I made the following changes to make mod_proxy work:
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<             int chunked = 0;
<             char* c1=0;
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<             c1 = apr_table_get(r->headers_out, "Transfer-Encoding");
<             if (c1) {
<                 ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_NOTICE, 0, r->server, "->>
encoding is: %s", c1);
<                 if (!strcmp(c1, "chunked"))
<                    chunked=1;
<             }
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<                     if ( APR_STATUS_IS_EAGAIN(rv)
<                         || (rv == APR_SUCCESS && APR_BRIGADE_EMPTY(bb)) ) {
---
>                     if (APR_STATUS_IS_EAGAIN(rv)
>                         || (rv == APR_SUCCESS && APR_BRIGADE_EMPTY(bb))) {
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<                         if (ap_pass_brigade(r->output_filters, bb)
<                             || c->aborted) {
---
>                         if (ap_pass_brigade(r->output_filters, bb)) {
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 If chunked response, then flush right away.
< 
<                     if (!APR_BUCKET_IS_EOS(APR_BRIGADE_LAST(bb)) && chunked) {
<                         e = apr_bucket_flush_create(c->bucket_alloc);
<                         APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_TAIL(bb, e);
<                         if (ap_pass_brigade(r->output_filters, bb)
<                             || c->aborted) {
<                             backend->close = 1;
<                             break;
<                         }
<                         apr_brigade_cleanup(bb);
<                         continue;
<                   }
< 

Streaming data works just fine, but apache LEAKS MEMORY - I believe apache is 
holding onto the stream unless either the browser is closed  or the server
closes the connection.

Is there something obviously wrong that I am doing here, or is this an apache issue?

-Thanks.
-Inder.

Your patch is currently a little hard to review. I guess it is against 2.1.x.
Can you please

1. Provide the exact version of 2.1 where you faced the problem .
2. Provide the exact version where this patch is against.
3. Provide the patch as unified diff (see
http://httpd.apache.org/dev/patches.html) as an attachment.

Created attachment 20401 [details]
Proposed patch for Apache 2.0.59

This patch inserts a flush bucket after each block of chunk data received from
the web server. It will force a chunk block to be generated to the client
connection.
Feedback welcome.

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