Zdenek Kotala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Zdenek Kotala napsal(a): >> By my opinion there is not reason to retry kill call, because it fails >> only in situation if process does not exist or caller does not have >> permission to send a signal.
> If I think more about it, that code is here because it probably tries to > bypass > time when bgwriter is restarted. Correct. Did you read the commit log message? http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-11/msg00269.php The bgwriter-exit case is currently treated as a crash and I'm not immediately proposing to change that, but this code or something close to it will be needed if we ever do want to recover from bgwriter exit nicely. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
