Re: Multiplexing SUGUSR1

Hi,

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 2:14 AM, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>> Greg Stark wrote:
>>>
>>> On 7 Jan 2009, at 09:47, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>> >> It's required by the sync replication patch, but has no value
>>> >> otherwise.
>>> >
>>> > Well, we have talked about allowing more signalling long-term, and
>>> > this
>>> > would accomplish that independent of the sync replication, so we might
>>> > want to revisit this someday if it isn't included in sync replication.
>>>
>>> I also needed this for the progress indicator patch. I used SIGQUIT
>>> for the proof-of-concept patch but I wouldn't want to lose that signal
>>> for real.
>>
>> Yep, we want multiplexed signals independent of sync replication.
>
> The updated patch of multiplexing SIGUSR1 is included in v5 of
> synch-rep patch. (01_signal_handling.patch)
> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/NTT%27s_Development_Projects#Version_History
>
> This patch can be also reviewed independent of synch-rep.

Is this patch going to be reviewed and committed for 8.4?
Though I think that this is useful also to the patch of those other
than replication.

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
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