From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "David J(dot) MacKenzie" <djm(at)web(dot)us(dot)uu(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support |
Date: | 2000-11-14 01:02:17 |
Message-ID: | 200011140102.UAA20243@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > What happened to the concerns that were raised? The socket file is a lock
> > file, you cannot just move it around.
>
> Good point. IIRC, we rely on the socket file lock to ensure that you
> can't start two postmasters with the same port number. (If both are
> started with -i, then you'll get a conflict on the IP port address,
> but if one or both is started without, then the socket-file lock is
> the only line of defense.) This is important because shared memory
> keys are derived from the port number. I'm not sure that the code
> will behave in a pleasant manner when two postmasters try to use the
> same shared memory block --- most likely, death and destruction will
> ensue.
>
> I think we had some discussions about changing the way that shared
> memory keys are generated, which might make this a less critical issue.
> But until something's done about that, this patch looks awfully
> dangerous.
But do we yank it out for that reason? I don't think so.
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