Re: libpq thread-locking

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: libpq thread-locking
Date: 2008-05-16 14:35:20
Message-ID: 20080516163520.03248ec0@mha-laptop.hagander.net
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Andrew Chernow wrote:
> ! int
> pthread_mutex_init(pthread_mutex_t *mp, void *attr)
> {
> *mp = CreateMutex(0, 0, 0);
> + if (*mp == NULL)
> + return 1;
> + return 0;
> }
>
> Maybe it would be better to emulate what pthreads does. Instead of
> returing 1 to indicate an error, return an errno. In the above case,
> ENOMEM seems like a good fit.
>
> Also, maybe you should check the passed in mutex pointer. If its
> NULL, you could return EINVAL.

Given that we only call this stuff internally, I don't think it's a big
issue. But either way - that part of the code will be replaced with the
critical_section code later anyway - I just want to get the "generic"
changes through first.

//Magnus

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