Re: [HACKERS] ipc-daemon

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
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: 2002-11-05 18:11:38
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0211051909470.1815-100000@localhost.localdomain
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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. If we catch it before it
wraps and generate an error to the effect that no segments appear to be
free, it might serve us.

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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net

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