On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Eric Covener <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> IIUC it should be safe to extend module_struct with a minor bump to
> add 'int flags' to the bottom, but when you check the value you'd need
> to check the MMN first. In the module you'd then just have some flags
> or'ed together after register_hooks.
Something like the attached patch might do it (untested, no MMN minor bump).
>
> (hopefully someone will check my work)
Since modules (module_struct) are déclared globally, unspecified
fields at the end of the struct should be initialized to zero, so it
should be safe.
Index: include/http_config.h
===================================================================
--- include/http_config.h (revision 1809129)
+++ include/http_config.h (working copy)
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ struct cmd_parms_struct {
};
/**
+ * Flags associated with a module.
+ */
+#define AP_MODULE_FLAG_NONE (0)
+#define AP_MODULE_FLAG_ALWAYS_MERGE (1 << 0)
+
+/**
* Module structures. Just about everything is dispatched through
* these, directly or indirectly (through the command and handler
* tables).
@@ -407,6 +413,9 @@ struct module_struct {
* @param p the pool to use for all allocations
*/
void (*register_hooks) (apr_pool_t *p);
+
+ /** A bitmask of AP_MODULE_FLAG_* */
+ int flags;
};
/**
Index: server/config.c
===================================================================
--- server/config.c (revision 1809129)
+++ server/config.c (working copy)
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ static ap_conf_vector_t *create_server_config(apr_
}
static void merge_server_configs(apr_pool_t *p, ap_conf_vector_t *base,
- ap_conf_vector_t *virt)
+ server_rec *virt)
{
/* Can reuse the 'virt' vector for the spine of it, since we don't
* have to deal with the moral equivalent of .htaccess files here...
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void merge_server_configs(apr_pool_t *p, ap
*/
void **base_vector = (void **)base;
- void **virt_vector = (void **)virt;
+ void **virt_vector = (void **)virt->module_config;
module *modp;
for (modp = ap_top_module; modp; modp = modp->next) {
@@ -337,10 +337,19 @@ static void merge_server_configs(apr_pool_t *p, ap
merger_func df = modp->merge_server_config;
int i = modp->module_index;
- if (!virt_vector[i])
- virt_vector[i] = base_vector[i];
- else if (df)
+ if (!virt_vector[i]) {
+ if (df && modp->create_server_config
+ && modp->flags & AP_MODULE_FLAG_ALWAYS_MERGE) {
+ virt_vector[i] = (*modp->create_server_config)(p, virt);
+ }
+ else {
+ virt_vector[i] = base_vector[i];
+ df = NULL;
+ }
+ }
+ if (df) {
virt_vector[i] = (*df)(p, base_vector[i], virt_vector[i]);
+ }
}
}
@@ -2322,8 +2331,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(void) ap_fixup_virtual_hosts(apr_pool_t
dconf->log = &main_server->log;
for (virt = main_server->next; virt; virt = virt->next) {
- merge_server_configs(p, main_server->module_config,
- virt->module_config);
+ merge_server_configs(p, main_server->module_config, virt);
virt->lookup_defaults =
ap_merge_per_dir_configs(p, main_server->lookup_defaults,
Index: modules/ssl/mod_ssl.c
===================================================================
--- modules/ssl/mod_ssl.c (revision 1809129)
+++ modules/ssl/mod_ssl.c (working copy)
@@ -712,5 +712,6 @@ module AP_MODULE_DECLARE_DATA ssl_module = {
ssl_config_server_create, /* create per-server config structures */
ssl_config_server_merge, /* merge per-server config structures */
ssl_config_cmds, /* table of configuration directives */
- ssl_register_hooks /* register hooks */
+ ssl_register_hooks, /* register hooks */
+ AP_MODULE_FLAG_ALWAYS_MERGE /* flags */
};