internal redirect and module context

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 02:19:05AM -0800, Dk Jack wrote:

> Maxim,
> Thanks for responding to my query. I am passing the original context
> pointer to the clean up handler. When my cleanup handler is called I am
> retrieving the context pointer to clean up external resources. Based on
> your response, the pointer saved in the cleanup handler should still be
> valid and should be still safe to use and no memory/resources will be
> leaked if I use that pointer to cleanup old allocations. This seems to be
> in agreement with what I observed in my debugging.

Yes, that's look correct.  Note that if you create a new 
context with new resources, you have to add another cleanup 
handler to free these new resources as well.

> A follow up question. After the redirect call, I am recreating the context
> and restoring some of the data. However, like you mentioned I cannot
> restore all the data. Currently, I am not accessing inaccessible data,
> it seems to be working fine. However, in case I need to access the lost
> data, is there another area in the request that is not disturbed by the
> redirect call where I can save the context data?

Cleanup handlers is the best way go, check the realip module and 
the ngx_http_realip_get_module_ctx() function I've mentioned in 
the previous message.

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