Re: SIGALRM in autovacuum.c

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Is this correct in autovacuum.c?
>
> pqsignal(SIGALRM, handle_sig_alarm);
>
> Should it be SIG_IGN? I don't see autovacuum using a timer or a reason
> it is calling the backend's timer routine.

FYI, the comment above this says:

* Set up signal handlers. We operate on databases much like a regular
* backend, so we use the same signal handling. See equivalent code in
* tcop/postgres.c.

but can you have autovacuum running as a regular backend? I didn't
think so.

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