Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Repair two places whereSIGTERM exit couldleave shared memory

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Repair two places whereSIGTERM exit couldleave shared memory
Date: 2008-04-17 13:14:13
Message-ID: 48074D25.8010709@enterprisedb.com
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> Tom Lane wrote:
>>>
>>>> Also use this method
>>>> for createdb cleanup --- that wasn't a shared-memory-corruption problem,
>>>> but SIGTERM abort of createdb could leave orphaned files lying around.
>>> I wonder if we could use this mechanism for cleaning up in case of
>>> failed CLUSTER, REINDEX or the like. I think these can leave dangling
>>> files around.
>> They do clean up on abort or SIGTERM.
>
> Ah, we're OK then.

Wait, my memory failed me! No, we don't clean up dangling files on
SIGTERM. We should...

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Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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