Magnus Hagander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > James Mansion wrote: >> (confused) Why can't you use mmap of /dev/zero and inherit the fd >> into child processes?
> This is what we do on win32 today. We don't use the sysv emulation > layer anymore. Did we ever find an interlock that makes the win32 implementation safe against the postmaster-dead-children-still-alive scenario? 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