| From: | Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> |
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| To: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Latches, loop and exit |
| Date: | 2010-09-15 07:08:57 |
| Message-ID: | 1284534537.1952.4789.camel@ebony |
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On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 09:40 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > However, if the following clause is ever invoked, then the loop does
> > have problems and we leave when not caught up.
> >
> > if (!PostmasterIsAlive(true))
> > exit(1);
>
> As the comment above that says, that's just an escape hatch if
> postmaster dies unexpectedly for any reason. It won't happen in a normal
> shutdown.
Thanks for clarifying. I wanted to copy the logic, so just checking.
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