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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Small race in pg_xlogdump --follow
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Msg-id 29847.1474897458@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Small race in pg_xlogdump --follow  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
Responses Re: Small race in pg_xlogdump --follow  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Attached patch puts a retry loop around opening the file that retries for 5
> seconds (which is excessive, but should be safe) in case the file is
> missing (and still fails out for other error messages of course).

> Comments?

The patch assumes that pg_usleep won't change errno, an assumption
I have little faith in.
        regards, tom lane

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