general/7223: It takes a big amount of time to load an empty file

[Patrick Percot <pp...@free.fr>]

>Number:         7223
>Category:       general
>Synopsis:       It takes a big amount of time to load an empty file
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 09 14:10:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     ppercot@free.fr
>Release:        1.3
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Linux Debian 2.2
Apache 1.3 (original version of the distribution : not recompiled)
>Description:
When an empty style sheet (0 octets file) is loaded, it takes
(on a K6-2 350 Mhz) 17 seconds to load this file.

Here is the trace :

127.0.0.1 - - [05/Feb/2001:23:19:56 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/ HTTP/1.0" 200 12957
127.0.0.1 - - [05/Feb/2001:23:19:56 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/guide.css HTTP/1.0" 200 0
127.0.0.1 - - [05/Feb/2001:23:20:13 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/up_motif_gr.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 145
127.0.0.1 - - [05/Feb/2001:23:20:13 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/contents_motif.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 225

After filling the file with <STYLE type"text.css"></STYLE>
the problem is corrected.

127.0.0.1 - - [09/Feb/2001:22:39:31 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/ HTTP/1.0" 200 12957
127.0.0.1 - - [09/Feb/2001:22:39:31 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/guide.css HTTP/1.0" 200 33
127.0.0.1 - - [09/Feb/2001:22:39:31 +0100] "GET /scheme/guide/html/up_motif_gr.gif HTTP/1.0" 200 145
>How-To-Repeat:
www.openscheme.org
download their documentation (each guide, tutorial and reference contain
references to empty style sheets.
>Fix:
I haven't try to find the bug in the code.
Sorry.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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