Re: OpenLDAP (using BDB) stalls adding 65,536th entry

[Quanah Gibson-Mount <quanah@zimbra.com>]

--On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 1:30 PM -0700 Quanah Gibson-Mount 
<quanah@zimbra.com> wrote:

> --On Tuesday, July 30, 2013 4:11 PM -0400 Mark Cooper
> <markcoop@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> > I've been doing some testing using OpenLDAP with BDB on a couple of
> > different platforms. I noticed a similar situation. When I sit in a
> > loop doing adds, at the 65,536th added entry the process stalls for a
> > short period of time.  After a minute or two, the add succeeds.  My first
> > thought is that this is a BDB issue, so I posted this question to
> > Oracle's BDB forum.  But I have yet to receive any answer.Â
>
> Expected.  You do know the significance of 65535 right? ;)
>
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65535_%28number%29>
>
> This is indeed a BDB bit.

Well, actually, OpenLDAP bit.  That's where an IDL hits maxsize and 
collapses into a range.

--Quanah


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Quanah Gibson-Mount
Lead Engineer
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