Why "pass" object goes to vcl_hash?

[Lasse Karstensen]

On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 03:07:57PM +0800, Kelvin Loke wrote:
> This was bothering me for quite some time. I looked through the Varnish
> Book detailed request flow diagram, an object that is "pass" in vcl_recv()
> will go straight to vcl_pass() -> vcl_fetch() -> vcl_deliver().
> But the varnishlog below tells me otherwise, why an object that is "pass"
> in vcl_recv still needs to go to vcl_hash()?

Hi Kelvin.

Great question. In vcl_fetch we need a hash value for the directors that do
load balancing on backends.

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With regards,
Lasse Karstensen
Varnish Software AS