Re: Access conttrol as an overlay function

[Roland Hedberg <roland@catalogix.se>]

Kurt D. Zeilenga wrote:

> However,
> in responses, the information (such as entry data) can be
> shared (as managed by the backend).  So, send_entry functions
> MUST NOT alter the entry struct referenced by sr_entry.
> They however can alter sr_entry to point to a different entry.
>
> If you do provide a replacement entry, then you need to
> tell send_entry to free it (REP_ENTRY_MUSTBEFREED) 

This is setting rs->sr_flags = REP_ENTRY_MUSTBEFREED ?

> or not
> (and, if not, manage the replacement entry memory by other
> means).  And if its to be freed, you cannot copy by reference
> from the original entry.

So what if the complete entry should be removed from the response ?

Should I just set rs->sr_entry = 0 ? Is that safe?

And what happens with the old entry is it magically freed by the memory 
system ?

-- Roland