Re: Synchronization primitives (Was: Re: An example of bugs for Hot Standby)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Hiroyuki Yamada <yamada(at)kokolink(dot)net>
Subject: Re: Synchronization primitives (Was: Re: An example of bugs for Hot Standby)
Date: 2010-01-20 20:18:26
Message-ID: 18999.1264018706@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 09:22:49PM +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>>> My point is that we should replace such polling loops with something
>>> non-polling, using wait/signal or semaphores or something.

> Is this a TODO yet?

It hardly seems concrete enough for a TODO item.

regards, tom lane

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