Re: [PATCH] lock_timeout and common SIGALRM framework

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Marc Cousin <cousinmarc(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <hs(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lock_timeout and common SIGALRM framework
Date: 2012-06-26 16:49:52
Message-ID: 1340729267-sup-6095@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Boszormenyi Zoltan's message of mar jun 26 12:43:34 -0400 2012:

> So, should I keep the enum TimeoutName? Are global variables for
> keeping dynamically assigned values preferred over the enum?
> Currently we have 5 timeout sources in total, 3 of them are used by
> regular backends, the remaining 2 are used by replication standby.
> We can have a fixed size array (say with 8 or 16 elements) for future use
> and this would be plenty.
>
> Opinions?

My opinion is that the fixed size array is fine.

I'll go set the patch "waiting on author". Also, remember to review
some other people's patches.

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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