[PATCH] Bug 22321 (Concurrent modifications in dirty page mgmt.)

[Mario Cormier]

Could a kind committer have a look at the problem and the patch, and 
hopefully apply it to the source code?  This one is a major issue for 
our application, even under moderate load, and it has been sitting in 
Bugzilla for a month and a half already.  I couldn't submit a test case 
reproducing this, as it is dependent on load and concurrency, but the 
stack trace makes it obvious what the problem is.  The patch is very 
straightforward, so I'm very confident that it works.  Of course, the 
fact that I've been running it for all this time and never have seen the 
problem again, nor any deadlocks due to the additional synchronization, 
makes me all the more confident.

I want to be able to use Xindice in production applications, but seeing 
how patches to make it suitable for such use are left to (bit)rot makes 
me wonder if this would be a good idea.  In any case, it doesn't 
encourage me to investigate more problems and fix them, and I'm probably 
not the only one.  Of course I could maintain my own version, as I've 
been forced to do so far, but I have neither the time nor the energy.  I 
need to be able to work with the rest of you guys, or find another solution.

Sorry for the rant, it's Monday morning so take it with a grain of 
salt.  I just want this project to work because it could be SO useful in 
SO many situations.  Thanks for listening.

Mario