Re: Streaming replication status

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-01-12T14:13:30Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane wrote:
> Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> writes:
>   
>> I'm not sure whether poll(2) should be called for this purpose. But
>> poll(2) and select(2) seem to often come together in the existing code.
>> We should follow such custom?
>>     
>
> Yes.  poll() is usually more efficient, so it's preferred, but not all
> platforms have it.  (On the other side, I think Windows might have
> only poll and not select.)
>
> 			
>   

No, other way around, I'm fairly sure.

cheers

andrew