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Re: Autovacuum worker doesn't immediately exit on postmaster death

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

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From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Victor Yegorov <vyegorov@gmail.com>, Alexander Kukushkin <cyberdemn@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-10-29T18:01:55Z
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Hi,

On 2020-10-29 12:27:53 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Maybe put a check into vacuum_delay_point, and poll the pipe when we're
> about to sleep anyway?

Perhaps we should just replace the pg_usleep() with a latch wait?

Greetings,

Andres Freund

Commits

  1. Use a WaitLatch for vacuum/autovacuum sleeping