Re: Regression in bindings? 1.7/1.8 vs 1.6

Philip Martin <philip.martin_at_wandisco.com> writes:

> 1. client sends MKCOL
> 2. apache process MKCOL and populates txn_dir_cache
> 3. apache sends MKCOL response
> 4. apache clears MKCOL request pool
> 5. client sends MERGE
> 6. apache process MERGE
>
> 5 can happen before 4 since two processes are involved but can 6 happen
> before 4? I've not seen it happen with the worker MPM but I'm not
> familiar with all the MPMs.

This could happen if 4 and 6 occur in different threads/processes but
since the txn_dir_cache is per-thread or per-svn_fs_t any cache from a
MKCOL will not be visible to MERGE. So there is no txn_dir_cache when
apache/mod_dav_svn runs the pre-commit and so no cache to become
out-of-date.

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Philip Martin | Subversion Committer
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