[PATCH] new proxy hook 2.1

["Akins, Brian" <Br...@turner.com>]

This patch adds a new hook (request_status) that gets ran in proxy_handler
just before the final return.  This gives modules an opportunity to do
something based on the proxy status.

A couple of examples where this is useful:

-You are using a caching module and would rather return stale content rather
than an error to the client if the origin is down.

-you proxy some subrequests (using SSI - mod_include) and do not want SSI
errors when the backend is down. If you would normally return
HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY, you may have a module that serves some other content.


This feature is one of the features of our in house proxy module that keeps
us from moving toward the "stock" 2.1 proxy.



-- 
Brian Akins
Lead Systems Engineer
CNN Internet Technologies

Re: [PATCH] new proxy hook 2.1

[Ian Holsman <li...@holsman.net>]

Akins, Brian wrote:
> This patch adds a new hook (request_status) that gets ran in proxy_handler
> just before the final return.  This gives modules an opportunity to do
> something based on the proxy status.
> 
> A couple of examples where this is useful:
> 
> -You are using a caching module and would rather return stale content rather
> than an error to the client if the origin is down.
> 
> -you proxy some subrequests (using SSI - mod_include) and do not want SSI
> errors when the backend is down. If you would normally return
> HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY, you may have a module that serves some other content.
> 
> 
> This feature is one of the features of our in house proxy module that keeps
> us from moving toward the "stock" 2.1 proxy.
> 
> 
> 

Thanks Brian.
I applied this patch, and also bumped the mmn # for the new hook

Regards
Ian