Re: pg.conf re-reading in signal handler or at next return to main loop?

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau(dot)pg(at)googlemail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg.conf re-reading in signal handler or at next return to main loop?
Date: 2006-03-05 20:30:30
Message-ID: 16459.1141590630@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Markus Bertheau" <mbertheau(dot)pg(at)googlemail(dot)com> writes:
> SIGHUP_handler() calls ProcessConfigFile() which calls
> ParseConfigFile() which reads postgresql.conf.

> For me that means that postgresql.conf in read in the signal handler,
> which contradicts the claim in the README. Where's my error?

The comment is referring to the control flow in a backend; you're
looking at the postmaster's sighup handler, which is different.

regards, tom lane

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