From: | Jason Tishler <Jason(dot)Tishler(at)dothill(dot)com> |
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To: | pgsql-ports(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Cygwin PostgreSQL postmaster abort problem |
Date: | 2000-12-28 14:00:02 |
Message-ID: | 20001228090002.B461@dothill.com |
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On Thu, Dec 21, 2000 at 02:27:22PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Would someone more intimate with this area of the PostgreSQL source
> critically evaluate this patch and let the list know if there is a better
> way of fixing this problem?
I was able to answer the above by reading the CVS log entry for
postmaster.c, version 1.199:
Ensure that 'errno' is saved and restored by all signal handlers that
might change it. Experimentation shows that the signal handler call
mechanism does not save/restore errno for you, at least not on Linux
or HPUX, so this is definitely a real risk.
Sorry for the noise.
Jason
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