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Re: (ITS#3617) ldap_modrdn2 hangs a slapd server
More information about the sequence of operations to reproduce this
problem would help. I am unable to reproduce it so far, using 2.2.24.
ccontavalli@commedia.it wrote:
>Full_Name: Carlo Contavalli
>Version: 2.2.23
>OS: Debian GNU/Linux
>URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/
>Submission from: (NULL) (213.140.6.112)
>
>
>Hello,
> ok, openldap 2.2.23, hdb backend, sometimes, slapd hangs
>while one of our application calls:
>
> ldap_modrdn2(ld, dn, newrdn, deleteoldrdn)
>
> I can reproduce this problem quite regularly. I attached gdb,
>and seems like the slapd thread in charge of handling the
>request is looping over (back-bdb/cache.c:981):
>
>980 [...]
>981 for ( pei = ein; pei->bei_parent; pei = pei->bei_parent ) {
>982 if ( pei->bei_modrdns > max ) max = pei->bei_modrdns;
>983 }
>984 [...]
>
> by printing the content of pei, I can clearly see pei->bei_parent,
>at a certain point, loops back to the first entry, thus causing an
>infinite loop. That piece of code is executed while the bdb_cache_entryinfo
>is locked, thus causing the whole slapd process to stop.
>
> I have looked to the 2.2.24 changelog, and doesn't seem like
>this problem has been solved.
>
> If you need further information, please let me know.
>
>Cheers,
>Carlo
>
>
>
>
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