On Monday, April 1, 2019 12:42 AM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2019 at 09:53:51AM +0000, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
> > This seems like a case where it would be useful to log a shmdt() error or do
> > an Assert() around the success of the operation perhaps?
>
> I'll add the same elog(LOG) we have at other shmdt() sites. I can't think of
> a site where we Assert() about the results of a system call. While shmdt()
> might be a justified exception, elog(LOG) seems reasonable.
Agreed, seems reasonable.
> > - - Loop till we find a free IPC key. Trust CreateDataDirLockFile() to
> > - - ensure no more than one postmaster per data directory can enter this
> > - - loop simultaneously. (CreateDataDirLockFile() does not ensure that,
> > - - but prefer fixing it over coping here.)
> >
> > This comment make it seem like there is a fix to CreateLockFile() missing to
> > his patch, is that correct? If so, do you have an idea for that patch?
>
> That comment refers to
> https://postgr.es/m/flat/20120803145635.GE9683%40tornado.leadboat.com
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification.
cheers ./daniel
