Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Neil Conway wrote: >> I don't think that's the right attitude to take, at all. Why not just >> use a lock? It's not like the overhead will be noticeable.
> Probably, but none of the other code appears to take a lock out on it :) Huh? It doesn't use a lock for touching the checkpoint counters, but that's OK because they're sig_atomic_t. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly