r15927: Optimize ldb module traverse while keeping the API intact.

I was sick of jumping inot each module for each request,
even the ones not handle by that module.
(This used to be commit 7d65105e885a28584e8555453b90232c43a92bf7)

21 files changed, 604 insertions, 569 deletions

diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/extended_dn.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/extended_dn.c
index e421f7d13c..520ffde32d 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/extended_dn.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/extended_dn.c
@@ -290,8 +290,9 @@ error:
 	return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 }
 
-static int extended_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int extended_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
+	struct ldb_control *control;
 	struct ldb_extended_dn_control *extended_ctrl;
 	struct ldb_control **saved_controls;
 	struct extended_async_context *ac;
@@ -299,6 +300,13 @@ static int extended_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *
 	char **new_attrs;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* check if there's an extended dn control */
+	control = get_control_from_list(req->controls, LDB_CONTROL_EXTENDED_DN_OID);
+	if (control == NULL) {
+		/* not found go on */
+		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
+	}
+
 	extended_ctrl = talloc_get_type(control->data, struct ldb_extended_dn_control);
 	if (!extended_ctrl) {
 		return LDB_ERR_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
@@ -397,9 +405,6 @@ static int extended_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
 		return extended_search(module, control, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return extended_search_async(module, control, req);
-
 	default:
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 
@@ -433,6 +438,7 @@ static int extended_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops extended_dn_ops = {
 	.name		   = "extended_dn",
+	.search            = extended_search_async,
 	.request      	   = extended_request,
 	.init_context	   = extended_init
 };
diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/kludge_acl.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/kludge_acl.c
index 88e1831d14..d6929bd732 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/kludge_acl.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/kludge_acl.c
@@ -266,21 +266,14 @@ static int kludge_acl_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req
 	switch (req->operation) {
 
 	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
 	case LDB_REQ_MODIFY:
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
 	case LDB_REQ_DELETE:
-	case LDB_ASYNC_DELETE:
 	case LDB_REQ_RENAME:
-	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
 		return kludge_acl_change(module, req);
 
 	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
 		return kludge_acl_search(module, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return kludge_acl_search_async(module, req);
-
 	case LDB_REQ_REGISTER:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 
@@ -354,6 +347,11 @@ done:
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops kludge_acl_ops = {
 	.name		   = "kludge_acl",
+	.search            = kludge_acl_search_async,
+	.add               = kludge_acl_change,
+	.modify            = kludge_acl_change,
+	.del               = kludge_acl_change,
+	.rename            = kludge_acl_change,
 	.request      	   = kludge_acl_request,
 	.start_transaction = kludge_acl_start_trans,
 	.end_transaction   = kludge_acl_end_trans,
diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/objectguid.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/objectguid.c
index 96457447fb..5ac3260339 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/objectguid.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/objectguid.c
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ static int objectguid_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req
 	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
 		return objectguid_add(module, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return objectguid_add_async(module, req);
-
 	default:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 
@@ -185,6 +182,7 @@ static int objectguid_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops objectguid_ops = {
 	.name          = "objectguid",
+	.add           = objectguid_add_async,
 	.request       = objectguid_request
 };
 
diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/password_hash.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/password_hash.c
index 67cb01b9d8..0be0fff0ff 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/password_hash.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/password_hash.c
@@ -1842,12 +1842,6 @@ static int password_hash_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *
 	case LDB_REQ_MODIFY:
 		return password_hash_modify(module, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return password_hash_add_async(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
-		return password_hash_modify_async(module, req);
-
 	default:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 
@@ -1856,6 +1850,8 @@ static int password_hash_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops password_hash_ops = {
 	.name          = "password_hash",
+	.add           = password_hash_add_async,
+	.modify        = password_hash_modify_async,
 	.request       = password_hash_request,
 	.async_wait    = password_hash_async_wait
 };
diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/rootdse.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/rootdse.c
index 84622357f8..892a98db12 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/rootdse.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/rootdse.c
@@ -278,9 +278,6 @@ static int rootdse_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
 		return rootdse_search_bytree(module, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return rootdse_search_async(module, req);
-		
 	case LDB_REQ_REGISTER:
 		return rootdse_register_control(module, req);
 
@@ -309,6 +306,7 @@ static int rootdse_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 static const struct ldb_module_ops rootdse_ops = {
 	.name			= "rootdse",
 	.init_context           = rootdse_init,
+	.search                 = rootdse_search_async,
 	.request		= rootdse_request
 };
 
diff --git a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c
index 9bf322f384..368fd161d4 100644
--- a/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c
+++ b/source4/dsdb/samdb/ldb_modules/samldb.c
@@ -915,9 +915,6 @@ static int samldb_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
 		return samldb_add(module, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return samldb_add_async(module, req);
-
 	default:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 
@@ -933,6 +930,7 @@ static int samldb_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 static const struct ldb_module_ops samldb_ops = {
 	.name          = "samldb",
 	.init_context  = samldb_init,
+	.add           = samldb_add_async,
 	.request       = samldb_request
 };
 
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb.c b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb.c
index 3d5f816fe8..f348001456 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb.c
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ static int ldb_op_finish(struct ldb_context *ldb, int status)
 */
 int ldb_request(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
-	int status, started_transaction=0;
+	struct ldb_module *module;
+	int ret, started_transaction=0;
 
 	ldb_reset_err_string(ldb);
 
@@ -288,28 +289,52 @@ int ldb_request(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_request *req)
 		req->op.search.res = NULL;
 	}
 
-	/* start a transaction if not async and not search */
+	/* start a transaction if SYNC and not search */
 	if ((!ldb->transaction_active) &&
 	    (req->operation == LDB_REQ_ADD ||
 	     req->operation == LDB_REQ_MODIFY ||
 	     req->operation == LDB_REQ_DELETE ||
 	     req->operation == LDB_REQ_RENAME)) {
-		status = ldb_transaction_start(ldb);
-		if (status != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-			talloc_free(req);
-			return status;
+		ret = ldb_transaction_start(ldb);
+		if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+			return ret;
 		}
 		started_transaction = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* call the first module in the chain */
-	status = ldb->modules->ops->request(ldb->modules, req);
+	switch (req->operation) {
+	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
+		FIRST_OP(ldb, search);
+		ret = module->ops->search(module, req);
+		break;
+	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
+		FIRST_OP(ldb, add);
+		ret = module->ops->add(module, req);
+		break;
+	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
+		FIRST_OP(ldb, modify);
+		ret = module->ops->modify(module, req);
+		break;
+	case LDB_ASYNC_DELETE:
+		FIRST_OP(ldb, del);
+		ret = module->ops->del(module, req);
+		break;
+	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
+		FIRST_OP(ldb, rename);
+		ret = module->ops->rename(module, req);
+		break;
+	default:
+		FIRST_OP(ldb, request);
+		ret = module->ops->request(module, req);
+		break;
+	}
 
 	if (started_transaction) {
-		return ldb_op_finish(ldb, status);
+		return ldb_op_finish(ldb, ret);
 	}
 
-	return status;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -453,7 +478,6 @@ static int ldb_autotransaction_request(struct ldb_context *ldb, struct ldb_reque
 	}
 
 	ret = ldb_request(ldb, req);
-
 	if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
 		ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 	}
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c
index bc27d1ed1b..4ce404d096 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/common/ldb_modules.c
@@ -347,10 +347,29 @@ int ldb_load_modules(struct ldb_context *ldb, const char *options[])
 /*
    helper functions to call the next module in chain
 */
+
 int ldb_next_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *request)
 {
-	FIND_OP(module, request);
-	return module->ops->request(module, request);
+	switch (request->operation) {
+	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
+		FIND_OP(module, search);
+		return module->ops->search(module, request);
+	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
+		FIND_OP(module, add);
+		return module->ops->add(module, request);
+	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
+		FIND_OP(module, modify);
+		return module->ops->modify(module, request);
+	case LDB_ASYNC_DELETE:
+		FIND_OP(module, del);
+		return module->ops->del(module, request);
+	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
+		FIND_OP(module, rename);
+		return module->ops->rename(module, request);
+	default:
+		FIND_OP(module, request);
+		return module->ops->request(module, request);
+	}
 }
 
 int ldb_next_init(struct ldb_module *module)
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb_private.h b/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb_private.h
index 0ea6c4e9de..d8f9aa417d 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb_private.h
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/include/ldb_private.h
@@ -57,7 +57,12 @@ struct ldb_module {
 struct ldb_module_ops {
 	const char *name;
 	int (*init_context) (struct ldb_module *);
-	int (*request)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *);
+	int (*search)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *); /* search */
+	int (*add)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *); /* add */
+	int (*modify)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *); /* modify */
+	int (*del)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *); /* delete */
+	int (*rename)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *); /* rename */
+	int (*request)(struct ldb_module *, struct ldb_request *); /* match any other operation */
 	int (*start_transaction)(struct ldb_module *);
 	int (*end_transaction)(struct ldb_module *);
 	int (*del_transaction)(struct ldb_module *);
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ildap/ldb_ildap.c b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ildap/ldb_ildap.c
index 0fa7af25ec..1454b565e0 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ildap/ldb_ildap.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ildap/ldb_ildap.c
@@ -385,27 +385,20 @@ static int ildb_request_send(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldap_message *msg
 /*
   search for matching records using an asynchronous function
  */
-static int ildb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
-			      enum ldb_scope scope, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
-			      const char * const *attrs,
-			      struct ldb_control **control_req,
-			      void *context,
-			      int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			      int timeout,
-			      struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ildb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
 	struct ldap_message *msg;
 	int n;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
-	if (!callback || !context) {
+	if (!req->async.callback || !req->async.context) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_asprintf(module, "Async interface called with NULL callback function or NULL context"));
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 	
-	if (tree == NULL) {
+	if (req->op.search.tree == NULL) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_asprintf(module, "Invalid expression parse tree"));
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
@@ -418,7 +411,7 @@ static int ildb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *bas
 
 	msg->type = LDAP_TAG_SearchRequest;
 
-	if (base == NULL) {
+	if (req->op.search.base == NULL) {
 		if (ildb->rootDSE != NULL) {
 			msg->r.SearchRequest.basedn =
 				talloc_strdup(msg, ldb_msg_find_string(ildb->rootDSE, "defaultNamingContext", ""));
@@ -426,7 +419,7 @@ static int ildb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *bas
 			msg->r.SearchRequest.basedn = talloc_strdup(msg, "");
 		}
 	} else {
-		msg->r.SearchRequest.basedn  = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, base);
+		msg->r.SearchRequest.basedn  = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, req->op.search.base);
 	}
 	if (msg->r.SearchRequest.basedn == NULL) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_asprintf(module, "Unable to determine baseDN"));
@@ -434,24 +427,24 @@ static int ildb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *bas
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (scope == LDB_SCOPE_DEFAULT) {
+	if (req->op.search.scope == LDB_SCOPE_DEFAULT) {
 		msg->r.SearchRequest.scope = LDB_SCOPE_SUBTREE;
 	} else {
-		msg->r.SearchRequest.scope = scope;
+		msg->r.SearchRequest.scope = req->op.search.scope;
 	}
 	
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.deref  = LDAP_DEREFERENCE_NEVER;
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.timelimit = 0;
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.sizelimit = 0;
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.attributesonly = 0;
-	msg->r.SearchRequest.tree = tree;
+	msg->r.SearchRequest.tree = req->op.search.tree;
 	
-	for (n = 0; attrs && attrs[n]; n++) /* noop */ ;
+	for (n = 0; req->op.search.attrs && req->op.search.attrs[n]; n++) /* noop */ ;
 	msg->r.SearchRequest.num_attributes = n;
-	msg->r.SearchRequest.attributes = discard_const(attrs);
-	msg->controls = control_req;
+	msg->r.SearchRequest.attributes = discard_const(req->op.search.attrs);
+	msg->controls = req->controls;
 
-	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, context, callback, timeout, handle);
+	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout, &(req->async.handle));
 }
 
 static int ildb_search_sync_callback(struct ldb_context *ldb, void *context, struct ldb_async_result *ares)
@@ -529,7 +522,7 @@ static int ildb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *ba
 			      struct ldb_result **res)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
 	*res = talloc_zero(ildb, struct ldb_result);
@@ -537,12 +530,26 @@ static int ildb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *ba
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = ildb_search_async(module, base, scope, tree, attrs, control_req,
-				res, &ildb_search_sync_callback, ildb->ldap->timeout, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(ildb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH;
+	req->op.search.base = base;
+	req->op.search.scope = scope;
+	req->op.search.tree = tree;
+	req->op.search.attrs = attrs;
+	req->controls = control_req;
+	req->async.context = (void *)res;
+	req->async.callback = ildb_search_sync_callback;
+	req->async.timeout = ildb->ldap->timeout;
+
+	ret = ildb_search_async(module, req);
 
 	if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
-		talloc_free(handle);
+		ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+		talloc_free(req);
 	}
 
 	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
@@ -555,21 +562,17 @@ static int ildb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *ba
 /*
   add a record
 */
-static int ildb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *ldb_msg,
-			  void *context,
-			  int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			  int timeout,
-			  struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ildb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
 	struct ldap_message *msg;
 	struct ldap_mod **mods;
 	int i,n;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	/* ignore ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(ldb_msg->dn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.add.message->dn)) {
 		return LDB_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -580,13 +583,13 @@ static int ildb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *l
 
 	msg->type = LDAP_TAG_AddRequest;
 
-	msg->r.AddRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, ldb_msg->dn);
+	msg->r.AddRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, req->op.add.message->dn);
 	if (msg->r.AddRequest.dn == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	mods = ildb_msg_to_mods(msg, &n, ldb_msg, 0);
+	mods = ildb_msg_to_mods(msg, &n, req->op.add.message, 0);
 	if (mods == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
@@ -603,45 +606,54 @@ static int ildb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *l
 		msg->r.AddRequest.attributes[i] = mods[i]->attrib;
 	}
 
-	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, context, callback, timeout, handle);
+	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout, &(req->async.handle));
 }
 
 static int ildb_add(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ildb_add_async(module, msg,
-				NULL, NULL, ildb->ldap->timeout, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(ildb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_ADD;
+	req->op.add.message = msg;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = ildb->ldap->timeout;
+
+	ret = ildb_add_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
   modify a record
 */
-static int ildb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *ldb_msg,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     int timeout,
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ildb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
 	struct ldap_message *msg;
 	struct ldap_mod **mods;
 	int i,n;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	/* ignore ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(ldb_msg->dn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.mod.message->dn)) {
 		return LDB_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -652,13 +664,13 @@ static int ildb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message
 
 	msg->type = LDAP_TAG_ModifyRequest;
 
-	msg->r.ModifyRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, ldb_msg->dn);
+	msg->r.ModifyRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, req->op.mod.message->dn);
 	if (msg->r.ModifyRequest.dn == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	mods = ildb_msg_to_mods(msg, &n, ldb_msg, 1);
+	mods = ildb_msg_to_mods(msg, &n, req->op.mod.message, 1);
 	if (mods == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
@@ -675,43 +687,56 @@ static int ildb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message
 		msg->r.ModifyRequest.mods[i] = *mods[i];
 	}
 
-	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, context, callback, timeout, handle);
+	return ildb_request_send(module, msg,
+				req->async.context,
+				req->async.callback,
+				req->async.timeout,
+				&(req->async.handle));
 }
 
 static int ildb_modify(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ildb_modify_async(module, msg,
-				NULL, NULL, ildb->ldap->timeout, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(ildb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY;
+	req->op.mod.message = msg;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = ildb->ldap->timeout;
+
+	ret = ildb_modify_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
   delete a record
 */
-static int ildb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     int timeout,
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ildb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
 	struct ldap_message *msg;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	/* ignore ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(dn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.del.dn)) {
 		return LDB_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -722,50 +747,62 @@ static int ildb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
 
 	msg->type = LDAP_TAG_DelRequest;
 	
-	msg->r.DelRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, dn);
+	msg->r.DelRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, req->op.del.dn);
 	if (msg->r.DelRequest.dn == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, context, callback, timeout, handle);
+	return ildb_request_send(module, msg,
+				req->async.context,
+				req->async.callback,
+				req->async.timeout,
+				&(req->async.handle));
 }
 
 static int ildb_delete(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ildb_delete_async(module, dn,
-				NULL, NULL, ildb->ldap->timeout, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(ildb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_DELETE;
+	req->op.del.dn = dn;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = ildb->ldap->timeout;
+
+	ret = ildb_delete_async(module, req);
+
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
   rename a record
 */
-static int ildb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
-			     const struct ldb_dn *olddn, const struct ldb_dn *newdn,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     int timeout,
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ildb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
 	struct ldap_message *msg;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	/* ignore ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(olddn) || ldb_dn_is_special(newdn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.rename.olddn) || ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.rename.newdn)) {
 		return LDB_SUCCESS;
 	}
 
@@ -775,7 +812,7 @@ static int ildb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 	}
 
 	msg->type = LDAP_TAG_ModifyDNRequest;
-	msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, olddn);
+	msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.dn = ldb_dn_linearize(msg, req->op.rename.olddn);
 	if (msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.dn == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
@@ -783,8 +820,8 @@ static int ildb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 
 	msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.newrdn = 
 		talloc_asprintf(msg, "%s=%s",
-				newdn->components[0].name,
-				ldb_dn_escape_value(msg, newdn->components[0].value));
+				req->op.rename.newdn->components[0].name,
+				ldb_dn_escape_value(msg, req->op.rename.newdn->components[0].value));
 	if (msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.newrdn == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
@@ -792,7 +829,7 @@ static int ildb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 
 	msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.newsuperior =
 		ldb_dn_linearize(msg,
-				 ldb_dn_get_parent(msg, newdn));
+				 ldb_dn_get_parent(msg, req->op.rename.newdn));
 	if (msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.newsuperior == NULL) {
 		talloc_free(msg);
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
@@ -800,24 +837,42 @@ static int ildb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 
 	msg->r.ModifyDNRequest.deleteolddn = True;
 
-	return ildb_request_send(module, msg, context, callback, timeout, handle);
+	return ildb_request_send(module, msg,
+				req->async.context,
+				req->async.callback,
+				req->async.timeout,
+				&(req->async.handle));
 }
 
 static int ildb_rename(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *olddn, const struct ldb_dn *newdn)
 {
 	struct ildb_private *ildb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ildb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ildb_rename_async(module, olddn, newdn,
-				NULL, NULL, ildb->ldap->timeout, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(ildb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_RENAME;
+	req->op.rename.olddn = olddn;
+	req->op.rename.newdn = newdn;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = ildb->ldap->timeout;
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	ret = ildb_rename_async(module, req);
+
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -869,51 +924,6 @@ static int ildb_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 					req->op.rename.olddn,
 					req->op.rename.newdn);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return ildb_search_async(module,
-					req->op.search.base,
-					req->op.search.scope, 
-					req->op.search.tree, 
-					req->op.search.attrs,
-				 	req->controls,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return ildb_add_async(module,
-					req->op.add.message,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
-		return ildb_modify_async(module,
-					req->op.mod.message,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_DELETE:
-		return ildb_delete_async(module,
-					req->op.del.dn,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
-		return ildb_rename_async(module,
-					req->op.rename.olddn,
-					req->op.rename.newdn,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
 	default:
 		return -1;
 
@@ -977,6 +987,11 @@ static int ildb_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops ildb_ops = {
 	.name              = "ldap",
+	.search            = ildb_search_async,
+	.add               = ildb_add_async,
+	.modify            = ildb_modify_async,
+	.del               = ildb_delete_async,
+	.rename            = ildb_rename_async,
 	.request           = ildb_request,
 	.start_transaction = ildb_start_trans,
 	.end_transaction   = ildb_end_trans,
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ldap/ldb_ldap.c b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ldap/ldb_ldap.c
index c53db1f90c..f372e5fd04 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ldap/ldb_ldap.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_ldap/ldb_ldap.c
@@ -224,14 +224,7 @@ static int lldb_add_msg_attr(struct ldb_context *ldb,
 /*
   search for matching records
 */
-static int lldb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
-			      enum ldb_scope scope, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
-			      const char * const *attrs,
-			      struct ldb_control **control_req,
-			      void *context,
-			      int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			      int timeout,
-			      struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int lldb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
 	struct lldb_async_context *lldb_ac;
@@ -241,44 +234,41 @@ static int lldb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *bas
 	char *expression;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!callback || !context) {
+	if (!req->async.callback || !req->async.context) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_asprintf(module, "Async interface called with NULL callback function or NULL context"));
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (tree == NULL) {
+	if (req->op.search.tree == NULL) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_asprintf(module, "Invalid expression parse tree"));
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (control_req != NULL) {
+	if (req->controls != NULL) {
 		ldb_debug(module->ldb, LDB_DEBUG_WARNING, "Controls are not yet supported by ldb_ldap backend!\n");
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_handle(lldb, module, context, callback, timeout);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
+	req->async.handle = init_handle(lldb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
+	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
 
-	search_base = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, base);
-	if (base == NULL) {
+	search_base = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, req->op.search.base);
+	if (req->op.search.base == NULL) {
 		search_base = talloc_strdup(lldb_ac, "");
 	}
 	if (search_base == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	expression = ldb_filter_from_tree(lldb_ac, tree);
+	expression = ldb_filter_from_tree(lldb_ac, req->op.search.tree);
 	if (expression == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	switch (scope) {
+	switch (req->op.search.scope) {
 	case LDB_SCOPE_BASE:
 		ldap_scope = LDAP_SCOPE_BASE;
 		break;
@@ -290,12 +280,12 @@ static int lldb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *bas
 		break;
 	}
 
-	tv.tv_sec = timeout;
+	tv.tv_sec = req->async.timeout;
 	tv.tv_usec = 0;
 
 	ret = ldap_search_ext(lldb->ldap, search_base, ldap_scope, 
 			    expression, 
-			    discard_const_p(char *, attrs), 
+			    discard_const_p(char *, req->op.search.attrs), 
 			    0,
 			    NULL,
 			    NULL,
@@ -305,8 +295,6 @@ static int lldb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *bas
 
 	if (ret != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_strdup(module, ldap_err2string(ret)));
-		talloc_free(*handle);
-		*handle = NULL;
 	}
 
 	return lldb_ldap_to_ldb(ret);
@@ -389,7 +377,7 @@ static int lldb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *ba
 			      struct ldb_result **res)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
 	*res = talloc_zero(lldb, struct ldb_result);
@@ -397,12 +385,26 @@ static int lldb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *ba
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = lldb_search_async(module, base, scope, tree, attrs, control_req,
-				res, &lldb_search_sync_callback, lldb->timeout, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(lldb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH;
+	req->op.search.base = base;
+	req->op.search.scope = scope;
+	req->op.search.tree = tree;
+	req->op.search.attrs = attrs;
+	req->controls = control_req;
+	req->async.context = (void *)res;
+	req->async.callback = lldb_search_sync_callback;
+	req->async.timeout = lldb->timeout;
+
+	ret = lldb_search_async(module, req);
 
 	if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
-		talloc_free(handle);
+		ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+		talloc_free(req);
 	}
 
 	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
@@ -415,11 +417,7 @@ static int lldb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *ba
 /*
   add a record
 */
-static int lldb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg,
-			  void *context,
-			  int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			  int timeout,
-			  struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int lldb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
 	struct lldb_async_context *lldb_ac;
@@ -428,26 +426,24 @@ static int lldb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *m
 	int ret;
 
 	/* ltdb specials should not reach this point */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(msg->dn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.add.message->dn)) {
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_handle(lldb, module, context, callback, timeout);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_handle(lldb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
+	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
 
-	mods = lldb_msg_to_mods(lldb_ac, msg, 0);
+	mods = lldb_msg_to_mods(lldb_ac, req->op.add.message, 0);
 	if (mods == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	dn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, msg->dn);
+	dn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, req->op.add.message->dn);
 	if (dn == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
@@ -458,7 +454,6 @@ static int lldb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *m
 
 	if (ret != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_strdup(module, ldap_err2string(ret)));
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 	}
 
 	return lldb_ldap_to_ldb(ret);
@@ -467,22 +462,31 @@ static int lldb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *m
 static int lldb_add(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* ldap does not understand ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(msg->dn)) {
-		return LDB_SUCCESS;
+	req = talloc_zero(lldb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = lldb_add_async(module, msg, NULL, NULL, lldb->timeout, &handle);
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_ADD;
+	req->op.add.message = msg;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = lldb->timeout;
+
+	ret = lldb_add_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -490,11 +494,7 @@ static int lldb_add(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 /*
   modify a record
 */
-static int lldb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     int timeout,
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int lldb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
 	struct lldb_async_context *lldb_ac;
@@ -503,26 +503,24 @@ static int lldb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message
 	int ret;
 
 	/* ltdb specials should not reach this point */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(msg->dn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.mod.message->dn)) {
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_handle(lldb, module, context, callback, timeout);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_handle(lldb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
+	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
 
-	mods = lldb_msg_to_mods(lldb_ac, msg, 1);
+	mods = lldb_msg_to_mods(lldb_ac, req->op.mod.message, 1);
 	if (mods == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	dn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, msg->dn);
+	dn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, req->op.mod.message->dn);
 	if (dn == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
@@ -533,7 +531,6 @@ static int lldb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message
 
 	if (ret != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_strdup(module, ldap_err2string(ret)));
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 	}
 
 	return lldb_ldap_to_ldb(ret);
@@ -542,33 +539,38 @@ static int lldb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message
 static int lldb_modify(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* ldap does not understand ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(msg->dn)) {
-		return LDB_SUCCESS;
+	req = talloc_zero(lldb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = lldb_modify_async(module, msg, NULL, NULL, lldb->timeout, &handle);
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY;
+	req->op.mod.message = msg;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = lldb->timeout;
+
+	ret = lldb_modify_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
   delete a record
 */
-static int lldb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     int timeout,
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int lldb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
 	struct lldb_async_context *lldb_ac;
@@ -576,18 +578,18 @@ static int lldb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
 	int ret;
 	
 	/* ltdb specials should not reach this point */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(dn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.del.dn)) {
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_handle(lldb, module, context, callback, timeout);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_handle(lldb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
+	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
 
-	dnstr = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, dn);
+	dnstr = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, req->op.del.dn);
 
 	ret = ldap_delete_ext(lldb->ldap, dnstr,
 			      NULL,
@@ -596,7 +598,6 @@ static int lldb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
 
 	if (ret != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_strdup(module, ldap_err2string(ret)));
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 	}
 
 	return lldb_ldap_to_ldb(ret);
@@ -605,34 +606,38 @@ static int lldb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
 static int lldb_delete(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* ignore ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(dn)) {
-		return LDB_SUCCESS;
+	req = talloc_zero(lldb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = lldb_delete_async(module, dn, NULL, NULL, lldb->timeout, &handle);
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_DELETE;
+	req->op.del.dn = dn;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = lldb->timeout;
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	ret = lldb_delete_async(module, req);
+
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
   rename a record
 */
-static int lldb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
-			     const struct ldb_dn *olddn, const struct ldb_dn *newdn,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     int timeout,
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int lldb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
 	struct lldb_async_context *lldb_ac;
@@ -642,34 +647,31 @@ static int lldb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 	int ret;
 	
 	/* ltdb specials should not reach this point */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(olddn) || ldb_dn_is_special(newdn)) {
+	if (ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.rename.olddn) || ldb_dn_is_special(req->op.rename.newdn)) {
 		return LDB_ERR_INVALID_DN_SYNTAX;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_handle(lldb, module, context, callback, timeout);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_handle(lldb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback, req->async.timeout);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
+	lldb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct lldb_async_context);
 
-	old_dn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, olddn);
+	old_dn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, req->op.rename.olddn);
 	if (old_dn == NULL) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	newrdn = talloc_asprintf(lldb_ac, "%s=%s",
-				      newdn->components[0].name,
-				      ldb_dn_escape_value(lldb, newdn->components[0].value));
+				 req->op.rename.newdn->components[0].name,
+				 ldb_dn_escape_value(lldb, req->op.rename.newdn->components[0].value));
 	if (!newrdn) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	parentdn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, ldb_dn_get_parent(lldb_ac, newdn));
+	parentdn = ldb_dn_linearize(lldb_ac, ldb_dn_get_parent(lldb_ac, req->op.rename.newdn));
 	if (!parentdn) {
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
@@ -679,7 +681,6 @@ static int lldb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 
 	if (ret != LDAP_SUCCESS) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_strdup(module, ldap_err2string(ret)));
-		talloc_free(*handle);
 	}
 
 	return lldb_ldap_to_ldb(ret);
@@ -688,22 +689,32 @@ static int lldb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module,
 static int lldb_rename(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *olddn, const struct ldb_dn *newdn)
 {
 	struct lldb_private *lldb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct lldb_private);
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* ignore ltdb specials */
-	if (ldb_dn_is_special(olddn) || ldb_dn_is_special(newdn)) {
-		return LDB_SUCCESS;
+	req = talloc_zero(lldb, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = lldb_rename_async(module, olddn, newdn, NULL, NULL, lldb->timeout, &handle);
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_RENAME;
+	req->op.rename.olddn = olddn;
+	req->op.rename.newdn = newdn;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+	req->async.timeout = lldb->timeout;
+
+	ret = lldb_rename_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -984,51 +995,6 @@ static int lldb_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 					req->op.rename.olddn,
 					req->op.rename.newdn);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return lldb_search_async(module,
-					req->op.search.base,
-					req->op.search.scope, 
-					req->op.search.tree, 
-					req->op.search.attrs,
-				 	req->controls,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return lldb_add_async(module,
-					req->op.add.message,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
-		return lldb_modify_async(module,
-					req->op.mod.message,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_DELETE:
-		return lldb_delete_async(module,
-					req->op.del.dn,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
-		return lldb_rename_async(module,
-					req->op.rename.olddn,
-					req->op.rename.newdn,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					req->async.timeout,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
 	default:
 		return -1;
 
@@ -1037,6 +1003,11 @@ static int lldb_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops lldb_ops = {
 	.name              = "ldap",
+	.search            = lldb_search_async,
+	.add               = lldb_add_async,
+	.modify            = lldb_modify_async,
+	.del               = lldb_delete_async,
+	.rename            = lldb_rename_async,
 	.request           = lldb_request,
 	.start_transaction = lldb_start_trans,
 	.end_transaction   = lldb_end_trans,
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_search.c b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_search.c
index 0ab1442c2f..9b45697098 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_search.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_search.c
@@ -514,19 +514,14 @@ error:
 	return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 }
 
-int ltdb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
-		      enum ldb_scope scope, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
-		      const char * const *attrs,
-		      void *context,
-		      int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-		      struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+int ltdb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ltdb_private *ltdb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ltdb_private);
 	struct ltdb_async_context *ltdb_ac;
 	int ret;
 
-	if ((base == NULL || base->comp_num == 0) &&
-	    (scope == LDB_SCOPE_BASE || scope == LDB_SCOPE_ONELEVEL))
+	if ((req->op.search.base == NULL || req->op.search.base->comp_num == 0) &&
+	    (req->op.search.scope == LDB_SCOPE_BASE || req->op.search.scope == LDB_SCOPE_ONELEVEL))
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 
 	if (ltdb_lock_read(module) != 0) {
@@ -538,32 +533,32 @@ int ltdb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (tree == NULL) {
+	if (req->op.search.tree == NULL) {
 		ltdb_unlock_read(module);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, context, callback);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		ltdb_unlock_read(module);
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
+	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
 
-	ltdb_ac->tree = tree;
-	ltdb_ac->scope = scope;
-	ltdb_ac->base = base;
-	ltdb_ac->attrs = attrs;
+	ltdb_ac->tree = req->op.search.tree;
+	ltdb_ac->scope = req->op.search.scope;
+	ltdb_ac->base = req->op.search.base;
+	ltdb_ac->attrs = req->op.search.attrs;
 
-	ret = ltdb_search_indexed(*handle);
+	ret = ltdb_search_indexed(req->async.handle);
 	if (ret == -1) {
-		ret = ltdb_search_full(*handle);
+		ret = ltdb_search_full(req->async.handle);
 	}
 	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
 		ldb_set_errstring(module->ldb, talloc_strdup(module->ldb, "Indexed and full searches both failed!\n"));
-		(*handle)->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
-		(*handle)->status = ret;
+		req->async.handle->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
+		req->async.handle->status = ret;
 	}
 
 	ltdb_unlock_read(module);
@@ -579,7 +574,7 @@ int ltdb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
 		       enum ldb_scope scope, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
 		       const char * const attrs[], struct ldb_result **res)
 {
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
 	*res = talloc_zero(module, struct ldb_result);
@@ -587,13 +582,25 @@ int ltdb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	ret = ltdb_search_async(module, base, scope, tree, attrs,
-				res, &ltdb_search_sync_callback,
-				&handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(module, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH;
+	req->op.search.base = base;
+	req->op.search.scope = scope;
+	req->op.search.tree = tree;
+	req->op.search.attrs = attrs;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = (void *)res;
+	req->async.callback = ltdb_search_sync_callback;
+
+	ret = ltdb_search_async(module, req);
 
 	if (ret == LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
-		talloc_free(handle);
+		ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+		talloc_free(req);
 	}
 
 	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.c b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.c
index e0465afb30..e5b0ca0668 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.c
@@ -259,24 +259,21 @@ done:
 /*
   add a record to the database
 */
-static int ltdb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg,
-			  void *context,
-			  int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			  struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ltdb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ltdb_private *ltdb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ltdb_private);
 	struct ltdb_async_context *ltdb_ac;
 	int tret, ret = LDB_SUCCESS;
 
-	*handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, context, callback);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
-	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
+	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
 
-	tret = ltdb_check_special_dn(module, msg);
+	tret = ltdb_check_special_dn(module, req->op.add.message);
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		(*handle)->status = tret;
+		req->async.handle->status = tret;
 		goto done;
 	}
 	
@@ -285,37 +282,50 @@ static int ltdb_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *m
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	tret = ltdb_store(module, msg, TDB_INSERT);
+	tret = ltdb_store(module, req->op.add.message, TDB_INSERT);
 
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		(*handle)->status = tret;
+		req->async.handle->status = tret;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	ltdb_modified(module, msg->dn);
+	ltdb_modified(module, req->op.add.message->dn);
 
 	if (ltdb_ac->callback) {
 		ret = ltdb_ac->callback(module->ldb, ltdb_ac->context, NULL);
 	}
 
 done:
-	(*handle)->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
+	req->async.handle->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ltdb_add(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 {
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ltdb_add_async(module, msg, NULL, NULL, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(module, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_ADD;
+	req->op.add.message = msg;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	ret = ltdb_add_async(module, req);
+
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -347,27 +357,24 @@ int ltdb_delete_noindex(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn)
 /*
   delete a record from the database
 */
-static int ltdb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ltdb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ltdb_private *ltdb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ltdb_private);
 	struct ltdb_async_context *ltdb_ac;
 	struct ldb_message *msg;
 	int tret, ret = LDB_SUCCESS;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	if (ltdb_cache_load(module) != 0) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, context, callback);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
-	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
+	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
 
 	msg = talloc(ltdb_ac, struct ldb_message);
 	if (msg == NULL) {
@@ -377,48 +384,61 @@ static int ltdb_delete_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn,
 
 	/* in case any attribute of the message was indexed, we need
 	   to fetch the old record */
-	tret = ltdb_search_dn1(module, dn, msg);
+	tret = ltdb_search_dn1(module, req->op.del.dn, msg);
 	if (tret != 1) {
 		/* not finding the old record is an error */
-		(*handle)->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
+		req->async.handle->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	tret = ltdb_delete_noindex(module, dn);
+	tret = ltdb_delete_noindex(module, req->op.del.dn);
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		(*handle)->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
+		req->async.handle->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
 	/* remove any indexed attributes */
 	tret = ltdb_index_del(module, msg);
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		(*handle)->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
+		req->async.handle->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
 		goto done;
 	}
-	ltdb_modified(module, dn);
+	ltdb_modified(module, req->op.del.dn);
 
 	if (ltdb_ac->callback)
 		ret = ltdb_ac->callback(module->ldb, ltdb_ac->context, NULL);
 
 done:
-	(*handle)->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
+	req->async.handle->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ltdb_delete(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *dn)
 {
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ltdb_delete_async(module, dn, NULL, NULL, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(module, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_DELETE;
+	req->op.del.dn = dn;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+
+	ret = ltdb_delete_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -734,26 +754,23 @@ failed:
 /*
   modify a record
 */
-static int ltdb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg,
-			  void *context,
-			  int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			  struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ltdb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ltdb_private *ltdb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ltdb_private);
 	struct ltdb_async_context *ltdb_ac;
 	int tret, ret = LDB_SUCCESS;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
-	*handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, context, callback);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
-	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
+	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
 
-	tret = ltdb_check_special_dn(module, msg);
+	tret = ltdb_check_special_dn(module, req->op.mod.message);
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		(*handle)->status = tret;
+		req->async.handle->status = tret;
 		goto done;
 	}
 	
@@ -762,63 +779,73 @@ static int ltdb_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	tret = ltdb_modify_internal(module, msg);
+	tret = ltdb_modify_internal(module, req->op.mod.message);
 
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		(*handle)->status = tret;
+		req->async.handle->status = tret;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	ltdb_modified(module, msg->dn);
+	ltdb_modified(module, req->op.mod.message->dn);
 
 	if (ltdb_ac->callback)
 		ret = ltdb_ac->callback(module->ldb, ltdb_ac->context, NULL);
 
 done:
-	(*handle)->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
+	req->async.handle->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ltdb_modify(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_message *msg)
 {
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ltdb_modify_async(module, msg, NULL, NULL, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(module, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
+
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY;
+	req->op.mod.message = msg;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+
+	ret = ltdb_modify_async(module, req);
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
 /*
   rename a record
 */
-static int ltdb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *olddn, const struct ldb_dn *newdn,
-			     void *context,
-			     int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-			     struct ldb_async_handle **handle)
+static int ltdb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ltdb_private *ltdb = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct ltdb_private);
 	struct ltdb_async_context *ltdb_ac;
 	struct ldb_message *msg;
 	int tret, ret = LDB_SUCCESS;
 
-	*handle = NULL;
+	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	if (ltdb_cache_load(module) != 0) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	*handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, context, callback);
-	if (*handle == NULL) {
+	req->async.handle = init_ltdb_handle(ltdb, module, req->async.context, req->async.callback);
+	if (req->async.handle == NULL) {
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 	}
-	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type((*handle)->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
+	ltdb_ac = talloc_get_type(req->async.handle->private_data, struct ltdb_async_context);
 
 	msg = talloc(ltdb_ac, struct ldb_message);
 	if (msg == NULL) {
@@ -828,14 +855,14 @@ static int ltdb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *old
 
 	/* in case any attribute of the message was indexed, we need
 	   to fetch the old record */
-	tret = ltdb_search_dn1(module, olddn, msg);
+	tret = ltdb_search_dn1(module, req->op.rename.olddn, msg);
 	if (tret != 1) {
 		/* not finding the old record is an error */
-		(*handle)->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
+		req->async.handle->status = LDB_ERR_NO_SUCH_OBJECT;
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	msg->dn = ldb_dn_copy(msg, newdn);
+	msg->dn = ldb_dn_copy(msg, req->op.rename.newdn);
 	if (!msg->dn) {
 		ret = LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 		goto done;
@@ -847,9 +874,9 @@ static int ltdb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *old
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	tret = ltdb_delete(module, olddn);
+	tret = ltdb_delete(module, req->op.rename.olddn);
 	if (tret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
-		ltdb_delete(module, newdn);
+		ltdb_delete(module, req->op.rename.newdn);
 		ret = LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 		goto done;
 	}
@@ -858,23 +885,37 @@ static int ltdb_rename_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *old
 		ret = ltdb_ac->callback(module->ldb, ltdb_ac->context, NULL);
 
 done:
-	(*handle)->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
+	req->async.handle->state = LDB_ASYNC_DONE;
 	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ltdb_rename(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *olddn, const struct ldb_dn *newdn)
 {
-	struct ldb_async_handle *handle;
+	struct ldb_request *req;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = ltdb_rename_async(module, olddn, newdn, NULL, NULL, &handle);
+	req = talloc_zero(module, struct ldb_request);
+	if (! req) {
+		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
+	}
 
-	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS)
+	req->operation = LDB_ASYNC_RENAME;
+	req->op.rename.olddn = olddn;
+	req->op.rename.newdn = newdn;
+	req->controls = NULL;
+	req->async.context = NULL;
+	req->async.callback = NULL;
+
+	ret = ltdb_rename_async(module, req);
+
+	if (ret != LDB_SUCCESS) {
+		talloc_free(req);
 		return ret;
+	}
 
-	ret = ldb_async_wait(handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
+	ret = ldb_async_wait(req->async.handle, LDB_WAIT_ALL);
 
-	talloc_free(handle);
+	talloc_free(req);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -952,45 +993,6 @@ static int ltdb_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 					req->op.rename.olddn,
 					req->op.rename.newdn);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return ltdb_search_async(module,
-					req->op.search.base,
-					req->op.search.scope, 
-					req->op.search.tree, 
-					req->op.search.attrs,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return ltdb_add_async(module,
-					req->op.add.message,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
-		return ltdb_modify_async(module,
-					req->op.mod.message,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_DELETE:
-		return ltdb_delete_async(module,
-					req->op.del.dn,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
-		return ltdb_rename_async(module,
-					req->op.rename.olddn,
-					req->op.rename.newdn,
-					req->async.context,
-					req->async.callback,
-					&req->async.handle);
-
 	default:
 		return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 
@@ -1024,6 +1026,11 @@ static uint64_t ltdb_sequence_number(struct ldb_context *ldb)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops ltdb_ops = {
 	.name              = "tdb",
+	.search            = ltdb_search_async,
+	.add               = ltdb_add_async,
+	.modify            = ltdb_modify_async,
+	.del               = ltdb_delete_async,
+	.rename            = ltdb_rename_async,
 	.request           = ltdb_request,
 	.start_transaction = ltdb_start_trans,
 	.end_transaction   = ltdb_end_trans,
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.h b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.h
index 196103ad6b..ad9e5c10c6 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.h
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/ldb_tdb/ldb_tdb.h
@@ -100,12 +100,7 @@ int ltdb_add_attr_results(struct ldb_module *module,
 			  unsigned int *count, 
 			  struct ldb_message ***res);
 int ltdb_filter_attrs(struct ldb_message *msg, const char * const *attrs);
-int ltdb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
-		      enum ldb_scope scope, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
-		      const char * const *attrs,
-		      void *context,
-		      int (*callback)(struct ldb_context *, void *, struct ldb_async_result *),
-		      struct ldb_async_handle **handle);
+int ltdb_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req);
 int ltdb_search_bytree(struct ldb_module *module, const struct ldb_dn *base,
 		       enum ldb_scope scope, struct ldb_parse_tree *tree,
 		       const char * const attrs[], struct ldb_result **res);
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/asq.c b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/asq.c
index de5a0e34b7..3a29d3f266 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/asq.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/asq.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int build_response(struct ldb_result *res, int result)
 }
 
 /* search */
-static int asq_search(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int asq_search_sync(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ldb_asq_control *asq_ctrl;
 	struct ldb_request *base_req;
@@ -352,14 +352,22 @@ error:
 	return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 }
 
-static int asq_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int asq_search(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
+	struct ldb_control *control;
 	struct ldb_asq_control *asq_ctrl;
 	struct asq_async_context *ac;
 	struct ldb_async_handle *h;
 	char **base_attrs;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* check if there's a paged request control */
+	control = get_control_from_list(req->controls, LDB_CONTROL_ASQ_OID);
+	if (control == NULL) {
+		/* not found go on */
+		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
+	}
+
 	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	if (!req->async.callback || !req->async.context) {
@@ -590,11 +598,8 @@ static int asq(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	switch (req->operation) {
 
 	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
-		return asq_search(module, control, req);
+		return asq_search_sync(module, control, req);
 	
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return asq_search_async(module, control, req);
-
 	default:
 		return LDB_ERR_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
 
@@ -622,6 +627,7 @@ static int asq_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops asq_ops = {
 	.name		   = "asq",
+	.search		   = asq_search,
 	.request      	   = asq,
 	.async_wait        = asq_async_wait,
 	.init_context	   = asq_init
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/operational.c b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/operational.c
index d796e93e54..b47adf0652 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/operational.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/operational.c
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ static int add_uint64_element(struct ldb_message *msg, const char *attr, uint64_
 /*
   hook add record ops
 */
-static int operational_add(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int operational_add_sync(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	const struct ldb_message *msg = req->op.add.message;
 	time_t t = time(NULL);
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static int operational_add(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 /*
   hook modify record ops
 */
-static int operational_modify(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int operational_modify_sync(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	const struct ldb_message *msg = req->op.mod.message;
 	time_t t = time(NULL);
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ error:
 	return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 }
 
-static int operational_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int operational_search(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct operational_async_context *ac;
 	struct ldb_request *down_req;
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ static int operational_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_reques
 /*
   hook add record ops
 */
-static int operational_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int operational_add(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ldb_request *down_req;
 	struct ldb_message *msg;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static int operational_add_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *
 /*
   hook modify record ops
 */
-static int operational_modify_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int operational_modify(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct ldb_request *down_req;
 	struct ldb_message *msg;
@@ -617,19 +617,10 @@ static int operational_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *re
 		return operational_search_bytree(module, req);
 
 	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
-		return operational_add(module, req);
+		return operational_add_sync(module, req);
 
 	case LDB_REQ_MODIFY:
-		return operational_modify(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return operational_search_async(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return operational_add_async(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
-		return operational_modify_async(module, req);
+		return operational_modify_sync(module, req);
 
 	default:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
@@ -650,6 +641,9 @@ static int operational_init(struct ldb_module *ctx)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops operational_ops = {
 	.name              = "operational",
+	.search            = operational_search,
+	.add               = operational_add,
+	.modify            = operational_modify,
 	.request           = operational_request,
 	.init_context	   = operational_init
 };
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/paged_results.c b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/paged_results.c
index 1b002716a5..fab1ca5ac1 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/paged_results.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/paged_results.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ static struct results_store *new_store(struct private_data *priv)
 }
 
 /* search */
-static int paged_search(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int paged_search_sync(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct private_data *private_data = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct private_data);
 	struct results_store *current = NULL;
@@ -364,15 +364,25 @@ error:
 	return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 }
 
-static int paged_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int paged_search(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
-	struct private_data *private_data = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct private_data);
+	struct ldb_control *control;
+	struct private_data *private_data;
 	struct ldb_paged_control *paged_ctrl;
 	struct ldb_control **saved_controls;
 	struct paged_async_context *ac;
 	struct ldb_async_handle *h;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* check if there's a paged request control */
+	control = get_control_from_list(req->controls, LDB_CONTROL_PAGED_RESULTS_OID);
+	if (control == NULL) {
+		/* not found go on */
+		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
+	}
+
+	private_data = talloc_get_type(module->private_data, struct private_data);
+
 	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	if (!req->async.callback || !req->async.context) {
@@ -463,7 +473,7 @@ static int paged_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *con
 
 }
 
-static int paged_async_results(struct ldb_async_handle *handle)
+static int paged_results(struct ldb_async_handle *handle)
 {
 	struct paged_async_context *ac;
 	struct ldb_paged_control *paged;
@@ -590,7 +600,7 @@ static int paged_async_wait(struct ldb_async_handle *handle, enum ldb_async_wait
 	if (ac->store->req->async.handle->state == LDB_ASYNC_DONE) {
 		/* if lower level is finished we do not need to call it anymore */
 		/* return all we have until size == 0 or we empty storage */
-		ret = paged_async_results(handle);
+		ret = paged_results(handle);
 
 		/* we are done, if num_entries is zero free the storage
 		 * as that mean we delivered the last batch */
@@ -611,7 +621,7 @@ static int paged_async_wait(struct ldb_async_handle *handle, enum ldb_async_wait
 			}
 		}
 
-		ret = paged_async_results(handle);
+		ret = paged_results(handle);
 
 		/* we are done, if num_entries is zero free the storage
 		 * as that mean we delivered the last batch */
@@ -634,7 +644,7 @@ static int paged_async_wait(struct ldb_async_handle *handle, enum ldb_async_wait
 	if (ac->store->num_entries >= ac->size ||
 	    ac->store->req->async.handle->state == LDB_ASYNC_DONE) {
 
-		ret = paged_async_results(handle);
+		ret = paged_results(handle);
 
 		/* we are done, if num_entries is zero free the storage
 		 * as that mean we delivered the last batch */
@@ -660,10 +670,7 @@ static int paged_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	switch (req->operation) {
 
 	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
-		return paged_search(module, control, req);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return paged_search_async(module, control, req);
+		return paged_search_sync(module, control, req);
 
 	default:
 		return LDB_ERR_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
@@ -707,7 +714,8 @@ static int paged_request_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 }
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops paged_ops = {
-	.name		   	= "paged_results",
+	.name           = "paged_results",
+	.search         = paged_search,
 	.request        = paged_request,
 	.async_wait     = paged_async_wait,
 	.init_context 	= paged_request_init
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/rdn_name.c b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/rdn_name.c
index 7ce6c29691..2004002e38 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/rdn_name.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/rdn_name.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ static int rdn_name_rename_do_mod(struct ldb_async_handle *h) {
 	ac->step = RENAME_MODIFY;
 
 	/* do the mod call */
-	return ldb_next_request(h->module, ac->mod_req);
+	return ldb_request(h->module->ldb, ac->mod_req);
 }
 
 static int rename_async_wait(struct ldb_async_handle *handle)
@@ -409,12 +409,6 @@ static int rdn_name_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
 		return rdn_name_add_sync(module, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-		return rdn_name_add(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_ASYNC_RENAME:
-		return rdn_name_rename(module, req);
-
 	default:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 
@@ -423,6 +417,8 @@ static int rdn_name_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops rdn_name_ops = {
 	.name              = "rdn_name",
+	.add               = rdn_name_add,
+	.rename            = rdn_name_rename,
 	.request           = rdn_name_request,
 	.async_wait        = rdn_name_async_wait
 };
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/skel.c b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/skel.c
index 2f3c2e8b57..2adef580b1 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/skel.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/skel.c
@@ -97,28 +97,7 @@ static int skel_destructor(struct ldb_module *ctx)
 
 static int skel_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
-	switch (req->operation) {
-
-	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
-		return skel_search(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
-		return skel_add(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_REQ_MODIFY:
-		return skel_modify(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_REQ_DELETE:
-		return skel_delete(module, req);
-
-	case LDB_REQ_RENAME:
-		return skel_rename(module,
-				   req);
-
-	default:
-		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
-
-	}
+	return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 }
 
 static int skel_init(struct ldb_module *ctx)
@@ -141,6 +120,11 @@ static int skel_init(struct ldb_module *ctx)
 static const struct ldb_module_ops skel_ops = {
 	.name		   = "skel",
 	.init_context	   = skel_init,
+	.search            = skel_search,
+	.add               = skel_add,
+	.modify            = skel_modify,
+	.del               = skel_delete,
+	.rename            = skel_rename,
 	.request      	   = skel_request,
 	.start_transaction = skel_start_trans,
 	.end_transaction   = skel_end_trans,
diff --git a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/sort.c b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/sort.c
index 3e1bbe92bd..9f03100dd0 100644
--- a/source4/lib/ldb/modules/sort.c
+++ b/source4/lib/ldb/modules/sort.c
@@ -340,14 +340,22 @@ error:
 	return LDB_ERR_OPERATIONS_ERROR;
 }
 
-static int server_sort_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_control *control, struct ldb_request *req)
+static int server_sort_search_async(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
+	struct ldb_control *control;
 	struct ldb_server_sort_control **sort_ctrls;
 	struct ldb_control **saved_controls;
 	struct sort_async_context *ac;
 	struct ldb_async_handle *h;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* check if there's a paged request control */
+	control = get_control_from_list(req->controls, LDB_CONTROL_SERVER_SORT_OID);
+	if (control == NULL) {
+		/* not found go on */
+		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
+	}
+
 	req->async.handle = NULL;
 
 	if (!req->async.callback || !req->async.context) {
@@ -543,9 +551,6 @@ static int server_sort(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 	case LDB_REQ_SEARCH:
 		return server_sort_search(module, control, req);
 
-	case LDB_ASYNC_SEARCH:
-		return server_sort_search_async(module, control, req);
-
 	default:
 		return LDB_ERR_PROTOCOL_ERROR;
 
@@ -579,6 +584,7 @@ static int server_sort_init(struct ldb_module *module)
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops server_sort_ops = {
 	.name		   = "server_sort",
+	.search            = server_sort_search_async,
 	.request      	   = server_sort,
 	.async_wait        = server_sort_async_wait,
 	.init_context	   = server_sort_init
diff --git a/source4/nbt_server/wins/wins_ldb.c b/source4/nbt_server/wins/wins_ldb.c
index 6fcf675702..5c45a64413 100644
--- a/source4/nbt_server/wins/wins_ldb.c
+++ b/source4/nbt_server/wins/wins_ldb.c
@@ -37,13 +37,28 @@
 #include "system/network.h"
 #include "netif/netif.h"
 
-/* add_record: do things with the sambaPassword attribute */
-static int wins_ldb_verify(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req, const struct ldb_message *msg)
+static int wins_ldb_verify(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
 	struct winsdb_handle *h = talloc_get_type(ldb_get_opaque(module->ldb, "winsdb_handle"),
 						  struct winsdb_handle);
+	const struct ldb_message *msg;
 	char *error = NULL;
 
+	switch (req->operation) {
+	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
+	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
+		msg = req->op.add.message;
+		break;
+		
+	case LDB_REQ_MODIFY:
+	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
+		msg = req->op.mod.message;
+		break;
+
+	default:
+		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
+	}
+
 	/* do not manipulate our control entries */
 	if (ldb_dn_is_special(msg->dn)) {
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
@@ -73,26 +88,13 @@ static int wins_ldb_verify(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req, c
 
 static int wins_ldb_request(struct ldb_module *module, struct ldb_request *req)
 {
-	const struct ldb_message *msg;
-
 	switch (req->operation) {
 	case LDB_REQ_ADD:
-	case LDB_ASYNC_ADD:
-
-		msg = req->op.add.message;
-		break;
-		
 	case LDB_REQ_MODIFY:
-	case LDB_ASYNC_MODIFY:
-
-		msg = req->op.mod.message;
-		break;
-
+		return wins_ldb_verify(module, req);
 	default:
 		return ldb_next_request(module, req);
 	}
-
-	return wins_ldb_verify(module, req, msg);
 }
 	
 
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@ failed:
 
 static const struct ldb_module_ops wins_ldb_ops = {
 	.name          = "wins_ldb",
+	.add           = wins_ldb_verify,
+	.modify        = wins_ldb_verify,
 	.request       = wins_ldb_request,
 	.init_context  = wins_ldb_init
 };