Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] win32 signals, part 4 - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: [pgsql-hackers-win32] win32 signals, part 4
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Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE34B137@algol.sollentuna.se
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Ok, so apparantly I was supposed to attach a file there.


//Magnus

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Magnus Hagander
>Sent: den 4 februari 2004 23:09
>To: pgsql-patches@postgresql.org
>Cc: pgsql-hackers-win32; Claudio Natoli
>Subject: [pgsql-hackers-win32] win32 signals, part 4
>
>
>Ok, here we go again.
>
>Taking into account Claudios comments on the previous patch, as well as
>some more fooling around here of my own, here's a fourth (and final?)
>one.
>
>If there are no further comments from Claudio or anyone else, I feel
>this is now ready to be applied.
>
>Differences from last version:
>1) Per Claudios suggestion, create a "babysitter thread" for each
>process that waits on the process and signals ourselves. This reduces
>the amount of code (=good) and most importantly removes all the
>synchronisation issues (=even better). The only thing left to sync is
>the signal delivery, and that has alreay been taken care of in previous
>patches.
>
>2) Make pg_queue_signal() no longer be static. This way we
>don't have to
>go through named pipes when signalling ourselves.
>
>3) Remove the redefinition of select() again. This also means that the
>select.c file previously incouded should *NOT* be included any
>more. See
>separate mail to hackers-win32 on this issue.
>
>4) Fix Claudios wrong-assignment error in win32_removeChild. Also
>improve an error message in win32_waitpid.
>
>Again, the preivously attached select.c file should *NOT* be included.
>
>//Magnus
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