Assert that WaitLatch's timeout is not more than INT_MAX milliseconds.
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Assert that WaitLatch's timeout is not more than INT_MAX milliseconds. The behavior with larger values is unspecified by the Single Unix Spec. It appears that BSD-derived kernels report EINVAL, although Linux does not. If waiting for longer intervals is desired, the calling code has to do something to limit the delay; we can't portably fix it here since "long" may not be any wider than "int" in the first place. Part of response to bug #7670, though this change doesn't fix that (in fact, it converts the problem from an ERROR into an Assert failure). No back-patch since it's just an assertion addition.
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| src/backend/port/unix_latch.c | modified | +6 −4 |
| src/backend/port/win32_latch.c | modified | +2 −1 |