Re: PQinSend question

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Manfred Spraul <manfred(at)colorfullife(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PQinSend question
Date: 2004-02-10 15:21:42
Message-ID: 200402101521.i1AFLg520255@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Manfred Spraul <manfred(at)colorfullife(dot)com> writes:
> >> return false; /* No threading, so we can't be in send() */
>
> > Why not? Signal delivery can interrupt send() even with single-threaded
> > users.
>
> It looks like Bruce left the old logic in place for unthreaded
> implementations: we just replace the signal handler during every send().
> So there's no need for PQinSend() to do anything useful.

I have updated the CVS comments to more clearly explain this.

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