| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us |
| Cc: | Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter(dot)Brant(at)wicourts(dot)gov |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Question on win32 semaphore simulation |
| Date: | 2006-05-11 01:52:29 |
| Message-ID: | 200605110152.k4B1qTb19393@candle.pha.pa.us |
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pgman wrote:
> Qingqing Zhou wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 7 May 2006, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Leave 'em alone. That code has zero field validation, and should
> > > > certainly not get shipped until it's survived a beta-test cycle.
> > >
> > > Uh, this is a bug fix, and the patch I am asking about is not the Win32
> > > semaphore reimplementation but a more limited fix.
> >
> > Sorry for the late reply. Maybe more intensive tests are needed? Since
> > this bug seems could not lead data corruption, we can wait till next bug
> > report and let the user test it then decide to apply?
>
> Well we did have a bug report by Peter Brant, and a test by him with the
> patch that fixes it, so it seems it should be applied. The URLs I
> posted had that information.
Correction. It only goes into 8.0.X and 8.1.X. CVS HEAD has a
rewritten file.
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