Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Maybe the postmaster should wait for startup process exit before
>> deciding to open for business, instead of just a signal.
> Not a bad idea. Although, there's nothing wrong with the current way
> either. The startup process does a proc_exit(0) right after sending the
> signal ATM, so there's no real work left at that point.
The thing wrong with it is assuming that nothing interesting will happen
during proc_exit(). We hang enough stuff on on_proc_exit hooks that
that seems like a pretty shaky assumption.
regards, tom lane
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