Re: Posix Shared Mem patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Posix Shared Mem patch
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Msg-id 15869.1340753409@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Posix Shared Mem patch  ("A.M." <agentm@themactionfaction.com>)
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"A.M." <agentm@themactionfaction.com> writes:
> On Jun 26, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Daniel Farina wrote:
>> I'm simply suggesting that for additional benefits it may be worth
>> thinking about getting around nattach and thus SysV shmem, especially
>> with regard to safety, in an open-ended way.

> I solved this via fcntl locking.

No, you didn't, because fcntl locks aren't inherited by child processes.
Too bad, because they'd be a great solution otherwise.
        regards, tom lane


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