--- a/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.c

+++ b/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.c

@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@

     dav_begin_multistatus(bb, r, status, namespaces);

     apr_pool_create(&subpool, r->pool);

+    apr_pool_tag(subpool, "mod_dav-multistatus");

     for (; first != NULL; first = first->next) {

       apr_pool_clear(subpool);

@@ -1980,8 +1981,9 @@

     ** Note: we cast to lose the "const". The propdb won't try to change

     ** the resource, however, since we are opening readonly.

     */

-    err = dav_open_propdb(ctx->r, ctx->w.lockdb, wres->resource, 1,

-                          ctx->doc ? ctx->doc->namespaces : NULL, &propdb);

+    err = dav_popen_propdb(ctx->scratchpool,

+                           ctx->r, ctx->w.lockdb, wres->resource, 1,

+                           ctx->doc ? ctx->doc->namespaces : NULL, &propdb);

     if (err != NULL) {

         /* ### do something with err! */

--- a/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.h

+++ b/modules/dav/main/mod_dav.h

@@ -1590,6 +1590,16 @@

     apr_array_header_t *ns_xlate,

     dav_propdb **propdb);

+DAV_DECLARE(dav_error *) dav_popen_propdb(

+    apr_pool_t *p,

+    request_rec *r,

+    dav_lockdb *lockdb,

+    const dav_resource *resource,

+    int ro,

+    apr_array_header_t *ns_xlate,

+    dav_propdb **propdb);

+

+

 DAV_DECLARE(void) dav_close_propdb(dav_propdb *db);

 DAV_DECLARE(dav_get_props_result) dav_get_props(

--- a/modules/dav/main/props.c

+++ b/modules/dav/main/props.c

@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@

 {

     /* need to escape the uri that's in the resource struct because during

      * the property walker it's not encoded. */

-    const char *e_uri = ap_escape_uri(propdb->resource->pool,

+    const char *e_uri = ap_escape_uri(propdb->p,

                                       propdb->resource->uri);

     /* perform a "GET" on the resource's URI (note that the resource

@@ -524,8 +524,21 @@

                                         apr_array_header_t * ns_xlate,

                                         dav_propdb **p_propdb)

 {

-    dav_propdb *propdb = apr_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(*propdb));

+    return dav_popen_propdb(r->pool, r, lockdb, resource, ro, ns_xlate, p_propdb);

+}

+DAV_DECLARE(dav_error *)dav_popen_propdb(apr_pool_t *p,

+                                         request_rec *r, dav_lockdb *lockdb,

+                                         const dav_resource *resource,

+                                         int ro,

+                                         apr_array_header_t * ns_xlate,

+                                         dav_propdb **p_propdb)

+{

+    dav_propdb *propdb = NULL;

+

+    propdb = apr_pcalloc(p, sizeof(*propdb));

+    propdb->p = p;

+

     *p_propdb = NULL;

 #if DAV_DEBUG

@@ -537,7 +550,6 @@

 #endif

     propdb->r = r;

-    apr_pool_create(&propdb->p, r->pool);

     propdb->resource = resource;

     propdb->ns_xlate = ns_xlate;

@@ -562,10 +574,10 @@

         (*propdb->db_hooks->close)(propdb->db);

     }

-    /* Currently, mod_dav's pool usage doesn't allow clearing this pool. */

-#if 0

-    apr_pool_destroy(propdb->p);

-#endif

+    if (propdb->subreq) {

+        ap_destroy_sub_req(propdb->subreq);

+        propdb->subreq = NULL;

+    }

 }

 DAV_DECLARE(dav_get_props_result) dav_get_allprops(dav_propdb *propdb,

@@ -739,7 +751,8 @@

         */

         if (elem->priv == NULL) {

-            elem->priv = apr_pcalloc(propdb->p, sizeof(*priv));

+            /* elem->priv outlives propdb->p. Hence use the request pool */

+            elem->priv = apr_pcalloc(propdb->r->pool, sizeof(*priv));

         }

         priv = elem->priv;