[ic] question on mod_interchange socket closing (different from previous question)

Jeff Dafoe interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Sat Nov 2 14:12:00 2002


    This is different from the last question in that this one concerns the
situations in which mod_interchange will close the IC socket.  Both issues
interest me.

    I have been looking at the mod_interchange source code in order to
examine it for a potential performance advantage it may give to IC that I
theorize it might offer.  If I couple my examination of ic_transfer_response
with some behaviors I have noticed with my system, I start to think that in
cases where ic_transfer_response returns before getting to the bottom of
the subroutine and IC doesn't close the socket itself, the IC socket may not
be closed for a really long time.  Since this is only a theory based on a
weak understanding of the Apache API, and it represents an insignificant
issue, just an offhand "it's possible" or "it's probably not likely" is all
I am looking for.

Jeff