Make WaitLatch's WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH result trustworthy; simplify callers.
Per a suggestion from Peter Geoghegan, make WaitLatch responsible for
verifying that the WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH bit it returns is truthful (by
testing PostmasterIsAlive). Then simplify its callers, who no longer
need to do that for themselves. Remove weasel wording about falsely-set
result bits from WaitLatch's API contract.
Branch
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master
Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/f40022f1adaeff85b01d98fea38cf5aa16814aa7
Modified Files
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src/backend/port/unix_latch.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
src/backend/port/win32_latch.c | 12 +++++++++-
src/backend/postmaster/autovacuum.c | 9 ++++---
src/backend/postmaster/bgwriter.c | 7 +----
src/backend/postmaster/checkpointer.c | 7 +----
src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c | 7 +----
src/backend/postmaster/walwriter.c | 7 +----
7 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)