On Fri, Aug 7, 2020 at 2:00 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> The point of the sigdelset is that if somewhere later on, we install
> the BlockSig mask, then SIGQUIT will remain unblocked.
I mean, we're just repeating the same points here, but that's not what
the comment says.
> You asserted
> upthread that noplace in these processes ever does so; maybe that's
> true today, or maybe not,
It's easily checked using 'git grep'.
> but the intent of this code is that *once
> we get through initialization* SIGQUIT will remain unblocked.
I can't speak to the intent, but I can speak to what the comment says.
> I'll concede that it's not 100% clear whether or not these processes
> need to re-block SIGQUIT during error recovery.
I think it's entirely clear that they do not, and I have explained my
reasoning already.
> I repeat, though,
> that I'm disinclined to change that without some evidence that there's
> actually a problem with the way it works now.
I've also already explained why I don't agree with this perspective.
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