sounds like wiping the issues under the carpet, but test036 behaves much better if...

diff --git a/tests/data/slapd-meta.conf b/tests/data/slapd-meta.conf
index 41db0433a2d428b216b272a7ab0fb57e0b38e7a4..5fcaf4d518381a35b5ec7e582b697bbdce2db57b 100644 (file)
--- a/tests/data/slapd-meta.conf
+++ b/tests/data/slapd-meta.conf
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ argsfile     @TESTDIR@/slapd.m.args
 #rwmmod#modulepath ../servers/slapd/overlays/
 #rwmmod#moduleload rwm.la
 
+# seems to improve behavior under very heavy load
+# (i.e. it alleviates load on target systems)
+threads                8
+
 #######################################################################
 # database definitions
 #######################################################################