Re: Remove latch.c workaround for Linux < 2.6.27

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Remove latch.c workaround for Linux < 2.6.27
Date: 2021-02-27 03:45:07
Message-ID: 390458.1614397507@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Commit 82ebbeb0 added a workaround for (already in 2017) ancient Linux
> kernels with no EPOLL_CLOEXEC. I don't see any such systems in the
> build farm today (and if there is one hiding in there somewhere, it's
> well past time to upgrade). I'd like to rip that code out, because
> I'm about to commit some new code that uses another 2.6.17+
> XXX_CLOEXEC flag, and it'd be silly to have to write new workaround
> code for that too, and a contradiction to have fallback code in one
> place but not another. Any objections?

I believe we've dropped support for RHEL5, so no objection here.

regards, tom lane

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