On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> + * The caveat about signals invalidating the timeout of >> + * WaitLatch() on some platforms can be safely disregarded, > > Really?
I'm a bit confused by the phrasing of this comment as well, but it does seem to me that if all the relevant signal handlers set the latch, then it ought not to be necessary to break the sleep down into one-second intervals. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers