Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes: > I realize its way too late in the cycle for that, but why dont we start using > some library for easy cross platform atomic ops?
(1) there probably isn't one that does exactly what we want, works everywhere, and has the right license; (2) what actual gain would we get? We've already done the work. >> [ grows visibly pale ] *Please* tell me we are not trying to take >> locks in a signal handler. What happens if it interrupts code that >> is already holding that lock? > Yes the patch does that at two places. That's a must-fix. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers