Re: [PATCHES] [pgsql-hackers-win32] Win32 deadlock detection not working for Postgres8beta1

From: "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net>
To: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: "Steve McWilliams" <smcwilliams(at)EmprisaNetworks(dot)com>, <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, <pgsql-hackers-win32(at)postgresql(dot)org>, "PostgreSQL-patches" <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] [pgsql-hackers-win32] Win32 deadlock detection not working for Postgres8beta1
Date: 2004-09-07 08:13:53
Message-ID: 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE475C02@algol.sollentuna.se
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> > [ fix broken CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS macro ]
>
> Applied. I see how this might change detection of
> statement_timeout, but I do not actually see what it's got to
> do with deadlock detection.
> In the deadlock situation the process that needs to wake up
> is going to be blocked on a semaphore, and so it's not going
> to be executing CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS at all. How does this
> fix that case?

It doesn't. This is why the second version of the patch was required,
per http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2004-09/msg00039.php.
It even specifically says this is so it fixes the deadlock issues and
not just statement_timeout :-)

//Magnus

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