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  1. Moodle
  2. MDL-35547

Inifinite loop if question category points to itself as a parent

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    • Type: Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Affects Version/s: 2.2.5, 2.3, 2.4
    • Fix Version/s: 2.2.6, 2.3.3
    • Component/s: Questions
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    • Testing Instructions:
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      1. Create several question categories and sub-categories in a course (the more the better).
      2. Confirm all categories are displayed OK in a drop-down on question/edit.php?courseid=N page.
      3. Edit database by hand to create a loop: in table mdl_question_categories find a top-level (with parent=0) category from your course and change parent to the id of one of the children.
      4. Confirm that an exception is thrown, instead of infinite loop and timeout (previous behaviour)
      5 Repeat 3 & 4 but change mdl_question_categories.parent to ID of one of the grand-children and finally to the id of the top-level category itself.

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      1. Create several question categories and sub-categories in a course (the more the better). 2. Confirm all categories are displayed OK in a drop-down on question/edit.php?courseid=N page. 3. Edit database by hand to create a loop: in table mdl_question_categories find a top-level (with parent=0) category from your course and change parent to the id of one of the children. 4. Confirm that an exception is thrown, instead of infinite loop and timeout (previous behaviour) 5 Repeat 3 & 4 but change mdl_question_categories.parent to ID of one of the grand-children and finally to the id of the top-level category itself.
    • Affected Branches:
      MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE, MOODLE_24_STABLE
    • Fixed Branches:
      MOODLE_22_STABLE, MOODLE_23_STABLE
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      Description

      After an upgrade, we have got some question categories to point to themselves as a parent. That is mdl_question_categories.id == mdl_question_categories.parent.
      This is causing question_categorylist() function to go into infinite loop, until all the resources available (memory) is used up.

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          has a non-specific relationship to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-16204 Segfault upgrading question categories - infinite recursion in question_category_next_parent_in()

          • Major - Major loss of function, incorrect output
          • Closed
          has been marked as being related by

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents Moodle from functioning correctly. MDL-64892 backup in M34 doesn't restore correctly in M36

          • Minor - Minor loss of function where workaround is possible
          • Open

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              Assignee:
              tmuras Tomasz Muras
              Reporter:
              tmuras Tomasz Muras
              Peer reviewer:
              Tim Hunt
              Integrator:
              Sam Hemelryk
              Tester:
              David Monllaó
              Participants:
              Component watchers:
              Tim Hunt, Andrew Nicols, Jun Pataleta, Michael Hawkins, Shamim Rezaie, Simey Lameze
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                Fix Release Date:
                12/Nov/12