Re: (ITS#5640) slapd scans too many objects at startup

[hyc@symas.com]

Ali Pouya wrote:
> Howard Chu wrote :
>> I don't see this happening on my builds. Maybe you should post your configs
>> and a sample of the data and modifications used to illustrate the problem.
>
>
>
> Hi Howard,
> I just uploaded the archive file ITS_5640.tar.gz to the OpenLdap FTP incoming directory.
> The script test099-syncreplication-mirrormode of this archive, derived from the test018-syncreplication-
> persist, reproduces the problem in the OpenLdap test environment.
> To do so copy the file in the test directory of the openldap source, then :
>
> cd tests
> tar xvzf ./ITS_5640.tar.gz
> ./run test099-syncreplication-mirrormode
>
> Then look for the string 'access_allowed' in the log files.
> This test shows that the problem has worsen :
>
> 1) The slave mirror does not scan only the recent objects but the whole tree,
> 2) By sending a search with a specific control to the master it makes the master scan its whole tree as
> well.
>
> This situation is reproduced each time you do a write operation in the master while the slave is down, and
> then start the slave.
> The tests have been done in the HEAD extracted on Tuesday November 4.

I ran your test and examined the logs. I don't think your test is valid. 
Search for "not indexed" in the logs - you have not indexed the necessary 
attributes, as recommended in the documentation.

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