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@@ -1,65 +1,24 @@
-/* ====================================================================
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- * <http://www.apache.org/>.
- *
- * Portions of this software are based upon public domain software
- * originally written at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications,
- * University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
  */
 
 /*
- * http_request.c: functions to get and process requests
+ * @file  request.c
+ * @brief functions to get and process requests
  *
- * Rob McCool 3/21/93
+ * @author Rob McCool 3/21/93
  *
  * Thoroughly revamped by rst for Apache.  NB this file reads
  * best from the bottom up.
@@ -73,8 +32,8 @@
 #define APR_WANT_STRFUNC
 #include "apr_want.h"
 
-#define CORE_PRIVATE
 #include "ap_config.h"
+#include "ap_provider.h"
 #include "httpd.h"
 #include "http_config.h"
 #include "http_request.h"
 #include "http_main.h"
 #include "util_filter.h"
 #include "util_charset.h"
+#include "util_script.h"
+#include "ap_expr.h"
+#include "mod_request.h"
 
 #include "mod_core.h"
+#include "mod_auth.h"
 
 #if APR_HAVE_STDARG_H
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -104,27 +67,32 @@ APR_HOOK_STRUCT(
 )
 
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_FIRST(int,translate_name,
-                            (request_rec *r),(r),DECLINED)
+                            (request_rec *r), (r), DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_FIRST(int,map_to_storage,
-                            (request_rec *r),(r),DECLINED)
+                            (request_rec *r), (r), DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_FIRST(int,check_user_id,
-                            (request_rec *r),(r),DECLINED)
+                            (request_rec *r), (r), DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_ALL(int,fixups,
-                          (request_rec *r),(r),OK,DECLINED)
+                          (request_rec *r), (r), OK, DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_FIRST(int,type_checker,
-                            (request_rec *r),(r),DECLINED)
+                            (request_rec *r), (r), DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_ALL(int,access_checker,
-                          (request_rec *r),(r),OK,DECLINED)
+                          (request_rec *r), (r), OK, DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_FIRST(int,auth_checker,
-                            (request_rec *r),(r),DECLINED)
+                            (request_rec *r), (r), DECLINED)
 AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_VOID(insert_filter, (request_rec *r), (r))
-AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_ALL(int,create_request,(request_rec *r),(r),OK,DECLINED)
+AP_IMPLEMENT_HOOK_RUN_ALL(int, create_request,
+                          (request_rec *r), (r), OK, DECLINED)
+
+static int auth_internal_per_conf = 0;
+static int auth_internal_per_conf_hooks = 0;
+static int auth_internal_per_conf_providers = 0;
 
 
 static int decl_die(int status, char *phase, request_rec *r)
 {
     if (status == DECLINED) {
-        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_CRIT, 0, r,
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_CRIT, 0, r,
                       "configuration error:  couldn't %s: %s", phase, r->uri);
         return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
@@ -143,31 +111,33 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_process_request_internal(request_rec *r)
     int file_req = (r->main && r->filename);
     int access_status;
 
-    access_status = ap_run_quick_handler(r);
-    if (access_status != DECLINED) {
-        if (access_status == OK) {
-            if (!r->main)
-                return DONE;
-            else
-                return OK;
-        }
-        else  {
-            return access_status;
-        }
-    }
-
     /* Ignore embedded %2F's in path for proxy requests */
     if (!r->proxyreq && r->parsed_uri.path) {
-        access_status = ap_unescape_url(r->parsed_uri.path);
+        core_dir_config *d;
+        d = ap_get_module_config(r->per_dir_config, &core_module);
+        if (d->allow_encoded_slashes) {
+            access_status = ap_unescape_url_keep2f(r->parsed_uri.path);
+        }
+        else {
+            access_status = ap_unescape_url(r->parsed_uri.path);
+        }
         if (access_status) {
+            if (access_status == HTTP_NOT_FOUND) {
+                if (! d->allow_encoded_slashes) {
+                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, r,
+                                  "found %%2f (encoded '/') in URI "
+                                  "(decoded='%s'), returning 404",
+                                  r->parsed_uri.path);
+                }
+            }
             return access_status;
         }
     }
 
     ap_getparents(r->uri);     /* OK --- shrinking transformations... */
 
-    /* All file subrequests are a huge pain... they cannot bubble through the 
-     * next several steps.  Only file subrequests are allowed an empty uri, 
+    /* All file subrequests are a huge pain... they cannot bubble through the
+     * next several steps.  Only file subrequests are allowed an empty uri,
      * otherwise let translate_name kill the request.
      */
     if (!file_req) {
@@ -180,7 +150,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_process_request_internal(request_rec *r)
         }
     }
 
-    /* Reset to the server default config prior to running map_to_storage 
+    /* Reset to the server default config prior to running map_to_storage
      */
     r->per_dir_config = r->server->lookup_defaults;
 
@@ -189,14 +159,10 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_process_request_internal(request_rec *r)
         return access_status;
     }
 
-    /* Excluding file-specific requests with no 'true' URI...
+    /* Rerun the location walk, which overrides any map_to_storage config.
      */
-    if (!file_req) {
-        /* Rerun the location walk, which overrides any map_to_storage config.
-         */
-        if ((access_status = ap_location_walk(r))) {
-            return access_status;
-        }
+    if ((access_status = ap_location_walk(r))) {
+        return access_status;
     }
 
     /* Only on the main request! */
@@ -211,74 +177,55 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_process_request_internal(request_rec *r)
      * functions in map_to_storage that use the same merge results given
      * identical input.)  If the config changes, we must re-auth.
      */
-    if (r->main && (r->main->per_dir_config == r->per_dir_config)) {
-        r->user = r->main->user;        
-        r->ap_auth_type = r->main->ap_auth_type;
-    } 
-    else if (r->prev && (r->prev->per_dir_config == r->per_dir_config)) {
-        r->user = r->prev->user;        
+    if (r->prev && (r->prev->per_dir_config == r->per_dir_config)) {
+        r->user = r->prev->user;
         r->ap_auth_type = r->prev->ap_auth_type;
     }
+    else if (r->main && (r->main->per_dir_config == r->per_dir_config)) {
+        r->user = r->main->user;
+        r->ap_auth_type = r->main->ap_auth_type;
+    }
     else {
         switch (ap_satisfies(r)) {
         case SATISFY_ALL:
         case SATISFY_NOSPEC:
-            if ((access_status = ap_run_access_checker(r)) != 0) {
+            if ((access_status = ap_run_access_checker(r)) != OK) {
                 return decl_die(access_status, "check access", r);
             }
-            if (ap_some_auth_required(r)) {
-                if (((access_status = ap_run_check_user_id(r)) != 0)
-                    || !ap_auth_type(r)) {
-                    return decl_die(access_status, ap_auth_type(r)
-                                  ? "check user.  No user file?"
-                                  : "perform authentication. AuthType not set!",
-                                  r);
-                }
-                if (((access_status = ap_run_auth_checker(r)) != 0)
-                    || !ap_auth_type(r)) {
-                    return decl_die(access_status, ap_auth_type(r)
-                                  ? "check access.  No groups file?"
-                                  : "perform authentication. AuthType not set!",
-                                   r);
-                }
+
+            if ((access_status = ap_run_check_user_id(r)) != OK) {
+                return decl_die(access_status, "check user", r);
+            }
+
+            if ((access_status = ap_run_auth_checker(r)) != OK) {
+                return decl_die(access_status, "check authorization", r);
             }
             break;
         case SATISFY_ANY:
-            if (((access_status = ap_run_access_checker(r)) != 0) || 
-                !ap_auth_type(r)) {
-                if (!ap_some_auth_required(r)) {
-                    return decl_die(access_status, ap_auth_type(r)
-                                  ? "check access"
-                                  : "perform authentication. AuthType not set!",
-                                  r);
-                }
-                if (((access_status = ap_run_check_user_id(r)) != 0)
-                    || !ap_auth_type(r)) {
-                    return decl_die(access_status, ap_auth_type(r)
-                                  ? "check user.  No user file?"
-                                  : "perform authentication. AuthType not set!",
-                                  r);
+            if ((access_status = ap_run_access_checker(r)) != OK) {
+
+                if ((access_status = ap_run_check_user_id(r)) != OK) {
+                    return decl_die(access_status, "check user", r);
                 }
-                if (((access_status = ap_run_auth_checker(r)) != 0)
-                    || !ap_auth_type(r)) {
-                    return decl_die(access_status, ap_auth_type(r)
-                                  ? "check access.  No groups file?"
-                                  : "perform authentication. AuthType not set!",
-                                  r);
+
+                if ((access_status = ap_run_auth_checker(r)) != OK) {
+                    return decl_die(access_status, "check authorization", r);
                 }
             }
             break;
         }
+
+
     }
     /* XXX Must make certain the ap_run_type_checker short circuits mime
-     * in mod-proxy for r->proxyreq && r->parsed_uri.scheme 
+     * in mod-proxy for r->proxyreq && r->parsed_uri.scheme
      *                              && !strcmp(r->parsed_uri.scheme, "http")
      */
-    if ((access_status = ap_run_type_checker(r)) != 0) {
+    if ((access_status = ap_run_type_checker(r)) != OK) {
         return decl_die(access_status, "find types", r);
     }
 
-    if ((access_status = ap_run_fixups(r)) != 0) {
+    if ((access_status = ap_run_fixups(r)) != OK) {
         return access_status;
     }
 
@@ -291,7 +238,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_process_request_internal(request_rec *r)
  *
  * Directive order in the httpd.conf file and its Includes significantly
  * impact this optimization.  Grouping common blocks at the front of the
- * config that are less likely to change between a request and 
+ * config that are less likely to change between a request and
  * its subrequests, or between a request and its redirects reduced
  * the work of these functions significantly.
  */
@@ -302,46 +249,66 @@ typedef struct walk_walked_t {
 } walk_walked_t;
 
 typedef struct walk_cache_t {
-    const char         *cached;         /* The identifier we matched */
-    ap_conf_vector_t  **dir_conf_tested;/* The sections we matched against */
-    ap_conf_vector_t   *dir_conf_merged;/* Base per_dir_config */
-    ap_conf_vector_t   *per_dir_result; /* per_dir_config += walked result */
-    apr_array_header_t *walked;         /* The list of walk_walked_t results */
+    const char         *cached;          /* The identifier we matched */
+    ap_conf_vector_t  **dir_conf_tested; /* The sections we matched against */
+    ap_conf_vector_t   *dir_conf_merged; /* Base per_dir_config */
+    ap_conf_vector_t   *per_dir_result;  /* per_dir_config += walked result */
+    apr_array_header_t *walked;          /* The list of walk_walked_t results */
+    struct walk_cache_t *prev; /* Prev cache of same call in this (sub)req */
+    int count; /* Number of prev invocations of same call in this (sub)req */
 } walk_cache_t;
 
 static walk_cache_t *prep_walk_cache(apr_size_t t, request_rec *r)
 {
-    walk_cache_t *cache;
-    void **note;
-
-    /* Find the most relevant, recent entry to work from.  That would be
-     * this request (on the second call), or the parent request of a
-     * subrequest, or the prior request of an internal redirect.  Provide
-     * this _walk()er with a copy it is allowed to munge.  If there is no
-     * parent or prior cached request, then create a new walk cache.
+    void **note, **inherit_note;
+    walk_cache_t *cache, *prev_cache, *copy_cache;
+    int count;
+
+    /* Find the most relevant, recent walk cache to work from and provide
+     * a copy the caller is allowed to munge.  In the case of a sub-request
+     * or internal redirect, this is the cache corresponding to the equivalent
+     * invocation of the same function call in the "parent" request, if such
+     * a cache exists.  Otherwise it is the walk cache of the previous
+     * invocation of the same function call in the current request, if
+     * that exists; if not, then create a new walk cache.
      */
     note = ap_get_request_note(r, t);
     if (!note) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (!(cache = *note)) {
-        void **inherit_note;
-        if ((r->main &&
-             ((inherit_note = ap_get_request_note(r->main, t))) &&
-             *inherit_note) ||
-            (r->prev &&
-             ((inherit_note = ap_get_request_note(r->prev, t))) &&
-             *inherit_note)) {
-            cache = apr_pmemdup(r->pool, *inherit_note,
-                                sizeof(*cache));
-            cache->walked = apr_array_copy(r->pool, cache->walked);
+
+    copy_cache = prev_cache = *note;
+    count = prev_cache ? (prev_cache->count + 1) : 0;
+
+    if ((r->prev
+         && (inherit_note = ap_get_request_note(r->prev, t))
+         && *inherit_note)
+        || (r->main
+            && (inherit_note = ap_get_request_note(r->main, t))
+            && *inherit_note)) {
+        walk_cache_t *inherit_cache = *inherit_note;
+
+        while (inherit_cache->count > count) {
+            inherit_cache = inherit_cache->prev;
         }
-        else {
-            cache = apr_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(*cache));
-            cache->walked = apr_array_make(r->pool, 4, sizeof(walk_walked_t));
+        if (inherit_cache->count == count) {
+            copy_cache = inherit_cache;
         }
-        *note = cache;
     }
+
+    if (copy_cache) {
+        cache = apr_pmemdup(r->pool, copy_cache, sizeof(*cache));
+        cache->walked = apr_array_copy(r->pool, cache->walked);
+        cache->prev = prev_cache;
+        cache->count = count;
+    }
+    else {
+        cache = apr_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(*cache));
+        cache->walked = apr_array_make(r->pool, 4, sizeof(walk_walked_t));
+    }
+
+    *note = cache;
+
     return cache;
 }
 
@@ -360,29 +327,10 @@ static walk_cache_t *prep_walk_cache(apr_size_t t, request_rec *r)
  * they change, all the way down.
  */
 
-/*
- * We don't want people able to serve up pipes, or unix sockets, or other
- * scary things.  Note that symlink tests are performed later.
- */
-static int check_safe_file(request_rec *r)
-{
-
-    if (r->finfo.filetype == 0      /* doesn't exist */
-        || r->finfo.filetype == APR_DIR
-        || r->finfo.filetype == APR_REG
-        || r->finfo.filetype == APR_LNK) {
-        return OK;
-    }
-
-    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
-                  "object is not a file, directory or symlink: %s",
-                  r->filename);
-    return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
-}
 
 /*
  * resolve_symlink must _always_ be called on an APR_LNK file type!
- * It will resolve the actual target file type, modification date, etc, 
+ * It will resolve the actual target file type, modification date, etc,
  * and provide any processing required for symlink evaluation.
  * Path must already be cleaned, no trailing slash, no multi-slashes,
  * and don't call this on the root!
@@ -391,53 +339,119 @@ static int check_safe_file(request_rec *r)
  * to the number of times we had an extra lstat() since we 'weren't sure'.
  *
  * To optimize, we stat() anything when given (opts & OPT_SYM_LINKS), otherwise
- * we start off with an lstat().  Every lstat() must be dereferenced in case 
+ * we start off with an lstat().  Every lstat() must be dereferenced in case
  * it points at a 'nasty' - we must always rerun check_safe_file (or similar.)
  */
 static int resolve_symlink(char *d, apr_finfo_t *lfi, int opts, apr_pool_t *p)
 {
     apr_finfo_t fi;
     int res;
+    const char *savename;
 
     if (!(opts & (OPT_SYM_OWNER | OPT_SYM_LINKS))) {
         return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
     }
 
-    if (opts & OPT_SYM_LINKS) {
-        if ((res = apr_stat(&fi, d, lfi->valid, p)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+    /* Save the name from the valid bits. */
+    savename = (lfi->valid & APR_FINFO_NAME) ? lfi->name : NULL;
+
+    /* if OPT_SYM_OWNER is unset, we only need to check target accessible */
+    if (!(opts & OPT_SYM_OWNER)) {
+        if ((res = apr_stat(&fi, d, lfi->valid & ~(APR_FINFO_NAME
+                                                 | APR_FINFO_LINK), p))
+                 != APR_SUCCESS) {
             return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
         }
 
         /* Give back the target */
         memcpy(lfi, &fi, sizeof(fi));
+        if (savename) {
+            lfi->name = savename;
+            lfi->valid |= APR_FINFO_NAME;
+        }
+
         return OK;
     }
 
-    /* OPT_SYM_OWNER only works if we can get the owner of 
+    /* OPT_SYM_OWNER only works if we can get the owner of
      * both the file and symlink.  First fill in a missing
      * owner of the symlink, then get the info of the target.
      */
     if (!(lfi->valid & APR_FINFO_OWNER)) {
-        if ((res = apr_lstat(&fi, d, lfi->valid | APR_FINFO_OWNER, p))
+        if ((res = apr_stat(lfi, d,
+                            lfi->valid | APR_FINFO_LINK | APR_FINFO_OWNER, p))
             != APR_SUCCESS) {
             return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
         }
     }
 
-    if ((res = apr_stat(&fi, d, lfi->valid, p)) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+    if ((res = apr_stat(&fi, d, lfi->valid & ~(APR_FINFO_NAME), p))
+        != APR_SUCCESS) {
         return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
     }
 
-    if (apr_compare_users(fi.user, lfi->user) != APR_SUCCESS) {
+    if (apr_uid_compare(fi.user, lfi->user) != APR_SUCCESS) {
         return HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
     }
 
     /* Give back the target */
     memcpy(lfi, &fi, sizeof(fi));
+    if (savename) {
+        lfi->name = savename;
+        lfi->valid |= APR_FINFO_NAME;
+    }
+
     return OK;
 }
 
 
+/*
+ * As we walk the directory configuration, the merged config won't
+ * be 'rooted' to a specific vhost until the very end of the merge.
+ *
+ * We need a very fast mini-merge to a real, vhost-rooted merge
+ * of core.opts and core.override, the only options tested within
+ * directory_walk itself.
+ *
+ * See core.c::merge_core_dir_configs() for explanation.
+ */
+
+typedef struct core_opts_t {
+        allow_options_t opts;
+        allow_options_t add;
+        allow_options_t remove;
+        overrides_t override;
+        overrides_t override_opts;
+} core_opts_t;
+
+static void core_opts_merge(const ap_conf_vector_t *sec, core_opts_t *opts)
+{
+    core_dir_config *this_dir = ap_get_module_config(sec, &core_module);
+
+    if (!this_dir) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if (this_dir->opts & OPT_UNSET) {
+        opts->add = (opts->add & ~this_dir->opts_remove)
+                   | this_dir->opts_add;
+        opts->remove = (opts->remove & ~this_dir->opts_add)
+                      | this_dir->opts_remove;
+        opts->opts = (opts->opts & ~opts->remove) | opts->add;
+    }
+    else {
+        opts->opts = this_dir->opts;
+        opts->add = this_dir->opts_add;
+        opts->remove = this_dir->opts_remove;
+    }
+
+    if (!(this_dir->override & OR_UNSET)) {
+        opts->override = this_dir->override;
+        opts->override_opts = this_dir->override_opts;
+    }
+}
+
+
 /*****************************************************************
  *
  * Getting and checking directory configuration.  Also checks the
@@ -463,18 +477,19 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
     walk_cache_t *cache;
     char *entry_dir;
     apr_status_t rv;
+    int cached;
 
     /* XXX: Better (faster) tests needed!!!
      *
-     * "OK" as a response to a real problem is not _OK_, but to allow broken 
+     * "OK" as a response to a real problem is not _OK_, but to allow broken
      * modules to proceed, we will permit the not-a-path filename to pass the
      * following two tests.  This behavior may be revoked in future versions
-     * of Apache.  We still must catch it later if it's heading for the core 
+     * of Apache.  We still must catch it later if it's heading for the core
      * handler.  Leave INFO notes here for module debugging.
      */
     if (r->filename == NULL) {
-        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_INFO, 0, r,
-                      "Module bug?  Request filename is missing for URI %s", 
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, r,
+                      "Module bug?  Request filename is missing for URI %s",
                       r->uri);
        return OK;
     }
@@ -483,12 +498,12 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
      * so we can begin by checking the cache for a recent directory walk.
      * This call will ensure we have an absolute path in the same pass.
      */
-    if ((rv = apr_filepath_merge(&entry_dir, NULL, r->filename, 
-                                 APR_FILEPATH_NOTRELATIVE, r->pool)) 
+    if ((rv = apr_filepath_merge(&entry_dir, NULL, r->filename,
+                                 APR_FILEPATH_NOTRELATIVE, r->pool))
                   != APR_SUCCESS) {
-        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_INFO, 0, r,
+        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_INFO, 0, r,
                       "Module bug?  Request filename path %s is invalid or "
-                      "or not absolute for uri %s", 
+                      "or not absolute for uri %s",
                       r->filename, r->uri);
         return OK;
     }
@@ -500,8 +515,9 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
     r->filename = entry_dir;
 
     cache = prep_walk_cache(AP_NOTE_DIRECTORY_WALK, r);
+    cached = (cache->cached != NULL);
 
-    /* If this is not a dirent subrequest with a preconstructed 
+    /* If this is not a dirent subrequest with a preconstructed
      * r->finfo value, then we can simply stat the filename to
      * save burning mega-cycles with unneeded stats - if this is
      * an exact file match.  We don't care about failure... we
@@ -512,7 +528,24 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
      * with APR_ENOENT, knowing that the path is good.
      */
     if (!r->finfo.filetype || r->finfo.filetype == APR_LNK) {
-        apr_stat(&r->finfo, r->filename, APR_FINFO_MIN, r->pool);
+        rv = apr_stat(&r->finfo, r->filename, APR_FINFO_MIN, r->pool);
+
+        /* some OSs will return APR_SUCCESS/APR_REG if we stat
+         * a regular file but we have '/' at the end of the name;
+         *
+         * other OSs will return APR_ENOTDIR for that situation;
+         *
+         * handle it the same everywhere by simulating a failure
+         * if it looks like a directory but really isn't
+         *
+         * Also reset if the stat failed, just for safety.
+         */
+        if ((rv != APR_SUCCESS) ||
+            (r->finfo.filetype &&
+             (r->finfo.filetype != APR_DIR) &&
+             (r->filename[strlen(r->filename) - 1] == '/'))) {
+             r->finfo.filetype = 0; /* forget what we learned */
+        }
     }
 
     if (r->finfo.filetype == APR_REG) {
@@ -523,45 +556,98 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
     }
 
     /* If we have a file already matches the path of r->filename,
-     * and the vhost's list of directory sections hasn't changed, 
+     * and the vhost's list of directory sections hasn't changed,
      * we can skip rewalking the directory_walk entries.
      */
-    if (cache->cached 
+    if (cached
         && ((r->finfo.filetype == APR_REG)
-         || ((r->finfo.filetype == APR_DIR) 
-          && (!r->path_info || !*r->path_info)))
-        && (cache->dir_conf_tested == sec_ent) 
+            || ((r->finfo.filetype == APR_DIR)
+                && (!r->path_info || !*r->path_info)))
+        && (cache->dir_conf_tested == sec_ent)
         && (strcmp(entry_dir, cache->cached) == 0)) {
+        int familiar = 0;
+
         /* Well this looks really familiar!  If our end-result (per_dir_result)
-         * didn't change, we have absolutely nothing to do :)  
+         * didn't change, we have absolutely nothing to do :)
          * Otherwise (as is the case with most dir_merged/file_merged requests)
          * we must merge our dir_conf_merged onto this new r->per_dir_config.
          */
         if (r->per_dir_config == cache->per_dir_result) {
-            return OK;
+            familiar = 1;
         }
+
         if (r->per_dir_config == cache->dir_conf_merged) {
             r->per_dir_config = cache->per_dir_result;
+            familiar = 1;
+        }
+
+        if (familiar) {
+            apr_finfo_t thisinfo;
+            int res;
+            allow_options_t opts;
+            core_dir_config *this_dir;
+
+            this_dir = ap_get_module_config(r->per_dir_config, &core_module);
+            opts = this_dir->opts;
+            /*
+             * If Symlinks are allowed in general we do not need the following
+             * check.
+             */
+            if (!(opts & OPT_SYM_LINKS)) {
+                rv = apr_stat(&thisinfo, r->filename,
+                              APR_FINFO_MIN | APR_FINFO_NAME | APR_FINFO_LINK,
+                              r->pool);
+                /*
+                 * APR_INCOMPLETE is as fine as result as APR_SUCCESS as we
+                 * have added APR_FINFO_NAME to the wanted parameter of
+                 * apr_stat above. On Unix platforms this means that apr_stat
+                 * is always going to return APR_INCOMPLETE in the case that
+                 * the call to the native stat / lstat did not fail.
+                 */
+                if ((rv != APR_INCOMPLETE) && (rv != APR_SUCCESS)) {
+                    /*
+                     * This should never happen, because we did a stat on the
+                     * same file, resolving a possible symlink several lines
+                     * above. Therefore do not make a detailed analysis of rv
+                     * in this case for the reason of the failure, just bail out
+                     * with a HTTP_FORBIDDEN in case we hit a race condition
+                     * here.
+                     */
+                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r,
+                                  "access to %s failed; stat of '%s' failed.",
+                                  r->uri, r->filename);
+                    return r->status = HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
+                }
+                if (thisinfo.filetype == APR_LNK) {
+                    /* Is this a possibly acceptable symlink? */
+                    if ((res = resolve_symlink(r->filename, &thisinfo,
+                                               opts, r->pool)) != OK) {
+                        ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
+                                      "Symbolic link not allowed "
+                                      "or link target not accessible: %s",
+                                      r->filename);
+                        return r->status = res;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
             return OK;
         }
+
         if (cache->walked->nelts) {
             now_merged = ((walk_walked_t*)cache->walked->elts)
                 [cache->walked->nelts - 1].merged;
         }
     }
     else {
-        /* We start now_merged from NULL since we want to build 
+        /* We start now_merged from NULL since we want to build
          * a locations list that can be merged to any vhost.
          */
         int sec_idx;
         int matches = cache->walked->nelts;
+        int cached_matches = matches;
         walk_walked_t *last_walk = (walk_walked_t*)cache->walked->elts;
         core_dir_config *this_dir;
-        allow_options_t opts;
-        allow_options_t opts_add;
-        allow_options_t opts_remove;
-        overrides_t override;
-
+        core_opts_t opts;
         apr_finfo_t thisinfo;
         char *save_path_info;
         apr_size_t buflen;
@@ -575,37 +661,43 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
 #ifdef CASE_BLIND_FILESYSTEM
         apr_size_t canonical_len;
 #endif
+
+        cached &= auth_internal_per_conf;
+
         /*
-         * We must play our own mimi-merge game here, for the few 
+         * We must play our own mini-merge game here, for the few
          * running dir_config values we care about within dir_walk.
          * We didn't start the merge from r->per_dir_config, so we
          * accumulate opts and override as we merge, from the globals.
          */
         this_dir = ap_get_module_config(r->per_dir_config, &core_module);
-        opts = this_dir->opts;
-        opts_add = this_dir->opts_add;
-        opts_remove = this_dir->opts_remove;
-        override = this_dir->override;
+        opts.opts = this_dir->opts;
+        opts.add = this_dir->opts_add;
+        opts.remove = this_dir->opts_remove;
+        opts.override = this_dir->override;
+        opts.override_opts = this_dir->override_opts;
 
         /* Set aside path_info to merge back onto path_info later.
-         * If r->filename is a directory, we must remerge the path_info, 
+         * If r->filename is a directory, we must remerge the path_info,
          * before we continue!  [Directories cannot, by defintion, have
          * path info.  Either the next segment is not-found, or a file.]
          *
          * r->path_info tracks the unconsumed source path.
          * r->filename  tracks the path as we process it
          */
-        if ((r->finfo.filetype == APR_DIR) && r->path_info && *r->path_info) 
+        if ((r->finfo.filetype == APR_DIR) && r->path_info && *r->path_info)
         {
-            if ((rv = apr_filepath_merge(&r->path_info, r->filename, r->path_info,
+            if ((rv = apr_filepath_merge(&r->path_info, r->filename,
+                                         r->path_info,
                                          APR_FILEPATH_NOTABOVEROOT, r->pool))
-                      != APR_SUCCESS) {
+                != APR_SUCCESS) {
                 ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r,
                               "dir_walk error, path_info %s is not relative "
-                              "to the filename path %s for uri %s", 
+                              "to the filename path %s for uri %s",
                               r->path_info, r->filename, r->uri);
                 return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
             }
+
             save_path_info = NULL;
         }
         else {
@@ -615,30 +707,30 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
 
 #ifdef CASE_BLIND_FILESYSTEM
 
-        canonical_len = 0; 
+        canonical_len = 0;
         while (r->canonical_filename && r->canonical_filename[canonical_len]
-            && (r->canonical_filename[canonical_len]
-                      == r->path_info[canonical_len])) {
+               && (r->canonical_filename[canonical_len]
+                   == r->path_info[canonical_len])) {
              ++canonical_len;
         }
+
         while (canonical_len
-                 && ((r->canonical_filename[canonical_len - 1] != '/'
+               && ((r->canonical_filename[canonical_len - 1] != '/'
                    && r->canonical_filename[canonical_len - 1])
-                  || (r->path_info[canonical_len - 1] != '/'
-                   && r->path_info[canonical_len - 1]))) {
+                   || (r->path_info[canonical_len - 1] != '/'
+                       && r->path_info[canonical_len - 1]))) {
             --canonical_len;
         }
 
-        /* 
+        /*
          * Now build r->filename component by component, starting
          * with the root (on Unix, simply "/").  We will make a huge
-         * assumption here for efficiency, that any canonical path 
+         * assumption here for efficiency, that any canonical path
          * already given included a canonical root.
          */
         rv = apr_filepath_root((const char **)&r->filename,
                                (const char **)&r->path_info,
-                               canonical_len 
-                                   ? 0 : APR_FILEPATH_TRUENAME, 
+                               canonical_len ? 0 : APR_FILEPATH_TRUENAME,
                                r->pool);
         filename_len = strlen(r->filename);
 
@@ -647,8 +739,8 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
          * than the canonical length, then it cannot be trusted as
          * a truename.  So try again, this time more seriously.
          */
-        if ((rv == APR_SUCCESS) && canonical_len 
-                                && (filename_len > canonical_len)) {
+        if ((rv == APR_SUCCESS) && canonical_len
+            && (filename_len > canonical_len)) {
             rv = apr_filepath_root((const char **)&r->filename,
                                    (const char **)&r->path_info,
                                    APR_FILEPATH_TRUENAME, r->pool);
@@ -668,7 +760,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
         if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
             ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r,
                           "dir_walk error, could not determine the root "
-                          "path of filename %s%s for uri %s", 
+                          "path of filename %s%s for uri %s",
                           r->filename, r->path_info, r->uri);
             return HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
         }
@@ -685,14 +777,16 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
         /*
          * seg keeps track of which segment we've copied.
          * sec_idx keeps track of which section we're on, since sections are
-         *     ordered by number of segments. See core_reorder_directories 
+         *     ordered by number of segments. See core_reorder_directories
+         * startseg tells us how many segments describe the root path
+         *     e.g. the complete path "//host/foo/" to a UNC share (4)
          */
         startseg = seg = ap_count_dirs(r->filename);
         sec_idx = 0;
 
         /*
-         * Go down the directory hierarchy.  Where we have to check for 
-         * symlinks, do so.  Where a .htaccess file has permission to 
+         * Go down the directory hierarchy.  Where we have to check for
+         * symlinks, do so.  Where a .htaccess file has permission to
          * override anything, try to find one.
          */
         do {
@@ -700,10 +794,11 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
             char *seg_name;
             char *delim;
             int temp_slash=0;
-        
-            /* We have no trailing slash, but we sure would appreciate one...
+
+            /* We have no trailing slash, but we sure would appreciate one.
+             * However, we don't want to append a / our first time through.
              */
-            if (sec_idx && r->filename[filename_len-1] != '/') {
+            if ((seg > startseg) && r->filename[filename_len-1] != '/') {
                 r->filename[filename_len++] = '/';
                 r->filename[filename_len] = 0;
                 temp_slash=1;
@@ -718,7 +813,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
                 core_dir_config *entry_core;
                 entry_core = ap_get_module_config(entry_config, &core_module);
 
-                /* No more possible matches for this many segments? 
+                /* No more possible matches for this many segments?
                  * We are done when we find relative/regex/longer components.
                  */
                 if (entry_core->r || entry_core->d_components > seg) {
@@ -726,18 +821,25 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
                 }
 
                 /* We will never skip '0' element components, e.g. plain old
-                 * <Directory >, and <Directory "/"> are classified as zero 
-                 * so that Win32/Netware/OS2 etc all pick them up.
+                 * <Directory >, and <Directory "/"> are classified as zero
+                 * so that Win32/Netware etc all pick them up.
                  * Otherwise, skip over the mismatches.
                  */
                 if (entry_core->d_components
-                      && (entry_core->d_is_fnmatch
-                            ? (apr_fnmatch(entry_core->d, r->filename, 
-                                           FNM_PATHNAME) != APR_SUCCESS)
-                            : (strcmp(r->filename, entry_core->d) != 0))) {
+                    && ((entry_core->d_components < seg)
+                     || (entry_core->d_is_fnmatch
+                         ? (apr_fnmatch(entry_core->d, r->filename,
+                                        APR_FNM_PATHNAME) != APR_SUCCESS)
+                         : (strcmp(r->filename, entry_core->d) != 0)))) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                /* If we haven't continue'd above, we have a match.
+                 *
+                 * Calculate our full-context core opts & override.
+                 */
+                core_opts_merge(sec_ent[sec_idx], &opts);
+
                 /* If we merged this same section last time, reuse it
                  */
                 if (matches) {
@@ -745,17 +847,19 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
                         now_merged = last_walk->merged;
                         ++last_walk;
                         --matches;
-                        goto minimerge;
+                        continue;
                     }
+
                     /* We fell out of sync.  This is our own copy of walked,
                      * so truncate the remaining matches and reset remaining.
                      */
                     cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
                     matches = 0;
+                    cached = 0;
                 }
 
                 if (now_merged) {
-                    now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool, 
+                    now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool,
                                                           now_merged,
                                                           sec_ent[sec_idx]);
                 }
@@ -766,115 +870,76 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_directory_walk(request_rec *r)
                 last_walk = (walk_walked_t*)apr_array_push(cache->walked);
                 last_walk->matched = sec_ent[sec_idx];
                 last_walk->merged = now_merged;
-
-                /* Do a mini-merge to our globally-based running calculations of
-                 * core_dir->override and core_dir->opts, since now_merged
-                 * never considered the global config.  Of course, if there is 
-                 * no core config at this level, continue without a thought.
-                 * See core.c::merge_core_dir_configs() for explanation.
-                 */
-minimerge:
-                this_dir = ap_get_module_config(sec_ent[sec_idx], &core_module);
-
-                if (!this_dir) {
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (this_dir->opts & OPT_UNSET) {
-                    opts_add = (opts_add & ~this_dir->opts_remove) 
-                               | this_dir->opts_add;
-                    opts_remove = (opts_remove & ~this_dir->opts_add)
-                                | this_dir->opts_remove;
-                    opts = (opts & ~opts_remove) | opts_add;
-                }
-                else {
-                    opts = this_dir->opts;
-                    opts_add = this_dir->opts_add;
-                    opts_remove = this_dir->opts_remove;
-                }
-                if (!(this_dir->override & OR_UNSET)) {
-                    override = this_dir->override;
-                }
             }
 
             /* If .htaccess files are enabled, check for one, provided we
              * have reached a real path.
              */
-            if (seg >= startseg && override) {
+            do {  /* Not really a loop, just a break'able code block */
+
                 ap_conf_vector_t *htaccess_conf = NULL;
 
-                res = ap_parse_htaccess(&htaccess_conf, r, override,
+                /* No htaccess in an incomplete root path,
+                 * nor if it's disabled
+                 */
+                if (seg < startseg || !opts.override) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                res = ap_parse_htaccess(&htaccess_conf, r, opts.override,
+                                        opts.override_opts,
                                         apr_pstrdup(r->pool, r->filename),
                                         sconf->access_name);
                 if (res) {
                     return res;
                 }
 
-                if (htaccess_conf) {
+                if (!htaccess_conf) {
+                    break;
+                }
 
-                    /* If we merged this same htaccess last time, reuse it...
-                     * this wouldn't work except that we cache the htaccess
-                     * sections for the lifetime of the request, so we match 
-                     * the same conf.  Good planning (no, pure luck ;)
-                     */
-                    if (matches) {
-                        if (last_walk->matched == htaccess_conf) {
-                            now_merged = last_walk->merged;
-                            ++last_walk;
-                            --matches;
-                            goto minimerge2;
-                        }
-                        /* We fell out of sync.  This is our own copy of walked,
-                         * so truncate the remaining matches and reset 
-                         * remaining.
-                         */
-                        cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
-                        matches = 0;
-                    }
+                /* If we are still here, we found our htaccess.
+                 *
+                 * Calculate our full-context core opts & override.
+                 */
+                core_opts_merge(htaccess_conf, &opts);
 
-                    if (now_merged) {
-                        now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool, 
-                                                              now_merged,
-                                                              htaccess_conf);
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        now_merged = htaccess_conf;
+                /* If we merged this same htaccess last time, reuse it...
+                 * this wouldn't work except that we cache the htaccess
+                 * sections for the lifetime of the request, so we match
+                 * the same conf.  Good planning (no, pure luck ;)
+                 */
+                if (matches) {
+                    if (last_walk->matched == htaccess_conf) {
+                        now_merged = last_walk->merged;
+                        ++last_walk;
+                        --matches;
+                        break;
                     }
 
-                    last_walk = (walk_walked_t*)apr_array_push(cache->walked);
-                    last_walk->matched = htaccess_conf;
-                    last_walk->merged = now_merged;
-
-                    /* Do a mini-merge to our globally-based running 
-                     * calculations of core_dir->override and core_dir->opts,
-                     * since now_merged never considered the global config.
-                     * Of course, if there is no core config at this level, 
-                     * continue without a thought.
-                     * See core.c::merge_core_dir_configs() for explanation.
+                    /* We fell out of sync.  This is our own copy of walked,
+                     * so truncate the remaining matches and reset
+                     * remaining.
                      */
-minimerge2:
-                    this_dir = ap_get_module_config(htaccess_conf,
-                                                    &core_module);
-
-                    if (this_dir) {
-                        if (this_dir->opts & OPT_UNSET) {
-                            opts_add = (opts_add & ~this_dir->opts_remove)
-                                | this_dir->opts_add;
-                            opts_remove = (opts_remove & ~this_dir->opts_add)
-                                | this_dir->opts_remove;
-                            opts = (opts & ~opts_remove) | opts_add;
-                        }
-                        else {
-                            opts = this_dir->opts;
-                            opts_add = this_dir->opts_add;
-                            opts_remove = this_dir->opts_remove;
-                        }
-                        if (!(this_dir->override & OR_UNSET)) {
-                            override = this_dir->override;
-                        }
-                    }
+                    cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
+                    matches = 0;
+                    cached = 0;
                 }
-            }
+
+                if (now_merged) {
+                    now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool,
+                                                          now_merged,
+                                                          htaccess_conf);
+                }
+                else {
+                    now_merged = htaccess_conf;
+                }
+
+                last_walk = (walk_walked_t*)apr_array_push(cache->walked);
+                last_walk->matched = htaccess_conf;
+                last_walk->merged = now_merged;
+
+            } while (0); /* Only one htaccess, not a real loop */
 
             /* That temporary trailing slash was useful, now drop it.
              */
@@ -888,11 +953,11 @@ minimerge2:
                 break;
             }
 
-            /* Now it's time for the next segment... 
+            /* Now it's time for the next segment...
              * We will assume the next element is an end node, and fix it up
              * below as necessary...
              */
-        
+
             seg_name = r->filename + filename_len;
             delim = strchr(r->path_info + (*r->path_info == '/' ? 1 : 0), '/');
             if (delim) {
@@ -909,11 +974,11 @@ minimerge2:
                 filename_len += path_info_len;
                 r->path_info += path_info_len;
             }
-            if (*seg_name == '/') 
+            if (*seg_name == '/')
                 ++seg_name;
-        
+
             /* If nothing remained but a '/' string, we are finished
-             */
+             * XXX: NO WE ARE NOT!!!  Now process this puppy!!! */
             if (!*seg_name) {
                 break;
             }
@@ -925,11 +990,11 @@ minimerge2:
              * if...we have allowed symlinks
              * skip the lstat and dummy up an APR_DIR value for thisinfo.
              */
-            if (r->finfo.filetype 
+            if (r->finfo.filetype
 #ifdef CASE_BLIND_FILESYSTEM
                 && (filename_len <= canonical_len)
 #endif
-                && ((opts & (OPT_SYM_OWNER | OPT_SYM_LINKS)) == OPT_SYM_LINKS)) 
+                && ((opts.opts & (OPT_SYM_OWNER | OPT_SYM_LINKS)) == OPT_SYM_LINKS))
             {
 
                 thisinfo.filetype = APR_DIR;
@@ -937,14 +1002,16 @@ minimerge2:
                 continue;
             }
 
-            /* We choose apr_lstat here, rather that apr_stat, so that we
-             * capture this path object rather than its target.  We will
-             * replace the info with our target's info below.  We especially
-             * want the name of this 'link' object, not the name of its
-             * target, if we are fixing the filename case/resolving aliases.
+            /* We choose apr_stat with flag APR_FINFO_LINK here, rather that
+             * plain apr_stat, so that we capture this path object rather than
+             * its target.  We will replace the info with our target's info
+             * below.  We especially want the name of this 'link' object, not
+             * the name of its target, if we are fixing the filename
+             * case/resolving aliases.
              */
-            rv = apr_lstat(&thisinfo, r->filename,
-                           APR_FINFO_MIN | APR_FINFO_NAME, r->pool);
+            rv = apr_stat(&thisinfo, r->filename,
+                          APR_FINFO_MIN | APR_FINFO_NAME | APR_FINFO_LINK,
+                          r->pool);
 
             if (APR_STATUS_IS_ENOENT(rv)) {
                 /* Nothing?  That could be nice.  But our directory
@@ -958,9 +1025,9 @@ minimerge2:
                               "access to %s denied", r->uri);
                 return r->status = HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
             }
-            else if ((rv != APR_SUCCESS && rv != APR_INCOMPLETE) 
+            else if ((rv != APR_SUCCESS && rv != APR_INCOMPLETE)
                      || !(thisinfo.valid & APR_FINFO_TYPE)) {
-                /* If we hit ENOTDIR, we must have over-optimized, deny 
+                /* If we hit ENOTDIR, we must have over-optimized, deny
                  * rather than assume not found.
                  */
                 ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rv, r,
@@ -968,14 +1035,9 @@ minimerge2:
                 return r->status = HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
             }
 
-            if ((res = check_safe_file(r))) {
-                r->status = res;
-                return res;
-            }
-
             /* Fix up the path now if we have a name, and they don't agree
              */
-            if ((thisinfo.valid & APR_FINFO_NAME) 
+            if ((thisinfo.valid & APR_FINFO_NAME)
                 && strcmp(seg_name, thisinfo.name)) {
                 /* TODO: provide users an option that an internal/external
                  * redirect is required here?  We need to walk the URI and
@@ -988,27 +1050,30 @@ minimerge2:
             if (thisinfo.filetype == APR_LNK) {
                 /* Is this a possibly acceptable symlink?
                  */
-                if ((res = resolve_symlink(r->filename, &thisinfo, 
-                                           opts, r->pool)) != OK) {
-                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
-                                  "Symbolic link not allowed: %s",
+                if ((res = resolve_symlink(r->filename, &thisinfo,
+                                           opts.opts, r->pool)) != OK) {
+                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
+                                  "Symbolic link not allowed "
+                                  "or link target not accessible: %s",
                                   r->filename);
                     return r->status = res;
                 }
+            }
 
-                /* Ok, we are done with the link's info, test the real target
+            /* Ok, we are done with the link's info, test the real target
+             */
+            if (thisinfo.filetype == APR_REG ||
+                thisinfo.filetype == APR_NOFILE) {
+                /* That was fun, nothing left for us here
                  */
-                if (thisinfo.filetype == APR_REG) {
-                    /* That was fun, nothing left for us here
-                     */
-                    break;
-                }
-                else if (thisinfo.filetype != APR_DIR) {
-                    ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
-                             "symlink doesn't point to a file or directory: %s",
-                             r->filename);
-                    return r->status = HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
-                }
+                break;
+            }
+            else if (thisinfo.filetype != APR_DIR) {
+                ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
+                              "Forbidden: %s doesn't point to "
+                              "a file or directory",
+                              r->filename);
+                return r->status = HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
             }
 
             ++seg;
@@ -1025,7 +1090,7 @@ minimerge2:
          */
         if (save_path_info) {
             if (r->path_info && *r->path_info) {
-                r->path_info = ap_make_full_path(r->pool, r->path_info, 
+                r->path_info = ap_make_full_path(r->pool, r->path_info,
                                                  save_path_info);
             }
             else {
@@ -1039,17 +1104,23 @@ minimerge2:
          */
         for (; sec_idx < num_sec; ++sec_idx) {
 
-            core_dir_config *entry_core; 
+            core_dir_config *entry_core;
             entry_core = ap_get_module_config(sec_ent[sec_idx], &core_module);
 
             if (!entry_core->r) {
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (ap_regexec(entry_core->r, r->filename, 0, NULL, REG_NOTEOL)) {
+            if (ap_regexec(entry_core->r, r->filename, 0, NULL, AP_REG_NOTEOL)) {
                 continue;
             }
 
+            /* If we haven't already continue'd above, we have a match.
+             *
+             * Calculate our full-context core opts & override.
+             */
+            core_opts_merge(sec_ent[sec_idx], &opts);
+
             /* If we merged this same section last time, reuse it
              */
             if (matches) {
@@ -1057,17 +1128,19 @@ minimerge2:
                     now_merged = last_walk->merged;
                     ++last_walk;
                     --matches;
-                    goto minimerge;
+                    continue;
                 }
+
                 /* We fell out of sync.  This is our own copy of walked,
                  * so truncate the remaining matches and reset remaining.
                  */
                 cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
                 matches = 0;
+                cached = 0;
             }
 
             if (now_merged) {
-                now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool, 
+                now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool,
                                                       now_merged,
                                                       sec_ent[sec_idx]);
             }
@@ -1080,11 +1153,16 @@ minimerge2:
             last_walk->merged = now_merged;
         }
 
-        /* Whoops - everything matched in sequence, but the original walk
-         * found some additional matches.  Truncate them.
+        /* Whoops - everything matched in sequence, but either the original
+         * walk found some additional matches (which we need to truncate), or
+         * this walk found some additional matches.
          */
         if (matches) {
             cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
+            cached = 0;
+        }
+        else if (cache->walked->nelts > cached_matches) {
+            cached = 0;
         }
     }
 
@@ -1092,7 +1170,7 @@ minimerge2:
  x symlink above into a real resource, and should have died up there.
  x Even if we keep this, it needs more thought (maybe an r->file_is_symlink)
  x perhaps it should actually happen in file_walk, so we catch more
- x obscure cases in autoindex sub requests, etc.
+ x obscure cases in autoindex subrequests, etc.
  x
  x    * Symlink permissions are determined by the parent.  If the request is
  x    * for a directory then applying the symlink test here would use the
@@ -1105,7 +1183,7 @@ minimerge2:
  x   if (r->finfo.filetype != APR_DIR
  x       && (res = resolve_symlink(r->filename, r->info, ap_allow_options(r),
  x                                 r->pool))) {
- x       ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOERRNO|APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
+ x       ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, 0, r,
  x                     "Symbolic link not allowed: %s", r->filename);
  x       return res;
  x   }
@@ -1124,6 +1202,12 @@ minimerge2:
         cache->cached = ap_make_dirstr_parent(r->pool, r->filename);
     }
 
+    if (cached
+        && r->per_dir_config == cache->dir_conf_merged) {
+        r->per_dir_config = cache->per_dir_result;
+        return OK;
+    }
+
     cache->dir_conf_tested = sec_ent;
     cache->dir_conf_merged = r->per_dir_config;
 
@@ -1146,13 +1230,12 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_location_walk(request_rec *r)
     ap_conf_vector_t *now_merged = NULL;
     core_server_config *sconf = ap_get_module_config(r->server->module_config,
                                                      &core_module);
-    ap_conf_vector_t **sec_ent = (ap_conf_vector_t **) sconf->sec_url->elts;
+    ap_conf_vector_t **sec_ent = (ap_conf_vector_t **)sconf->sec_url->elts;
     int num_sec = sconf->sec_url->nelts;
     walk_cache_t *cache;
     const char *entry_uri;
+    int cached;
 
-    cache = prep_walk_cache(AP_NOTE_LOCATION_WALK, r);
-    
     /* No tricks here, there are no <Locations > to parse in this vhost.
      * We won't destroy the cache, just in case _this_ redirect is later
      * redirected again to a vhost with <Location > blocks to optimize.
@@ -1161,6 +1244,9 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_location_walk(request_rec *r)
         return OK;
     }
 
+    cache = prep_walk_cache(AP_NOTE_LOCATION_WALK, r);
+    cached = (cache->cached != NULL);
+
     /* Location and LocationMatch differ on their behaviour w.r.t. multiple
      * slashes.  Location matches multiple slashes with a single slash,
      * LocationMatch doesn't.  An exception, for backwards brokenness is
@@ -1179,33 +1265,33 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_location_walk(request_rec *r)
      * and the vhost's list of locations hasn't changed, we can skip
      * rewalking the location_walk entries.
      */
-    if (cache->cached
-        && (cache->dir_conf_tested == sec_ent) 
+    if (cached
+        && (cache->dir_conf_tested == sec_ent)
         && (strcmp(entry_uri, cache->cached) == 0)) {
         /* Well this looks really familiar!  If our end-result (per_dir_result)
-         * didn't change, we have absolutely nothing to do :)  
+         * didn't change, we have absolutely nothing to do :)
          * Otherwise (as is the case with most dir_merged/file_merged requests)
          * we must merge our dir_conf_merged onto this new r->per_dir_config.
          */
         if (r->per_dir_config == cache->per_dir_result) {
             return OK;
         }
-        if (r->per_dir_config == cache->dir_conf_merged) {
-            r->per_dir_config = cache->per_dir_result;
-            return OK;
-        }
+
         if (cache->walked->nelts) {
             now_merged = ((walk_walked_t*)cache->walked->elts)
                                             [cache->walked->nelts - 1].merged;
         }
     }
     else {
-        /* We start now_merged from NULL since we want to build 
+        /* We start now_merged from NULL since we want to build
          * a locations list that can be merged to any vhost.
          */
         int len, sec_idx;
         int matches = cache->walked->nelts;
+        int cached_matches = matches;
         walk_walked_t *last_walk = (walk_walked_t*)cache->walked->elts;
+
+        cached &= auth_internal_per_conf;
         cache->cached = entry_uri;
 
         /* Go through the location entries, and check for matches.
@@ -1214,25 +1300,26 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_location_walk(request_rec *r)
          */
         for (sec_idx = 0; sec_idx < num_sec; ++sec_idx) {
 
-            core_dir_config *entry_core; 
+            core_dir_config *entry_core;
             entry_core = ap_get_module_config(sec_ent[sec_idx], &core_module);
-            
+
             /* ### const strlen can be optimized in location config parsing */
             len = strlen(entry_core->d);
 
             /* Test the regex, fnmatch or string as appropriate.
-             * If it's a strcmp, and the <Location > pattern was 
+             * If it's a strcmp, and the <Location > pattern was
              * not slash terminated, then this uri must be slash
              * terminated (or at the end of the string) to match.
              */
-            if (entry_core->r 
+            if (entry_core->r
                 ? ap_regexec(entry_core->r, r->uri, 0, NULL, 0)
                 : (entry_core->d_is_fnmatch
-                   ? apr_fnmatch(entry_core->d, cache->cached, FNM_PATHNAME)
+                   ? apr_fnmatch(entry_core->d, cache->cached, APR_FNM_PATHNAME)
                    : (strncmp(entry_core->d, cache->cached, len)
-                      ||   (entry_core->d[len - 1] != '/'
-                            && cache->cached[len] != '/' 
-                            && cache->cached[len] != '\0')))) {
+                      || (len > 0
+                          && entry_core->d[len - 1] != '/'
+                          && cache->cached[len] != '/'
+                          && cache->cached[len] != '\0')))) {
                 continue;
             }
 
@@ -1245,15 +1332,17 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_location_walk(request_rec *r)
                     --matches;
                     continue;
                 }
+
                 /* We fell out of sync.  This is our own copy of walked,
                  * so truncate the remaining matches and reset remaining.
                  */
                 cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
                 matches = 0;
+                cached = 0;
             }
 
             if (now_merged) {
-                now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool, 
+                now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool,
                                                       now_merged,
                                                       sec_ent[sec_idx]);
             }
@@ -1265,14 +1354,26 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_location_walk(request_rec *r)
             last_walk->matched = sec_ent[sec_idx];
             last_walk->merged = now_merged;
         }
-        /* Whoops - everything matched in sequence, but the original walk
-         * found some additional matches.  Truncate them.
+
+        /* Whoops - everything matched in sequence, but either the original
+         * walk found some additional matches (which we need to truncate), or
+         * this walk found some additional matches.
          */
         if (matches) {
             cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
+            cached = 0;
+        }
+        else if (cache->walked->nelts > cached_matches) {
+            cached = 0;
         }
     }
 
+    if (cached
+        && r->per_dir_config == cache->dir_conf_merged) {
+        r->per_dir_config = cache->per_dir_result;
+        return OK;
+    }
+
     cache->dir_conf_tested = sec_ent;
     cache->dir_conf_merged = r->per_dir_config;
 
@@ -1294,20 +1395,22 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
     ap_conf_vector_t *now_merged = NULL;
     core_dir_config *dconf = ap_get_module_config(r->per_dir_config,
                                                   &core_module);
-    ap_conf_vector_t **sec_ent = (ap_conf_vector_t **) dconf->sec_file->elts;
+    ap_conf_vector_t **sec_ent = (ap_conf_vector_t **)dconf->sec_file->elts;
     int num_sec = dconf->sec_file->nelts;
     walk_cache_t *cache;
     const char *test_file;
+    int cached;
 
     /* To allow broken modules to proceed, we allow missing filenames to pass.
-     * We will catch it later if it's heading for the core handler.  
+     * We will catch it later if it's heading for the core handler.
      * directory_walk already posted an INFO note for module debugging.
      */
-     if (r->filename == NULL) {
+    if (r->filename == NULL) {
         return OK;
     }
 
     cache = prep_walk_cache(AP_NOTE_FILE_WALK, r);
+    cached = (cache->cached != NULL);
 
     /* No tricks here, there are just no <Files > to parse in this context.
      * We won't destroy the cache, just in case _this_ redirect is later
@@ -1317,7 +1420,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
         return OK;
     }
 
-    /* Get the basename .. and copy for the cache just 
+    /* Get the basename .. and copy for the cache just
      * in case r->filename is munged by another module
      */
     test_file = strrchr(r->filename, '/');
@@ -1329,36 +1432,36 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
     }
 
     /* If we have an cache->cached file name that matches test_file,
-     * and the directory's list of file sections hasn't changed, we 
+     * and the directory's list of file sections hasn't changed, we
      * can skip rewalking the file_walk entries.
      */
-    if (cache->cached
-        && (cache->dir_conf_tested == sec_ent) 
+    if (cached
+        && (cache->dir_conf_tested == sec_ent)
         && (strcmp(test_file, cache->cached) == 0)) {
         /* Well this looks really familiar!  If our end-result (per_dir_result)
-         * didn't change, we have absolutely nothing to do :)  
+         * didn't change, we have absolutely nothing to do :)
          * Otherwise (as is the case with most dir_merged requests)
          * we must merge our dir_conf_merged onto this new r->per_dir_config.
          */
         if (r->per_dir_config == cache->per_dir_result) {
             return OK;
         }
-        if (r->per_dir_config == cache->dir_conf_merged) {
-            r->per_dir_config = cache->per_dir_result;
-            return OK;
-        }
+
         if (cache->walked->nelts) {
             now_merged = ((walk_walked_t*)cache->walked->elts)
                 [cache->walked->nelts - 1].merged;
         }
     }
     else {
-        /* We start now_merged from NULL since we want to build 
+        /* We start now_merged from NULL since we want to build
          * a file section list that can be merged to any dir_walk.
          */
         int sec_idx;
         int matches = cache->walked->nelts;
+        int cached_matches = matches;
         walk_walked_t *last_walk = (walk_walked_t*)cache->walked->elts;
+
+        cached &= auth_internal_per_conf;
         cache->cached = test_file;
 
         /* Go through the location entries, and check for matches.
@@ -1366,16 +1469,24 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
          * really try them with the most general first.
          */
         for (sec_idx = 0; sec_idx < num_sec; ++sec_idx) {
-        
+            int err = 0;
             core_dir_config *entry_core;
             entry_core = ap_get_module_config(sec_ent[sec_idx], &core_module);
 
-            if (entry_core->r
-                ? ap_regexec(entry_core->r, cache->cached , 0, NULL, 0)
-                : (entry_core->d_is_fnmatch
-                   ? apr_fnmatch(entry_core->d, cache->cached, FNM_PATHNAME)
-                   : strcmp(entry_core->d, cache->cached))) {
-                continue;
+            if (entry_core->condition) {
+                if (!ap_expr_eval(r, entry_core->condition, &err, NULL,
+                                  ap_expr_string, NULL)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+            }
+            else {
+                if (entry_core->r
+                    ? ap_regexec(entry_core->r, cache->cached , 0, NULL, 0)
+                    : (entry_core->d_is_fnmatch
+                       ? apr_fnmatch(entry_core->d, cache->cached, APR_FNM_PATHNAME)
+                       : strcmp(entry_core->d, cache->cached))) {
+                    continue;
+                }
             }
 
             /* If we merged this same section last time, reuse it
@@ -1387,15 +1498,17 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
                     --matches;
                     continue;
                 }
+
                 /* We fell out of sync.  This is our own copy of walked,
                  * so truncate the remaining matches and reset remaining.
                  */
                 cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
                 matches = 0;
+                cached = 0;
             }
 
             if (now_merged) {
-                now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool, 
+                now_merged = ap_merge_per_dir_configs(r->pool,
                                                       now_merged,
                                                       sec_ent[sec_idx]);
             }
@@ -1407,14 +1520,26 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
             last_walk->matched = sec_ent[sec_idx];
             last_walk->merged = now_merged;
         }
-        /* Whoops - everything matched in sequence, but the original walk
-         * found some additional matches.  Truncate them.
+
+        /* Whoops - everything matched in sequence, but either the original
+         * walk found some additional matches (which we need to truncate), or
+         * this walk found some additional matches.
          */
         if (matches) {
             cache->walked->nelts -= matches;
+            cached = 0;
+        }
+        else if (cache->walked->nelts > cached_matches) {
+            cached = 0;
         }
     }
 
+    if (cached
+        && r->per_dir_config == cache->dir_conf_merged) {
+        r->per_dir_config = cache->per_dir_result;
+        return OK;
+    }
+
     cache->dir_conf_tested = sec_ent;
     cache->dir_conf_merged = r->per_dir_config;
 
@@ -1447,13 +1572,14 @@ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_file_walk(request_rec *r)
  * structure...
  */
 
-static request_rec *make_sub_request(const request_rec *r, 
+static request_rec *make_sub_request(const request_rec *r,
                                      ap_filter_t *next_filter)
 {
     apr_pool_t *rrp;
     request_rec *rnew;
-    
+
     apr_pool_create(&rrp, r->pool);
+    apr_pool_tag(rrp, "subrequest");
     rnew = apr_pcalloc(rrp, sizeof(request_rec));
     rnew->pool = rrp;
 
@@ -1467,12 +1593,12 @@ static request_rec *make_sub_request(const request_rec *r,
     /* Start a clean config from this subrequest's vhost.  Optimization in
      * Location/File/Dir walks from the parent request assure that if the
      * config blocks of the subrequest match the parent request, no merges
-     * will actually occur (and generally a minimal number of merges are 
+     * will actually occur (and generally a minimal number of merges are
      * required, even if the parent and subrequest aren't quite identical.)
      */
     rnew->per_dir_config = r->server->lookup_defaults;
 
-    rnew->htaccess       = r->htaccess;
+    rnew->htaccess = r->htaccess;
     rnew->allowed_methods = ap_make_method_list(rnew->pool, 2);
 
     /* make a copy of the allowed-methods list */
@@ -1480,22 +1606,47 @@ static request_rec *make_sub_request(const request_rec *r,
 
     /* start with the same set of output filters */
     if (next_filter) {
+        /* while there are no input filters for a subrequest, we will
+         * try to insert some, so if we don't have valid data, the code
+         * will seg fault.
+         */
+        rnew->input_filters = r->input_filters;
+        rnew->proto_input_filters = r->proto_input_filters;
         rnew->output_filters = next_filter;
+        rnew->proto_output_filters = r->proto_output_filters;
+        ap_add_output_filter_handle(ap_subreq_core_filter_handle,
+                                    NULL, rnew, rnew->connection);
     }
     else {
-        rnew->output_filters = r->output_filters;
+        /* If NULL - we are expecting to be internal_fast_redirect'ed
+         * to this subrequest - or this request will never be invoked.
+         * Ignore the original request filter stack entirely, and
+         * drill the input and output stacks back to the connection.
+         */
+        rnew->proto_input_filters = r->proto_input_filters;
+        rnew->proto_output_filters = r->proto_output_filters;
+
+        rnew->input_filters = r->proto_input_filters;
+        rnew->output_filters = r->proto_output_filters;
     }
-    ap_add_output_filter("SUBREQ_CORE", NULL, rnew, rnew->connection); 
 
     /* no input filters for a subrequest */
 
     ap_set_sub_req_protocol(rnew, r);
 
-    /* We have to run this after we fill in sub req vars, 
+    /* We have to run this after we fill in sub req vars,
      * or the r->main pointer won't be setup
      */
     ap_run_create_request(rnew);
 
+    /* Begin by presuming any module can make its own path_info assumptions,
+     * until some module interjects and changes the value.
+     */
+    rnew->used_path_info = AP_REQ_DEFAULT_PATH_INFO;
+    
+    /* Pass on the kept body (if any) into the new request. */
+    rnew->kept_body = r->kept_body;
+
     return rnew;
 }
 
@@ -1507,46 +1658,126 @@ AP_CORE_DECLARE_NONSTD(apr_status_t) ap_sub_req_output_filter(ap_filter_t *f,
     if (APR_BUCKET_IS_EOS(e)) {
         apr_bucket_delete(e);
     }
+
     if (!APR_BRIGADE_EMPTY(bb)) {
         return ap_pass_brigade(f->next, bb);
     }
-    else {
-        return APR_SUCCESS;
-    }
+
+    return APR_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+extern APR_OPTIONAL_FN_TYPE(authz_some_auth_required) *ap__authz_ap_some_auth_required;
+
 AP_DECLARE(int) ap_some_auth_required(request_rec *r)
 {
     /* Is there a require line configured for the type of *this* req? */
-    const apr_array_header_t *reqs_arr = ap_requires(r);
-    require_line *reqs;
-    int i;
-    if (!reqs_arr) {
+    if (ap__authz_ap_some_auth_required) {
+        return ap__authz_ap_some_auth_required(r);
+    }
+    else
         return 0;
+}
+
+AP_DECLARE(void) ap_clear_auth_internal(void)
+{
+    auth_internal_per_conf_hooks = 0;
+    auth_internal_per_conf_providers = 0;
+}
+
+AP_DECLARE(void) ap_setup_auth_internal(apr_pool_t *ptemp)
+{
+    int total_auth_hooks = 0;
+    int total_auth_providers = 0;
+
+    auth_internal_per_conf = 0;
+
+    if (_hooks.link_access_checker) {
+        total_auth_hooks += _hooks.link_access_checker->nelts;
     }
-    reqs = (require_line *) reqs_arr->elts;
-    for (i = 0; i < reqs_arr->nelts; ++i) {
-        if (reqs[i].method_mask & (AP_METHOD_BIT << r->method_number)) {
-            return 1;
-        }
+    if (_hooks.link_check_user_id) {
+        total_auth_hooks += _hooks.link_check_user_id->nelts;
+    }
+    if (_hooks.link_auth_checker) {
+        total_auth_hooks += _hooks.link_auth_checker->nelts;
     }
-    return 0;
-} 
 
+    if (total_auth_hooks > auth_internal_per_conf_hooks) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    total_auth_providers +=
+        ap_list_provider_names(ptemp, AUTHN_PROVIDER_GROUP,
+                               AUTHN_PROVIDER_VERSION)->nelts;
+    total_auth_providers +=
+        ap_list_provider_names(ptemp, AUTHZ_PROVIDER_GROUP,
+                               AUTHZ_PROVIDER_VERSION)->nelts;
+
+    if (total_auth_providers > auth_internal_per_conf_providers) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auth_internal_per_conf = 1;
+}
+
+AP_DECLARE(apr_status_t) ap_register_auth_provider(apr_pool_t *pool,
+                                                   const char *provider_group,
+                                                   const char *provider_name,
+                                                   const char *provider_version,
+                                                   const void *provider,
+                                                   int type)
+{
+    if ((type & AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_MASK) == AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_PER_CONF) {
+        ++auth_internal_per_conf_providers;
+    }
+
+    return ap_register_provider(pool, provider_group, provider_name,
+                                provider_version, provider);
+}
+
+AP_DECLARE(void) ap_hook_check_access(ap_HOOK_access_checker_t *pf,
+                                      const char * const *aszPre,
+                                      const char * const *aszSucc,
+                                      int nOrder, int type)
+{
+    if ((type & AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_MASK) == AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_PER_CONF) {
+        ++auth_internal_per_conf_hooks;
+    }
+
+    ap_hook_access_checker(pf, aszPre, aszSucc, nOrder);
+}
+
+AP_DECLARE(void) ap_hook_check_authn(ap_HOOK_check_user_id_t *pf,
+                                     const char * const *aszPre,
+                                     const char * const *aszSucc,
+                                     int nOrder, int type)
+{
+    if ((type & AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_MASK) == AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_PER_CONF) {
+        ++auth_internal_per_conf_hooks;
+    }
+
+    ap_hook_check_user_id(pf, aszPre, aszSucc, nOrder);
+}
+
+AP_DECLARE(void) ap_hook_check_authz(ap_HOOK_auth_checker_t *pf,
+                                     const char * const *aszPre,
+                                     const char * const *aszSucc,
+                                     int nOrder, int type)
+{
+    if ((type & AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_MASK) == AP_AUTH_INTERNAL_PER_CONF) {
+        ++auth_internal_per_conf_hooks;
+    }
+
+    ap_hook_auth_checker(pf, aszPre, aszSucc, nOrder);
+}
 
 AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_method_uri(const char *method,
-                                                const char *new_file,
+                                                const char *new_uri,
                                                 const request_rec *r,
                                                 ap_filter_t *next_filter)
 {
     request_rec *rnew;
-    int res;
+    /* Initialise res, to avoid a gcc warning */
+    int res = HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     char *udir;
 
     rnew = make_sub_request(r, next_filter);
@@ -1555,31 +1786,55 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_method_uri(const char *method,
     rnew->method = method;
     rnew->method_number = ap_method_number_of(method);
 
-    if (new_file[0] == '/') {
-        ap_parse_uri(rnew, new_file);
+    if (new_uri[0] == '/') {
+        ap_parse_uri(rnew, new_uri);
     }
     else {
         udir = ap_make_dirstr_parent(rnew->pool, r->uri);
         udir = ap_escape_uri(rnew->pool, udir);    /* re-escape it */
-        ap_parse_uri(rnew, ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool, udir, new_file));
+        ap_parse_uri(rnew, ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool, udir, new_uri));
     }
 
-    if ((res = ap_process_request_internal(rnew))) {
-        rnew->status = res;
+    /* We cannot return NULL without violating the API. So just turn this
+     * subrequest into a 500 to indicate the failure. */
+    if (ap_is_recursion_limit_exceeded(r)) {
+        rnew->status = HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        return rnew;
+    }
+
+    /* lookup_uri
+     * If the content can be served by the quick_handler, we can
+     * safely bypass request_internal processing.
+     *
+     * If next_filter is NULL we are expecting to be
+     * internal_fast_redirect'ed to the subrequest, or the subrequest will
+     * never be invoked. We need to make sure that the quickhandler is not
+     * invoked by any lookups. Since an internal_fast_redirect will always
+     * occur too late for the quickhandler to handle the request.
+     */
+    if (next_filter) {
+        res = ap_run_quick_handler(rnew, 1);
+    }
+
+    if (next_filter == NULL || res != OK) {
+        if ((res = ap_process_request_internal(rnew))) {
+            rnew->status = res;
+        }
     }
 
     return rnew;
 }
 
-AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_uri(const char *new_file,
+AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_uri(const char *new_uri,
                                                 const request_rec *r,
                                                 ap_filter_t *next_filter)
 {
-    return ap_sub_req_method_uri("GET", new_file, r, next_filter);
+    return ap_sub_req_method_uri("GET", new_uri, r, next_filter);
 }
 
 AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_dirent(const apr_finfo_t *dirent,
                                                    const request_rec *r,
+                                                   int subtype,
                                                    ap_filter_t *next_filter)
 {
     request_rec *rnew;
@@ -1589,20 +1844,44 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_dirent(const apr_finfo_t *dirent,
 
     rnew = make_sub_request(r, next_filter);
 
-    /* Special case: we are looking at a relative lookup in the same directory. 
+    /* Special case: we are looking at a relative lookup in the same directory.
      * This is 100% safe, since dirent->name just came from the filesystem.
      */
-    udir = ap_make_dirstr_parent(rnew->pool, r->uri);
-    rnew->uri = ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool, udir, dirent->name);
+    if (r->path_info && *r->path_info) {
+        /* strip path_info off the end of the uri to keep it in sync
+         * with r->filename, which has already been stripped by directory_walk,
+         * merge the dirent->name, and then, if the caller wants us to remerge
+         * the original path info, do so.  Note we never fix the path_info back
+         * to r->filename, since dir_walk would do so (but we don't expect it
+         * to happen in the usual cases)
+         */
+        udir = apr_pstrdup(rnew->pool, r->uri);
+        udir[ap_find_path_info(udir, r->path_info)] = '\0';
+        udir = ap_make_dirstr_parent(rnew->pool, udir);
+
+        rnew->uri = ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool, udir, dirent->name);
+        if (subtype == AP_SUBREQ_MERGE_ARGS) {
+            rnew->uri = ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool, rnew->uri, r->path_info + 1);
+            rnew->path_info = apr_pstrdup(rnew->pool, r->path_info);
+        }
+        rnew->uri = ap_escape_uri(rnew->pool, rnew->uri);
+    }
+    else {
+        udir = ap_make_dirstr_parent(rnew->pool, r->uri);
+        rnew->uri = ap_escape_uri(rnew->pool, ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool,
+                                                                udir,
+                                                                dirent->name));
+    }
+
     fdir = ap_make_dirstr_parent(rnew->pool, r->filename);
     rnew->filename = ap_make_full_path(rnew->pool, fdir, dirent->name);
     if (r->canonical_filename == r->filename) {
         rnew->canonical_filename = rnew->filename;
     }
-    
+
     /* XXX This is now less relevant; we will do a full location walk
-     * these days for this case.  Preserve the apr_stat results, and 
-     * perhaps we also tag that symlinks were tested and/or found for 
+     * these days for this case.  Preserve the apr_stat results, and
+     * perhaps we also tag that symlinks were tested and/or found for
      * r->filename.
      */
     rnew->per_dir_config = r->server->lookup_defaults;
@@ -1610,10 +1889,10 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_dirent(const apr_finfo_t *dirent,
     if ((dirent->valid & APR_FINFO_MIN) != APR_FINFO_MIN) {
         /*
          * apr_dir_read isn't very complete on this platform, so
-         * we need another apr_lstat (or simply apr_stat if we allow
-         * all symlinks here.)  If this is an APR_LNK that resolves 
-         * to an APR_DIR, then we will rerun everything anyways... 
-         * this should be safe.
+         * we need another apr_stat (with or without APR_FINFO_LINK
+         * depending on whether we allow all symlinks here.)  If this
+         * is an APR_LNK that resolves to an APR_DIR, then we will rerun
+         * everything anyways... this should be safe.
          */
         apr_status_t rv;
         if (ap_allow_options(rnew) & OPT_SYM_LINKS) {
@@ -1624,8 +1903,9 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_dirent(const apr_finfo_t *dirent,
             }
         }
         else {
-            if (((rv = apr_lstat(&rnew->finfo, rnew->filename,
-                                 APR_FINFO_MIN, rnew->pool)) != APR_SUCCESS)
+            if (((rv = apr_stat(&rnew->finfo, rnew->filename,
+                                APR_FINFO_LINK | APR_FINFO_MIN,
+                                rnew->pool)) != APR_SUCCESS)
                 && (rv != APR_INCOMPLETE)) {
                 rnew->finfo.filetype = 0;
             }
@@ -1639,7 +1919,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_dirent(const apr_finfo_t *dirent,
         /*
          * Resolve this symlink.  We should tie this back to dir_walk's cache
          */
-        if ((res = resolve_symlink(rnew->filename, &rnew->finfo, 
+        if ((res = resolve_symlink(rnew->filename, &rnew->finfo,
                                    ap_allow_options(rnew), rnew->pool))
             != OK) {
             rnew->status = res;
@@ -1648,17 +1928,31 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_dirent(const apr_finfo_t *dirent,
     }
 
     if (rnew->finfo.filetype == APR_DIR) {
-        /* ### Would be real nice if apr_make_full_path overallocated 
-         * the buffer by one character instead of a complete copy.
+        /* ap_make_full_path overallocated the buffers
+         * by one character to help us out here.
          */
-        rnew->filename = apr_pstrcat(rnew->pool, rnew->filename, "/", NULL);
-        rnew->uri = apr_pstrcat(rnew->pool, rnew->uri, "/", NULL);
-        if (r->canonical_filename == r->filename) {
-            rnew->canonical_filename = rnew->filename;
+        strcat(rnew->filename, "/");
+        if (!rnew->path_info || !*rnew->path_info) {
+            strcat(rnew->uri, "/");
         }
     }
 
-    ap_parse_uri(rnew, rnew->uri);    /* fill in parsed_uri values */
+    /* fill in parsed_uri values
+     */
+    if (r->args && *r->args && (subtype == AP_SUBREQ_MERGE_ARGS)) {
+        ap_parse_uri(rnew, apr_pstrcat(r->pool, rnew->uri, "?",
+                                       r->args, NULL));
+    }
+    else {
+        ap_parse_uri(rnew, rnew->uri);
+    }
+
+    /* We cannot return NULL without violating the API. So just turn this
+     * subrequest into a 500. */
+    if (ap_is_recursion_limit_exceeded(r)) {
+        rnew->status = HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        return rnew;
+    }
 
     if ((res = ap_process_request_internal(rnew))) {
         rnew->status = res;
@@ -1686,23 +1980,25 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_file(const char *new_file,
     if (r->canonical_filename == r->filename) {
         rnew->canonical_filename = (char*)(1);
     }
+
     if (apr_filepath_merge(&rnew->filename, fdir, new_file,
                            APR_FILEPATH_TRUENAME, rnew->pool) != APR_SUCCESS) {
         rnew->status = HTTP_FORBIDDEN;
         return rnew;
     }
+
     if (rnew->canonical_filename) {
         rnew->canonical_filename = rnew->filename;
     }
 
     /*
      * Check for a special case... if there are no '/' characters in new_file
-     * at all, and the path was the same, then we are looking at a relative 
+     * at all, and the path was the same, then we are looking at a relative
      * lookup in the same directory.  Fixup the URI to match.
      */
 
     if (strncmp(rnew->filename, fdir, fdirlen) == 0
-        && rnew->filename[fdirlen] 
+        && rnew->filename[fdirlen]
         && ap_strchr_c(rnew->filename + fdirlen, '/') == NULL) {
         apr_status_t rv;
         if (ap_allow_options(rnew) & OPT_SYM_LINKS) {
@@ -1713,8 +2009,9 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_file(const char *new_file,
             }
         }
         else {
-            if (((rv = apr_lstat(&rnew->finfo, rnew->filename,
-                                 APR_FINFO_MIN, rnew->pool)) != APR_SUCCESS)
+            if (((rv = apr_stat(&rnew->finfo, rnew->filename,
+                                APR_FINFO_LINK | APR_FINFO_MIN,
+                                rnew->pool)) != APR_SUCCESS)
                 && (rv != APR_INCOMPLETE)) {
                 rnew->finfo.filetype = 0;
             }
@@ -1745,6 +2042,13 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_file(const char *new_file,
         rnew->uri = apr_pstrdup(rnew->pool, "");
     }
 
+    /* We cannot return NULL without violating the API. So just turn this
+     * subrequest into a 500. */
+    if (ap_is_recursion_limit_exceeded(r)) {
+        rnew->status = HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
+        return rnew;
+    }
+
     if ((res = ap_process_request_internal(rnew))) {
         rnew->status = res;
     }
@@ -1754,9 +2058,19 @@ AP_DECLARE(request_rec *) ap_sub_req_lookup_file(const char *new_file,
 
 AP_DECLARE(int) ap_run_sub_req(request_rec *r)
 {
-    int retval;
-
-    retval = ap_invoke_handler(r);
+    int retval = DECLINED;
+    /* Run the quick handler if the subrequest is not a dirent or file
+     * subrequest
+     */
+    if (!(r->filename && r->finfo.filetype)) {
+        retval = ap_run_quick_handler(r, 0);
+    }
+    if (retval != OK) {
+        retval = ap_invoke_handler(r);
+        if (retval == DONE) {
+            retval = OK;
+        }
+    }
     ap_finalize_sub_req_protocol(r);
     return retval;
 }
@@ -1783,9 +2097,7 @@ AP_DECLARE(void) ap_update_mtime(request_rec *r, apr_time_t dependency_mtime)
  */
 AP_DECLARE(int) ap_is_initial_req(request_rec *r)
 {
-    return
-        (r->main == NULL)       /* otherwise, this is a sub-request */
-        &&
-        (r->prev == NULL);      /* otherwise, this is an internal redirect */
-} 
+    return (r->main == NULL)       /* otherwise, this is a sub-request */
+           && (r->prev == NULL);   /* otherwise, this is an internal redirect */
+}