Teach unix_latch.c to use poll() where available.

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Commit: a180776f7a1c4554f214bd9e67bd63bfaf33e339
Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: 2011-08-11T16:50:22Z
Releases: 9.2.0
Teach unix_latch.c to use poll() where available.

poll() is preferred over select() on platforms where both are available,
because it tends to be a bit faster and it doesn't have an arbitrary limit
on the range of FD numbers that can be accessed.  The FD range limit does
not appear to be a risk factor for any 9.1 usages, so this doesn't need to
be back-patched, but we need to have it in place if we keep on expanding
the uses of WaitLatch.

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src/backend/port/unix_latch.c modified +98 −8