Re: Race condition in pg_database_size() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Fuhr
Subject Re: Race condition in pg_database_size()
Date
Msg-id 20070311045732.GA95013@winnie.fuhr.org
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In response to Re: Race condition in pg_database_size()  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Race condition in pg_database_size()  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 05:39:37PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org> writes:
> > I'll submit a patch -- any preferences for silent continuation vs.
> > continuation with a notice or warning?
> 
> I think silent is fine for ENOENT cases.  We know the file had been
> there at ReadDir time, so the only possible conclusion is that it was
> just unlinked, and I see no reason to complain about that.

Patch submitted.

-- 
Michael Fuhr


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