Re: test_shm_mq failing on anole (was: Sending out a request for more buildfarm animals?)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Dave Page <dave(dot)page(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, CM Team <cm(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, bernd(dot)helmle(at)credativ(dot)de
Subject: Re: test_shm_mq failing on anole (was: Sending out a request for more buildfarm animals?)
Date: 2014-09-29 21:44:34
Message-ID: 20140929214434.GL5311@eldon.alvh.no-ip.org
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Andres Freund wrote:

> I'm generally baffled at all the stuff postmaster does in signal
> handlers... ProcessConfigFile(), load_hba() et al. It's all done with
> signals disabled, but still.

As far as I recall, the rationale for why this is acceptable is that the
whole of postmaster is run with signals blocked; they are only unblocked
during the sleeping select().

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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