assert( s2 != NULL );
        assert( s1->ls_cookie != NULL );
        assert( s2->ls_cookie != NULL );
-       
+
         return ( ( s1->ls_cookie < s2->ls_cookie ) ? -1 :
                        ( ( s1->ls_cookie > s2->ls_cookie ) ? 1 : 0 ) );
 }
        assert( s1->ls_cookie != NULL );
        assert( s2->ls_cookie != NULL );
        
+       assert( s1->ls_cookie != s2->ls_cookie );
+       
         return ( ( s1->ls_cookie == s2->ls_cookie ) ? -1 : 0 );
 }
 
                const void *cookie
 )
 {
-       struct rewrite_session *session;
-       int rc;
+       struct rewrite_session  *session, tmp;
+       int                     rc;
 
        assert( info != NULL );
        assert( cookie != NULL );
-       
+
+#ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
+       ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock( &info->li_cookies_mutex );
+#endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+
+       tmp.ls_cookie = ( void * )cookie;
+       session = ( struct rewrite_session * )avl_find( info->li_cookies, 
+                       ( caddr_t )&tmp, rewrite_cookie_cmp );
+       if ( session ) {
+               session->ls_count++;
+#ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
+               ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock( &info->li_cookies_mutex );
+#endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+               return session;
+       }
+               
        session = calloc( sizeof( struct rewrite_session ), 1 );
        if ( session == NULL ) {
                return NULL;
        }
        session->ls_cookie = ( void * )cookie;
+       session->ls_count = 1;
        
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
+       if ( ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_init( &session->ls_mutex ) ) {
+               free( session );
+               return NULL;
+       }
        if ( ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_init( &session->ls_vars_mutex ) ) {
+               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_destroy( &session->ls_mutex );
                free( session );
                return NULL;
        }
-       ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock( &info->li_cookies_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
 
        rc = avl_insert( &info->li_cookies, ( caddr_t )session,
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
        
        if ( rc != 0 ) {
+#ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
+               ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_destroy( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
+               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_destroy( &session->ls_mutex );
+#endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+
                free( session );
                return NULL;
        }
        session = ( struct rewrite_session * )avl_find( info->li_cookies,
                        ( caddr_t )&tmp, rewrite_cookie_cmp );
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
+       if ( session ) {
+               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock( &session->ls_mutex );
+       }
        ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_runlock( &info->li_cookies_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
 
        return session;
-               
+}
+
+/*
+ * Returns a session
+ */
+void
+rewrite_session_return(
+               struct rewrite_info *info,
+               struct rewrite_session *session
+)
+{
+       assert( session );
+       ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_unlock( &session->ls_mutex );
 }
 
 /*
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
                        ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+                       rewrite_session_return( info, session );
                        return REWRITE_ERR;
                }
        }       
        ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
 
+       rewrite_session_return( info, session );
+
        return REWRITE_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
                ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_runlock( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
-               
+
+               rewrite_session_return( info, session );
+
                return REWRITE_ERR;
        } else {
                value->bv_val = strdup( var->lv_value.bv_val );
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
         ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_runlock( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+
+       rewrite_session_return( info, session );
        
        return REWRITE_SUCCESS;
 }
        session = rewrite_session_find( info, cookie );
 
        if ( session != NULL ) {
+               if ( --session->ls_count > 0 ) {
+                       rewrite_session_return( info, session );
+                       return REWRITE_SUCCESS;
+               }
+
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
                ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wlock( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
+
                rewrite_var_delete( session->ls_vars );
+
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
-               ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
+               ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_destroy( &session->ls_vars_mutex );
+               ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_destroy( &session->ls_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
        }
 
         * There is nothing to delete in the return value
         */
        avl_delete( &info->li_cookies, ( caddr_t )&tmp, rewrite_cookie_cmp );
+       free( session );
+
 #ifdef USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS
        ldap_pvt_thread_rdwr_wunlock( &info->li_cookies_mutex );
 #endif /* USE_REWRITE_LDAP_PVT_THREADS */
        
        count = avl_free( info->li_cookies, NULL );
        info->li_cookies = NULL;
+
+       fprintf( stderr, "count = %d; num_cookies = %d\n", 
+                       count, info->li_num_cookies );
+       
        assert( count == info->li_num_cookies );
        info->li_num_cookies = 0;