Nailah Ogeer wrote: > Hi all, > Just wanted to know how postgres handles semaphores. Was hoping that i can > can use the locks defined in lwlock.h and lwlock.c . If i create a new > lock and then use LockAcquire and > LockRelease when I want a process to start and stop will this work?
Uh, well, we usually try to get a lock via a test-and-set assembly language call into shared memory, and if we fail, we then get a semaphore and wait for someone to wake us up. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
