Re: Time limit for a process to hold Content lock in Buffer Cache

From: Atri Sharma <atri(dot)jiit(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Amit Langote <amitlangote09(at)gmail(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Time limit for a process to hold Content lock in Buffer Cache
Date: 2013-05-23 15:43:59
Message-ID: CAOeZVidjUr62o5bge+O6DS8PYEFagC_wcw1KCXZWKN_FxFo2=w@mail.gmail.com
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> A little bit --- the timeout won't actually kill the query until the
> next time control reaches a CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS macro that's not inside
> a critical section. We've had issues in the past with particular code
> paths that failed to include such a check in a long-running loop, and
> there might still be some left. But by and large, it won't take very
> long for the query to notice the interrupt.

Right.I believe this is part of the standard way in which we handle
interrupts,right? Making sure that we cancel a query when the backend
is in a state to do so,not when the interrupt actually comes in,right?

Regards,

Atri

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Regards,

Atri
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