[Pki-devel] [PATCH] 0057..0061 LDAPProfileSubsystem concurrency fixes

[Endi Sukma Dewata]

On 1/20/2016 6:06 PM, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:44:38PM -0600, Endi Sukma Dewata wrote:
>> On 1/19/2016 8:07 PM, Fraser Tweedale wrote:
>>> Rebase was needed for the remaining patches; 0060-2 and 0061-2
>>> attached.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Fraser
>>>
>>
>> ACK for both of them.
>>
> Thanks!  Pushed to master
>
> - 41717cb774f53e30caf7a57c2e07526445bf0988 Ensure config store commits refresh file-based profile data
> - 0af4a9393ce38216689e9afe17514b9441784133 Handle LDAPProfileSubsystem delete-then-recreate races
>
>> Just wondering, would it be possible to distinguish local and remote
>> persistent search results? So if a profile is changed on a machine, the
>> profile object will be updated immediately in memory, then persistent search
>> result for that modification will be ignored since it's initiated locally.
>> Other machines, however, will pick up the changes from the persistent search
>> result since it's initiated remotely.
>>
> This is indeed accomplished by the tracking of the entryUSN
> resulting from a change (via the PostReadControl) and the deleted
> entries.

Right. I was just thinking suppose the persistent search result contains 
a 'modifiedBy' attribute that stores the hostname, we might be able use 
that to ignore local changes without storing anything in the memory.

-- 
Endi S. Dewata