Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!)

From: Jeff Davis <pgsql(at)j-davis(dot)com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Interruptible sleeps (was Re: CommitFest 2009-07: Yay, Kevin! Thanks, reviewers!)
Date: 2010-09-13 17:43:16
Message-ID: 1284399796.17708.1.camel@jdavis-ux.asterdata.local
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On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 09:10 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > but we should be consistent and document that:
> > (a) it shouldn't happen
> > (b) that it's just a sanity check and we're ignoring the race
>
> Would this be sufficient?
>
> --- a/src/backend/port/unix_latch.c
> +++ b/src/backend/port/unix_latch.c
> @@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ OwnLatch(volatile Latch *latch)
> if (selfpipe_readfd == -1)
> initSelfPipe();
>
> + /* sanity check */
> if (latch->owner_pid != 0)
> elog(ERROR, "latch already owned");
> latch->owner_pid = MyProcPid;
>
> Or you want to suggest something better?

Perfect. I was just slightly confused reading it the first time, and I
think that would have cleared it up.

Thanks,
Jeff Davis

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