Re: Questions regarding signal handler of postmaster

From: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Questions regarding signal handler of postmaster
Date: 2016-12-27 00:24:18
Message-ID: 20161227.092418.1257993656229116895.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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> But we keep signals blocked almost all the time in the postmaster,
> so in reality no signal handler can interrupt anything except the
> select() wait call. People complain about that coding technique
> all the time, but no one has presented any reason to believe that
> it's broken.

Ok, there seems no better solution than always blocking signals.

Best regards,
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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