Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!)
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Msg-id 1282612068-sup-2600@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!)  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Excerpts from Tom Lane's message of lun ago 23 19:44:02 -0400 2010:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:

> > [ "latch" proposal ]
> 
> This seems reasonably clean as far as signal conditions generated
> internally to Postgres go, but I remain unclear on how it helps for
> response to actual signals.

This could probably replace the signalling between postmaster and
autovac launcher, as well.

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