Re: (ITS#8086) slapd with mdb backend crashes in id2entry

[hyc@symas.com]

Nikos Voutsinas wrote:
> I haven't compared the same build with and with out the fixes for
> ITS#7961,#7987, however I can confirm that under the same environment,
> RE24 (scheduled for 2.4.41) remains stable while 2.4.40 crashes from
> time to time. Actually I would strongly suggest upgrading to 2.4.41 when
> available.

Thanks for the confirmation, we'll resolve this ITS.
>
> On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com
> <mailto:hyc@symas.com>> wrote:
>
>     Nikos Voutsinas wrote:
>
>         I am in the process of doing so. Do you have in mind a specific
>         commit/fix in REL_EN that might have solved this; That would help me
>         reproduce the initial problem (in 2.4.40) and confirm the fix
>         (in REL_ENG).
>
>
>     Most likely 9a72292ac134f80c1befe8102dee11__60e57a92ec
>
>
>         For start I will try to upgrade to REL_ENG the same system from
>         which I
>         got the debug log, to see if that would help recover (although I
>         have no
>         great hopes).
>
>         On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 12:39 AM, Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com
>         <mailto:hyc@symas.com>
>         <mailto:hyc@symas.com <mailto:hyc@symas.com>>> wrote:
>
>         nvoutsin@gmail.com <mailto:nvoutsin@gmail.com>
>         <mailto:nvoutsin@gmail.com <mailto:nvoutsin@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>                  Full_Name: Nikos Voutsinas
>                  Version: 2.4.40
>                  OS: Debian
>                  URL:
>         ftp://ftp.openldap.org/____incoming/NikosVoutsinas_20-03-____2015_mdb_assertion.id2entry
>         <ftp://ftp.openldap.org/__incoming/NikosVoutsinas_20-03-__2015_mdb_assertion.id2entry>
>
>         <ftp://ftp.openldap.org/__incoming/NikosVoutsinas_20-03-__2015_mdb_assertion.id2entry
>         <ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/NikosVoutsinas_20-03-2015_mdb_assertion.id2entry>>
>                  Submission from: (NULL) (5.55.167.101)
>
>
>                  slapd with an mdb backend, after some time of normal
>         operation,
>                  may reach into a
>                  situation where you can almost predictably crash it, with a
>                  simple modify
>                  operation.
>
>
>              Please test RE24 and see if you can still reproduce this issue.
>
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>
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>        -- Howard Chu
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>        Director, Highland Sun http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
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>


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   Director, Highland Sun     http://highlandsun.com/hyc/
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