[SVN-4723] detect changes to in-repository authz

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.10.0-rc1
• Component/s: mod_authz_svn
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Philip Martin
• Created: 08/Mar/18 11:52
• Updated: 09/Mar/18 09:10

Description

At present mod_dav_svn caches the parsed authz on a per-connection basis. Detecting changes in the authz data when it is stored in a file is time-consuming, see the feature that was reverted shortly before 1.10:

Email to dev@, from Philip Martin, 2018-03-03, "Re: Potential regression: high server-side memory consumption during import", archived at mail-archives.apache.org, svn.haxx.se

When in-repository authz is being used it should be simple to detect when the content is unchanged and this may make looking for changes efficient.