Re: Regarding BGworkers

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Regarding BGworkers
Date: 2013-08-14 01:10:11
Message-ID: CA+TgmobTVe5QH5X=jyD1T1j4-XWJDgRtZo69UmnDttTvYGVFBw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 8:07 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> maybe_start_bgworker() in postmaster.c
>> do_start_bgworker() in postmaster.c
>> StartBackgroundWorker() in bgworker.c
> This formulation is fine, thanks. Instead of maybe_start_bgworker,
> what about start_bgworker_if_necessary?

I think Alvaro's suggestion is better. It's shorter, and makes clear
that at most one will be started.

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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
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