Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups

From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)fr>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup for streaming base backups
Date: 2011-01-20 20:15:28
Message-ID: m2bp3b49i7.fsf@2ndQuadrant.fr
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> Sending them a signal seems like a promising approach, but the trick
> is guaranteeing that they've actually acted on it before you start the
> checkpoint.

How much using a latch here would help? Or be overkill?

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Dimitri Fontaine
http://2ndQuadrant.fr PostgreSQL : Expertise, Formation et Support

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