From a06609e839f039b7e7806456eaf4ee113cfabc3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sravan Velagandula <sravan.velagandula@enterprisedb.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2022 06:21:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/1] simplify wait loop in the archiver

---
 src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c | 29 +++++++++--------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c b/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c
index 8ecdb9ca23..6e28067596 100644
--- a/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c
+++ b/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  */
 #include "postgres.h"
 
-#include <time.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
@@ -297,7 +296,6 @@ pgarch_waken_stop(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 static void
 pgarch_MainLoop(void)
 {
-	pg_time_t	last_copy_time = 0;
 	bool		time_to_stop;
 
 	/*
@@ -335,30 +333,21 @@ pgarch_MainLoop(void)
 
 		/* Do what we're here for */
 		pgarch_ArchiverCopyLoop();
-		last_copy_time = time(NULL);
 
 		/*
 		 * Sleep until a signal is received, or until a poll is forced by
-		 * PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL having passed since last_copy_time, or
-		 * until postmaster dies.
+		 * PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL, or until postmaster dies.
 		 */
 		if (!time_to_stop)		/* Don't wait during last iteration */
 		{
-			pg_time_t	curtime = (pg_time_t) time(NULL);
-			int			timeout;
-
-			timeout = PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL - (curtime - last_copy_time);
-			if (timeout > 0)
-			{
-				int			rc;
-
-				rc = WaitLatch(MyLatch,
-							   WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
-							   timeout * 1000L,
-							   WAIT_EVENT_ARCHIVER_MAIN);
-				if (rc & WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH)
-					time_to_stop = true;
-			}
+			int			rc;
+
+			rc = WaitLatch(MyLatch,
+						   WL_LATCH_SET | WL_TIMEOUT | WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH,
+						   PGARCH_AUTOWAKE_INTERVAL * 1000L,
+						   WAIT_EVENT_ARCHIVER_MAIN);
+			if (rc & WL_POSTMASTER_DEATH)
+				time_to_stop = true;
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
2.25.1

