On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Ruediger Pluem <rpl...@apache.org> wrote: > Hm, why is it not sufficient that we call ap_remove_output_filter and remove > the > filter from the chain if we do not initialize? > Does ap_remove_output_filter not remove the filter when it is the first one > in the chain?
mod_dav uses r->output_filters - but, the pointer never gets updated when it is the first one in the chain. Hence, we call mod_deflate all the time even on a request that can't support it - so we have to avoid repeated memory allocations in that case. -- justin
