Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Start background writer during archive recovery.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Start background writer during archive recovery.
Date: 2009-02-19 15:00:30
Message-ID: 7682.1235055630@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> More likely to be an uncommon race condition, rather than a error
>> specific to dungbeetle. If startup process death is slow, this could
>> happen, though hasn't occurred in other tests.

> True, the startup process can live for a short while concurrently with
> bgwriter, walwriter and autovacuum launcher, before it exits.

Maybe the postmaster should wait for startup process exit before
deciding to open for business, instead of just a signal.

regards, tom lane

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