From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Peter Brant <Peter(dot)Brant(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Qingqing Zhou <zhouqq(at)cs(dot)toronto(dot)edu>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Question on win32 semaphore simulation |
Date: | 2006-05-12 19:54:35 |
Message-ID: | 200605121954.k4CJsar21877@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Peter Brant wrote:
> >> We've never been able reproduce (or even trigger) the original "sem_ctl
> >> failed" error in a testing environment so it would be hard to say if the
> >> changes to win32/sema.c have an impact on it or not. On the other hand,
> >> win32_sema.c seems to solve the pgbench lockups reported earlier by Jim
> >> N. and it successfully completes a reasonably brutal stress test with
> >> real world data and real world queries (which at least is a good
> >> indication that it basically works).
>
> > OK, let's consider the item closed. We didn't backpatch the new
> > win32_sema.c file to 8.1.X or 8.0.X, so let'see if we get more reports.
>
> Based on that, backpatching the new win32_sema.c implementation is
> probably more defensible than applying the proposed smaller patch
> anyway; it's survived more testing.
>
> My inclination is to do nothing to the back branches, but if we get more
> field reports of trouble with them, maybe that's what to do. (I'd be
> happier if 8.2 gets through beta first, as I'm still a bit worried about
> the do-all-Windows-versions-act-the-same bit.)
Agreed.
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