On Wed, 29 April 1998, at 21:53:36, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > This exec() takes 15% of our startup time. I have wanted it removed for
> > many releases now. The only problem is to rip out the code that
> > re-attached to shared memory and stuff like that, because you will no
> > longer loose the shared memory in the exec(). The IPC code is
> > complicated, so good luck. I or others can help if you get stuck.
> >
>
> Another item is to no longer use SYSV shared memory but use
> mmap(MAP_ANON) because this allows a much larger amount of shared memory
> to be used.
What are the portability issues? I haven't written much portable
code, and certainly not with IPC.