| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Jason Tishler <jason(at)tishler(dot)net>, pgsql-cygwin(at)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL Development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] ipc-daemon |
| Date: | 2002-11-06 00:12:24 |
| Message-ID: | 4619.1036541544@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> I disagree: just because cygipc returns error codes chosen at random
>> doesn't mean that we should neglect the clear meaning of an error code.
>> If a normal Unix system were to return EACCES here, the clear
>> implication would be that there is an existing segment that we do not
>> have permission to access.
> OK, but shouldn't the looping for a new segment terminate sometime? As it
> stands it will wrap around and run forever.
Hm. It would be reasonable to put a limit on the number of attempts,
probably. (There's a similar limit on attempts to create a lockfile.)
regards, tom lane
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