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Re: Removing select(2) based latch (was Unportable implementation of background worker start)

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

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2017-04-20T21:50:39Z
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Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> writes:
> On 2017-04-20 17:27:42 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>> In short: yeah, let's nuke the WAIT_USE_SELECT implementation.
>> It's dead code and it's unlikely to get resurrected.

> Ok, cool.  v10 or wait till v11?  I see very little reason to wait
> personally.

I feel no need to wait on that.  Code removal is not a "new feature".

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Don't include sys/poll.h anymore.

  2. Remove select(2) backed latch implementation.