The messages are caused by the usn postop plugins when an attempt was made to delete a non existing entry. In that case an ldap error (32) is set in the pblocj and the plugin checks this and return. Since the plugin detects that nothing i sto do and the error code is already present, the plugin executes correctly and should return success instead of failure.
The message is only logged for deletes because in the other operation the messsages are only logged if TRACE level is set

Hi Ludwig, could you set the milestone?
Thanks!

attachment
0001-Ticket-47732-ds-logs-many-SLAPI_PLUGIN_BE_TXN_POST_D.patch

{{{

1091 1091 if (plugin_call_plugins(pb, SLAPI_PLUGIN_BE_TXN_POST_DELETE_FN)) {
1092 LDAPDebug0Args( LDAP_DEBUG_ANY, "SLAPI_PLUGIN_BE_TXN_POST_DELETE_FN plugin "
1092 LDAPDebug0Args( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "SLAPI_PLUGIN_BE_TXN_POST_DELETE_FN plugin "
}}}
What is the rationale for this? Will the BE_TXN_POST_DELETE plugin always log the actual failure, so we don't have to do it in the backend code?

The reason is to align it with the _add, _modify and _modrdn functions where it is only logged at TRACE level, if no result code is set there is another log message at ANY level

Replying to [comment:5 lkrispen]:

The reason is to align it with the _add, _modify and _modrdn functions where it is only logged at TRACE level, if no result code is set there is another log message at ANY level

Ah, ok. Thanks. Ack.

$ git merge ticket47732
Updating a7ac181..71a120d
Fast-forward
ldap/servers/plugins/usn/usn.c | 10 ++++++----
ldap/servers/slapd/back-ldbm/ldbm_delete.c | 4 ++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
$ git push origin master
Counting objects: 19, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
Writing objects: 100% (10/10), 1.18 KiB, done.
Total 10 (delta 7), reused 0 (delta 0)
To ssh://git.fedorahosted.org/git/389/ds.git
a7ac181..71a120d master -> master

$ git cherry-pick 71a120d4ec452ef5e5178b6d12d2384873db1f27
[389-ds-base-1.3.2 e21aada] Ticket 47732 - ds logs many "SLAPI_PLUGIN_BE_TXN_POST_DELETE_FN plugin returned error" messages
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
$ git push origin 389-ds-base-1.3.2
Counting objects: 19, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (10/10), done.
Writing objects: 100% (10/10), 1.18 KiB, done.
Total 10 (delta 7), reused 0 (delta 0)
To ssh://git.fedorahosted.org/git/389/ds.git
c05e9c4..e21aada 389-ds-base-1.3.2 -> 389-ds-base-1.3.2

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