Hello, I used to write apache modules in apache 1.3, but these days I am willing to pass to apache2. The module that I am writing at the moment has is own binary data, not a database, for performance purposes. I need to load this data in shared memory, so every child can access it without making his own copy, and it would be practical to load/create the binary data at startup, as I was used to do with apache 1.3. Problem is that I don't find an init event in apache2, in 1.3 in the module struct, immediatly after STANDARD_MODULE_STUFF you find a place for a /** module initializer */, in which you can put a function that will be executed early. Body of the function I used to write is something like:

if ( getppid == 1 )
{
     // Load global data here
     // this is the parent process
     void* data = loadGlobalData( someFilePath );
     setGlobalData( config, data );
}
else
{
    // this is the init of a child process
    // do nothing
}

I am looking for a place in apache2 in where I can put a similar function.

Can you help?

Thanks Benvenuto