Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Repair two places whereSIGTERM exit couldleave shared memory - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also use this method
>>>> for createdb cleanup --- that wasn't a shared-memory-corruption problem,
>>>> but SIGTERM abort of createdb could leave orphaned files lying around.
>>> I wonder if we could use this mechanism for cleaning up in case of
>>> failed CLUSTER, REINDEX or the like.  I think these can leave dangling
>>> files around.
>> They do clean up on abort or SIGTERM.
> 
> Ah, we're OK then.

Wait, my memory failed me! No, we don't clean up dangling files on 
SIGTERM. We should...

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