Re: pg_prewarm really needs some CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS

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From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pg_prewarm really needs some CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS
Date: 2014-11-11 11:17:11
Message-ID: 20141111111711.GF22216@alap3.anarazel.de
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Hi,

pg_prewarm() currently can't be cannot be interrupted - which seems odd
given that it's intended to read large amounts of data from disk. A
rather slow process.

Unless somebody protests I'm going to add a check to the top of each of
the three loops.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: pg_prewarm really needs some CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS
Date: 2014-11-11 12:11:02
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 8:17 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> pg_prewarm() currently can't be cannot be interrupted - which seems odd
> given that it's intended to read large amounts of data from disk. A
> rather slow process.
>
> Unless somebody protests I'm going to add a check to the top of each of
> the three loops.
Good idea, +1.
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Michael


From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
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Subject: Re: pg_prewarm really needs some CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS
Date: 2014-11-11 13:11:48
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On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 6:17 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> pg_prewarm() currently can't be cannot be interrupted - which seems odd
> given that it's intended to read large amounts of data from disk. A
> rather slow process.

Oops.

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From: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_prewarm really needs some CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS
Date: 2014-11-12 20:29:35
Message-ID: 20141112202935.GF13473@awork2.anarazel.de
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On 2014-11-11 12:17:11 +0100, Andres Freund wrote:
> pg_prewarm() currently can't be cannot be interrupted - which seems odd
> given that it's intended to read large amounts of data from disk. A
> rather slow process.
>
> Unless somebody protests I'm going to add a check to the top of each of
> the three loops.

Pushed to master and 9.4.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services