(ITS#7764) RFE: library lber method which returns the ber size even if the ber is overflown

Full_Name: Noriko Hosoi Version: 2.4.35-4 OS: Fedora 18 URL: ftp://ftp.openldap.org/incoming/ Submission from: (NULL) (209.132.181.86)

We use the OpenLdap library in our software. LDAP clients could send too large ber and cause LBER_OVERFLOW (or LBER_DEFAULT) to the lber APIs. We'd like to learn how large the ber size we should prepare from the error. When we look into the BerElement ber using gdb, ber->ber_len stores the value. But the value is not returned to the caller when the API fails, e.g., by the overflow. Could it be possible to have a way to retrieve the ber size under any condition?