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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Race condition in pg_database_size()
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Msg-id 17038.1173547924@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Race condition in pg_database_size()  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
Responses Re: Race condition in pg_database_size()  (Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>)
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Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> I'm wondering if the code should check for ENOENT if stat() fails
> and either skip this entry silently under the assumption that the
> file had been deleted since the call to ReadDir(),

Probably.  Want to look through the rest of that module for similar
problems?
        regards, tom lane

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