"Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> Thanks for reading. Updated version in new patch.
What was the reasoning for basing walwriter.c on autovacuum (which needs
to be able to execute transactions) rather than bgwriter (which does
not)? The shutdown logic in particular seems all wrong; you can't have
a process connected to shared memory that is going to outlive the
postmaster.
regards, tom lane