Re: [PATCH] "could not reattach to shared memory" on Windows

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tsutomu Yamada <tsutomu(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] "could not reattach to shared memory" on Windows
Date: 2009-07-14 15:26:47
Message-ID: 4A5CA3B7.8090000@enterprisedb.com
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Tsutomu Yamada wrote:
>
>> This patch using VirtualAlloc()/VirtualFree() to avoid failing in
>> reattach to shared memory.
>>
>> Can this be added to CommitFest ?
>
> Since this fixes a very annoying bug present in older versions, I think
> this should be backpatched all the way back to 8.2.

That doesn't sound like a good idea, at least not before we have more
experience of how the patch is working in the field.

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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