Re: lstat call on each directory level

On Tue, 15 Jul 2008, Amir Hardon wrote: > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 11:40 -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > That's a realpath() call and it should be getting cached by the > > realpath cache, so if you are seeing these on every request, try > > increasing your realpath_cache size in your .ini. Without checking > > the realpath, you would be able to circumvent open_basedir checking > > really easily with a symlink. > > I've already increased the realpath_cache to the point it didn't give > any more benefit(And it did give benefit), but there are still many > lstat calls, and still placing our portal dir in the root directory > gave a huge performance benefit(After fine-tuning realpath_cache). We > don't use open_basedir. > > I think it might be wise to make this dir check configurable, as the > performance impact is major. Anyway - can you please direct me to the > place where this check is made in php's source, so I'll be able to > disable it manually? I've a patch for php 4.3 and 4.4 online - based on a patch by rasmus: http://files.derickrethans.nl/patches/php-4.3-skip-path-checks.patch http://files.derickrethans.nl/patches/php-4.4-skip-path-checks.patch regards, Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ezcomponents.org | http://xdebug.org