Re: [HACKERS] Questions regarding signal handler of postmaster - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tatsuo Ishii
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Questions regarding signal handler of postmaster
Date
Msg-id 20161227.092418.1257993656229116895.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Questions regarding signal handler of postmaster  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> But we keep signals blocked almost all the time in the postmaster,
> so in reality no signal handler can interrupt anything except the
> select() wait call.  People complain about that coding technique
> all the time, but no one has presented any reason to believe that
> it's broken.

Ok, there seems no better solution than always blocking signals.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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