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Re: branching over mod_dav 2.4.6 is O(tree)

From: Johan Corveleyn <jcorvel_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:28:52 +0200

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Philip Martin
<philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> wrote:
> Daniel Shahaf <d.s_at_daniel.shahaf.name> writes:
>
>> So, what will a mod_dav fix look like? I understand the issue is that
>> it walks the copy source for locks. Should it stop doing that?
>
> Yes, I believe so. mod_dav should avoid the walk when the callback
> result for every path in the walk is known in advance. I spoke to Ben
> yesterday and he said he has an httpd patch that is just about ready.

That's great news.

Just to be clear: the subject says "mod_dav 2.4.6", but be advised
that 2.2.25 and higher are also affected, so I hope that an httpd fix
will be backported to 2.2.x as well.

-- 
Johan
Received on 2015-04-01 14:31:11 CEST

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