Re: EINTR in ftruncate() - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: EINTR in ftruncate()
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Msg-id 20220706210323.bjjzokyj6nzvofm3@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: EINTR in ftruncate()  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: EINTR in ftruncate()
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Hi,

On 2022-07-07 08:56:33 +1200, Thomas Munro wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 8:39 AM Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > So I think we need: 1) block most signals, 2) a retry loop *without*
> > interrupt checks.
> 
> Yeah.  I was also wondering about wrapping the whole function in
> PG_SETMASK(&BlockSig), PG_SETMASK(&UnBlockSig), but also leaving the
> while (rc == EINTR) loop there (without the check for *Pending
> variables), only because otherwise when you attach a debugger and
> continue you'll get a spurious EINTR and it'll interfere with program
> execution.  All blockable signals would be blocked *except* SIGQUIT,
> which means that fast shutdown/crash will still work.  It seems nice
> to leave that way to interrupt it without resorting to SIGKILL.

Fast shutdown shouldn't use SIGQUIT - did you mean immediate? I think
it's fine to allow immediate shutdowns, but I don't think we should
allow fast shutdowns to interrupt it.

Greetings,

Andres Freund



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