Re: ITS#5724 (Re: commit: ldap/servers/slapd backover.c)

[ando@sys-net.it]

ando@sys-net.it wrote:

> Sharing the pointer to the supported controls would allow to use the 
> actual set.  Something along the line
> 
> struct BackendDB {
> 	char be_ctrlsbuf[SLAP_MAX_CIDS + 1];
>          char *be_ctrls;
> };
> 
> All backends would have be_ctrls = be_ctrlsbuf, but back-relay would set 
> it to NULL, and temporarily set it to the relayed database's be_ctrlsbuf 
> for the duration of an operation.  Modules wouldn't be able to register 
> new controls because the pointer is null otherwise.

Of course, this wouldn't work since it implies modifying the BackendDB 
structure, which is read-only :(

p.


Ing. Pierangelo Masarati
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