pgsql: In PGSharedMemoryIsInUse, assume that EACCES indicates a shmem - Mailing list pgsql-committers

From tgl@svr1.postgresql.org (Tom Lane)
Subject pgsql: In PGSharedMemoryIsInUse, assume that EACCES indicates a shmem
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Msg-id 20041109203525.22CDA3A3F14@svr1.postgresql.org
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In PGSharedMemoryIsInUse, assume that EACCES indicates a shmem segment
that is of no concern to us --- it must belong to a different userid,
which means it is not a Postgres shmem segment (or at least,
not one that is relevant to our data directory).  I plan a more extensive
fix in HEAD, but this is a simple change that prevents failure-to-reboot
problems for single-postmaster installations.

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REL7_4_STABLE

Modified Files:
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    pgsql/src/backend/port:
        sysv_shmem.c (r1.24.2.1 -> r1.24.2.2)
        (http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/port/sysv_shmem.c.diff?r1=1.24.2.1&r2=1.24.2.2)

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