Re: [PATCH] lock_timeout and common SIGALRM framework

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Marc Cousin <cousinmarc(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <hs(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Ants Aasma <ants(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lock_timeout and common SIGALRM framework
Date: 2012-07-13 22:23:21
Message-ID: 1342218070-sup-7781@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Boszormenyi Zoltan's message of vie jul 13 18:11:27 -0400 2012:

> Regarding the lock_timeout functionality: the patch can be reduced to
> about half of its current size and it would be a lot less intrusive if the
> LockAcquire() callers don't need to report the individual object types
> and names or OIDs. Do you prefer the verbose ereport()s or a
> generic one about "lock timeout triggered" in ProcSleep()?

For what it's worth, I would appreciate it if you would post the lock
timeout patch for the upcoming commitfest. This one is already almost a
month long now. That way we can close this CF item soon and concentrate
on the remaining patches. This one has received its fair share of
committer attention already, ISTM.

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
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