Re: Move LDAP_DEVEL features into 2.4?

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

Pierangelo Masarati wrote:
> I have few enhancements that could go into 2.4 based on consensus.
>
> - BDB_MONITOR_IDX: monitor missing indices in searches.  Let me remember
> that this feature allows to monitor (thru cn=Monitor) how many search
> candidate selections missed an index, and what index type.  It costs a
> mutex lock/unlock for each call to bdb_index_param().

Why the mutex? The count doesn't need to be accurate. I would just let it go 
unprotected, the real point is zero vs non-zero, the magnitude will be close 
enough to correct in most cases.

> - pcache private database access: add a control and an exop that allow
> access to the private database for administrative/monitoring purposes,
> and consistent cached query removal (namely: removal of a specific query
> and related queryID from participating entries; removal of an entry and
> invalidation of all related queries, ...)

I don't see any reason not to. Have you got a spec for the control and exop?

> Please comment.
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