Index: include/asterisk/lock.h
===================================================================
--- include/asterisk/lock.h	(revision 85056)
+++ include/asterisk/lock.h	(working copy)
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
 void ast_mark_lock_acquired(void);
 
 /*!
+ * \brief Mark the last lock as failed (trylock)
+ */
+void ast_mark_lock_failed(void);
+
+/*!
  * \brief remove lock info for the current thread
  *
  * this gets called by ast_mutex_unlock so that information on the lock can
Index: main/utils.c
===================================================================
--- main/utils.c	(revision 85056)
+++ main/utils.c	(working copy)
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@
 		int times_locked;
 		enum ast_lock_type type;
 		/*! This thread is waiting on this lock */
-		unsigned int pending:1;
+		int pending:2;
 	} locks[AST_MAX_LOCKS];
 	/*! This is the number of locks currently held by this thread.
 	 *  The index (num_locks - 1) has the info on the last one in the
@@ -636,6 +636,19 @@
 	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock_info->lock);
 }
 
+void ast_mark_lock_failed(void)
+{
+	struct thr_lock_info *lock_info;
+
+	if (!(lock_info = ast_threadstorage_get(&thread_lock_info, sizeof(*lock_info))))
+		return;
+
+	pthread_mutex_lock(&lock_info->lock);
+	lock_info->locks[lock_info->num_locks - 1].pending = -1;
+	lock_info->locks[lock_info->num_locks - 1].times_locked--;
+	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock_info->lock);
+}
+
 void ast_remove_lock_info(void *lock_addr)
 {
 	struct thr_lock_info *lock_info;
@@ -708,7 +721,7 @@
 		pthread_mutex_lock(&lock_info->lock);
 		for (i = 0; i < lock_info->num_locks; i++) {
 			ast_cli(fd, "=== ---> %sLock #%d (%s): %s %d %s %s %p (%d)\n", 
-				lock_info->locks[i].pending ? "Waiting for " : "", i,
+				lock_info->locks[i].pending > 0 ? "Waiting for " : lock_info->locks[i].pending < 0 ? "Tried and failed to get " : "", i,
 				lock_info->locks[i].file, 
 				locktype2str(lock_info->locks[i].type),
 				lock_info->locks[i].line_num,
Index: main/channel.c
===================================================================
--- main/channel.c	(revision 85056)
+++ main/channel.c	(working copy)
@@ -2181,6 +2181,7 @@
 static struct ast_frame *__ast_read(struct ast_channel *chan, int dropaudio)
 {
 	struct ast_frame *f = NULL;	/* the return value */
+	struct ast_channel *base = NULL;
 	int blah;
 	int prestate;
 
@@ -2204,6 +2205,23 @@
 	}
 	prestate = chan->_state;
 
+	/* Check if there's an underlying channel */
+	if (chan->tech->get_base_channel && (base = chan->tech->get_base_channel(chan)) != chan) {
+		int count = 0;
+		while (!base || ast_mutex_trylock(&base->lock)) {
+			if (count++ > 10) {
+				f = &ast_null_frame;
+				goto done;
+			}
+			ast_mutex_unlock(&chan->lock);
+			usleep(1);
+			ast_mutex_lock(&chan->lock);
+			base = chan->tech->get_base_channel(chan);
+		}
+		ast_mutex_unlock(&chan->lock);
+		chan = base;
+	}
+
 	if (!ast_test_flag(chan, AST_FLAG_DEFER_DTMF | AST_FLAG_EMULATE_DTMF | AST_FLAG_IN_DTMF) && 
 	    !ast_strlen_zero(chan->dtmfq) && 
 		(ast_tvzero(chan->dtmf_tv) || ast_tvdiff_ms(ast_tvnow(), chan->dtmf_tv) > AST_MIN_DTMF_GAP) ) {
@@ -2941,9 +2959,20 @@
 			/* and now put it through the regular translator */
 			f = (chan->writetrans) ? ast_translate(chan->writetrans, f, 0) : f;
 		}
-		if (f)
-			res = chan->tech->write(chan, f);
-		else
+		if (f) {
+			struct ast_channel *base = NULL;
+			if (!chan->tech->get_base_channel || chan == chan->tech->get_base_channel(chan))
+				res = chan->tech->write(chan, f);
+			else {
+				while (chan->tech->get_base_channel && (((base = chan->tech->get_base_channel(chan)) && ast_mutex_trylock(&base->lock)) || base == NULL)) {
+					ast_mutex_unlock(&chan->lock);
+					usleep(1);
+					ast_mutex_lock(&chan->lock);
+				}
+				res = base->tech->write(base, f);
+				ast_mutex_unlock(&base->lock);
+			}
+		} else
 			res = 0;
 		break;
 	case AST_FRAME_NULL: