pgsql: Use WaitLatch, not pg_usleep, for delaying in pg_sleep().

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: pgsql: Use WaitLatch, not pg_usleep, for delaying in pg_sleep().
Date: 2013-06-15 20:24:19
Message-ID: E1Unx1H-00034h-Io@gemulon.postgresql.org
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Use WaitLatch, not pg_usleep, for delaying in pg_sleep().

This avoids platform-dependent behavior wherein pg_sleep() might fail to be
interrupted by statement timeout, query cancel, SIGTERM, etc. Also, since
there's no reason to wake up once a second any more, we can reduce the
power consumption of a sleeping backend a tad.

Back-patch to 9.3, since use of SA_RESTART for SIGALRM makes this a bigger
issue than it used to be.

Branch
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REL9_3_STABLE

Details
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http://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/c38b64c2959662298f23ad5d86246009e7853b75

Modified Files
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src/backend/utils/adt/misc.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

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