Re: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: "Tsunakawa, Takayuki" <tsunakawa(dot)takay(at)jp(dot)fujitsu(dot)com>
Cc: 'Tom Lane' <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera from 2ndQuadrant <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, 'Amit Kapila' <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi(dot)haribabu(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [bug fix] Produce a crash dump before main() on Windows
Date: 2019-11-07 07:50:55
Message-ID: 20191107075055.GO1768@paquier.xyz
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 01:55:45PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Okay, so this means that the service state of the parent is inherited
> and that we can rely on that. I was not sure about that. Got it
> now. Now, there are cases where it is possible to start an app
> without using a service though, no? For example using the task
> manager it is possible to trigger an app when the OS starts. What
> happens in the case where we have an app which starts Postgres using
> "pg_ctl start" as part of its startup process but it fails and pops an
> error window, freezing the whole? Can this happen? Sorry to sound
> noisy, but I am rather scared of the potential consequences of this
> change without a GUC to control it as Craig mentioned at the beginning
> of the thread. Perhaps that's a niche case, but it could be annoying
> for some users.

We still have a patch registered in the CF for that thread, and it
seems to me that those comments have not been answered yet. Is that
overthinking? Thoughts?
--
Michael

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