On 13/09/10 20:43, Jeff Davis wrote:
On Mon, 2010-09-13 at 09:10 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
but we should be consistent and document that:
   (a) it shouldn't happen
   (b) that it's just a sanity check and we're ignoring the race

Would this be sufficient?

--- a/src/backend/port/unix_latch.c
+++ b/src/backend/port/unix_latch.c
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ OwnLatch(volatile Latch *latch)
        if (selfpipe_readfd == -1)
                initSelfPipe();

+       /* sanity check */
        if (latch->owner_pid != 0)
                elog(ERROR, "latch already owned");
        latch->owner_pid = MyProcPid;

Or you want to suggest something better?

Perfect. I was just slightly confused reading it the first time, and I
think that would have cleared it up.

Ok, added that.

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