offset is not prevented
Reporter:N A (InterLinked)Labels:
Date Opened:2022-02-28 19:27:07.000-0600Date Closed:2022-04-26 18:42:08
Priority:MinorRegression?
Status:Closed/CompleteComponents:Core/FileFormatInterface
Versions:18.9.0 Frequency of
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Constant
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Description:If you use ControlPlayback to rewind past the beginning of an audio file, in this case with ulaw files, you'll see warnings like this:

[2022-03-01 00:57:56] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:56] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237760, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:56] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:57] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -231840, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:58] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237760, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:58] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:59] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -232160, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:57:59] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:58:00] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:58:01] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -232160, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:58:01] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:58:01] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237600, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:58:01] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237760, resetting to 0
[2022-03-01 00:58:02] WARNING[1612][C-00000026]: format_pcm.c:134 pcm_seek: negative offset -237440, resetting to 0

This shouldn't be throwing warnings, because a user rewinding a recording to the beginning is a perfectly legitimate thing to attempt.

Two possible options are:
1) Have the file formats not throw warnings for this (but debugs instead), if there is no actual circumstance in which this would be a cause for concern
2) Catch this possibility in the ast core rewind function and set a floor of 0 for the offset to seek, preventing asking the file format for a negative seek time to begin with.

A patch for possible option #2 is enclosed.
Comments:By: Asterisk Team (asteriskteam) 2022-02-28 19:27:08.254-0600

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By: Friendly Automation (friendly-automation) 2022-04-26 18:42:09.265-0500

Change 18353 merged by Friendly Automation:
file.c: Prevent formats from seeking negative offsets.

[https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18353|https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18353]

By: Friendly Automation (friendly-automation) 2022-04-26 18:46:26.992-0500

Change 18354 merged by Friendly Automation:
file.c: Prevent formats from seeking negative offsets.

[https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18354|https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18354]

By: Friendly Automation (friendly-automation) 2022-04-26 19:25:00.424-0500

Change 18122 merged by Friendly Automation:
file.c: Prevent formats from seeking negative offsets.

[https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18122|https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18122]

By: Friendly Automation (friendly-automation) 2022-04-27 02:03:12.382-0500

Change 18355 merged by George Joseph:
file.c: Prevent formats from seeking negative offsets.

[https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18355|https://gerrit.asterisk.org/c/asterisk/+/18355]