[Http-crcsync] Apache proxy CRCsync & mozilla gsoc project?

Rusty Russell rusty at rustcorp.com.au
Thu Apr 2 08:03:00 EDT 2009


On Thursday 02 April 2009 19:09:43 WULMS Alexander wrote:
> I just realize that the concurrency problem at the cache-client side exists
> anyway with dynamic pages. A dynamic page can be different for each request.
> Even if the get request handling at the server side is implemented idem-
> potent as per http convention, the page might still change on a next request
> due to server-side background activities.

Yep.  You need to hold a reference somehow to ensure the "master" copy you're
sending the csum of doesn't change.  The standard way is to keep the fd open,
and always replace in the cache using rename.

But I know nothing about Apache, so I don't know what the answer is there...

Cheers,
Rusty.


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