Re: Unix latch implementation that wakes on postmaster death

Peter Geoghegan <peter@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Peter Geoghegan <peter@2ndquadrant.com>

To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2011-05-13T15:25:40Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On 13 May 2011 16:18, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> I'm not that thrilled with the "life sign" terminology, but don't
>> have a better idea right offhand.
>
> Yeah, that made no sense to me.  Can't we just refer to detecting
> postmaster death?

Fine by me.

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