+ rc = slap_bv2ad( &ava->la_attr, &ad, &text );
+ if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+ return LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX;
+ }
+
+ ava->la_private = ( void * )ad;
+ do_sort = 1;
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * Replace attr oid/name with the canonical name
+ */
+ ava->la_attr = ad->ad_cname;
+
+ if( ava->la_flags & LDAP_AVA_BINARY ) {
+ if( ava->la_value.bv_len == 0 ) {
+ /* BER encoding is empty */
+ return LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX;
+ }
+
+ /* AVA is binary encoded, don't muck with it */
+ } else if( flags & SLAP_LDAPDN_PRETTY ) {
+ transf = ad->ad_type->sat_syntax->ssyn_pretty;
+ if( !transf ) {
+ validf = ad->ad_type->sat_syntax->ssyn_validate;
+ }
+ } else { /* normalization */
+ validf = ad->ad_type->sat_syntax->ssyn_validate;
+ mr = ad->ad_type->sat_equality;
+ if( mr ) normf = mr->smr_normalize;
+ }
+
+ if ( validf ) {
+ /* validate value before normalization */
+ rc = ( *validf )( ad->ad_type->sat_syntax,
+ ava->la_value.bv_len
+ ? &ava->la_value
+ : (struct berval *) &slap_empty_bv );
+
+ if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+ return LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ( transf ) {
+ /*
+ * transform value by pretty function
+ * if value is empty, use empty_bv
+ */
+ rc = ( *transf )( ad->ad_type->sat_syntax,
+ ava->la_value.bv_len
+ ? &ava->la_value
+ : (struct berval *) &slap_empty_bv,
+ &bv, ctx );
+
+ if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+ return LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if ( normf ) {
+ /*
+ * normalize value
+ * if value is empty, use empty_bv
+ */
+ rc = ( *normf )(
+ SLAP_MR_VALUE_OF_ASSERTION_SYNTAX,
+ ad->ad_type->sat_syntax,
+ mr,
+ ava->la_value.bv_len
+ ? &ava->la_value
+ : (struct berval *) &slap_empty_bv,
+ &bv, ctx );
+
+ if ( rc != LDAP_SUCCESS ) {
+ return LDAP_INVALID_SYNTAX;
+ }
+ }
+
+
+ if( bv.bv_val ) {
+ if ( ava->la_flags & LDAP_AVA_FREE_VALUE )
+ ber_memfree_x( ava->la_value.bv_val, ctx );
+ ava->la_value = bv;
+ ava->la_flags |= LDAP_AVA_FREE_VALUE;
+ }
+
+ if( do_sort ) AVA_Sort( rdn, iAVA );