Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > If you're saying that this code has been 100% broken for 7 years and > nobody's noticed until now, then that suggests that nobody actually > uses non-shmem-connected bgworkers. I sort of hate to give up on that > concept but if we've really gone that many years without anyone > noticing obvious breakage then maybe we should.
Well, the problem only exists on Windows so maybe this indeed escaped notice. Still, this is good evidence that the case isn't used *much*, and TBH I don't see many applications for it. I can't say I'm excited about putting effort into fixing it. regards, tom lane