Re: Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Baker, Keith [OCDUS Non-J&J]" <KBaker9(at)its(dot)jnj(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Proposal to add a QNX 6.5 port to PostgreSQL
Date: 2014-07-30 23:26:45
Message-ID: 16877.1406762805@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Baker, Keith [OCDUS Non-J&J]" <KBaker9(at)its(dot)jnj(dot)com> writes:
> Please let me know if either of you are ready to experiment with the "named pipe" idea anytime soon.
> If not, I would be happy to take a crack at it, but would appreciate your expert advice to start me down the right path (files/functions to update, pseudo-code, etc.).

Well, before we start coding anything, the first order of business would
be to think of a bulletproof locking protocol using the available pipe
operations. Robert's straw man isn't that, but it seems like there might
be one in there.

regards, tom lane

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