pgsql: On Windows, use pgwin32_waitforsinglesocket() instead of select()

From: tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org (Tom Lane)
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: On Windows, use pgwin32_waitforsinglesocket() instead of select()
Date: 2007-01-26 20:06:52
Message-ID: 20070126200652.EF1FB9FB1BF@postgresql.org
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On Windows, use pgwin32_waitforsinglesocket() instead of select() to wait for
input in the stats collector. Our select() emulation is apparently buggy
for UDP sockets :-(. This should resolve problems with stats collection
(and hence autovacuum) failing under more than minimal load. Diagnosis
and patch by Magnus Hagander.

Patch probably needs to be back-ported to 8.1 and 8.0, but first let's
see if it makes the buildfarm happy...

Modified Files:
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pgsql/src/backend/libpq:
be-secure.c (r1.75 -> r1.76)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c.diff?r1=1.75&r2=1.76)
pgsql/src/backend/port/win32:
socket.c (r1.16 -> r1.17)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/port/win32/socket.c.diff?r1=1.16&r2=1.17)
pgsql/src/backend/postmaster:
pgstat.c (r1.143 -> r1.144)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/backend/postmaster/pgstat.c.diff?r1=1.143&r2=1.144)
pgsql/src/include/port:
win32.h (r1.71 -> r1.72)
(http://developer.postgresql.org/cvsweb.cgi/pgsql/src/include/port/win32.h.diff?r1=1.71&r2=1.72)

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