The shm_mq code handles blocking mode and non-blocking mode
asymmetrically in a couple of places, with the unfortunate result that
if you are using non-blocking mode, and your counterparty dies before
attaching the queue, operations on the queue continue to return
SHM_MQ_WOULD_BLOCK instead of, as they should, returning
SHM_MQ_DETACHED. The attached patch fixes the problem. Thanks to my
colleague Rushabh Lathia for helping track this down.
(There's are some further bugs in this area outside the shm_mq code
... but I'm still trying to figure out exactly what they are and what
we should do about them. This much, however, seems clear-cut.)
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Robert Haas
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